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Five albums you need to hear this week Five albums you need to hear this week
(4 months later)
The Afghan Whigs – Do to the BeastThe Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast
In last Friday’s G2 Film & Music, Dave Simpson gave a four-star review – one of several in that G2 issue – to Afghan Whigs’s first album in 16 years. “Orchestral strings and Motown drum beats abound,” he wrote, “while frontman Greg Dulli is not averse to an occasional falsetto or Prince-like wailing.” In last Friday’s G2 Film & Music, Dave Simpson gave a four-star review – one of several in that G2 issue – to Afghan Whigs’s first album in 16 years. “Orchestral strings and Motown drum beats abound,” he wrote, “while frontman Greg Dulli is not averse to an occasional falsetto or Prince-like wailing.”
The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine BalladsThe Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
Alexis Petridis’s lead review in G2 handed out four stars to The Amazing Snakeheads’s album of dark, Birthday Party-esque rock. “At a time when most of what passes for alternative rock sounds desiccated, Amphetamine Ballads feels raw and potent and alive”, he wrote. Petridis’s assessment might please Guardian music editor Michael Hann too, in the wake of the impression the Snakeheads made on Hann at Other Voices festival in February.Alexis Petridis’s lead review in G2 handed out four stars to The Amazing Snakeheads’s album of dark, Birthday Party-esque rock. “At a time when most of what passes for alternative rock sounds desiccated, Amphetamine Ballads feels raw and potent and alive”, he wrote. Petridis’s assessment might please Guardian music editor Michael Hann too, in the wake of the impression the Snakeheads made on Hann at Other Voices festival in February.
Ben Watt – HendraBen Watt – Hendra
Ben Watt’s latest picked up four-star reviews in both Sunday’s Observer New Review and last Friday’s G2. The Observer’s Molloy Woolcroft enjoyed the “unmannered honesty to Watt's singing and lyrics”, while in G2 Jon Dennis honed in on the album’s references to 60s and 70s English alt-folk.Ben Watt’s latest picked up four-star reviews in both Sunday’s Observer New Review and last Friday’s G2. The Observer’s Molloy Woolcroft enjoyed the “unmannered honesty to Watt's singing and lyrics”, while in G2 Jon Dennis honed in on the album’s references to 60s and 70s English alt-folk.
Paolo Nutini – Caustic LovePaolo Nutini – Caustic Love
Both Harriet Gibsone in G2 and James Bennett in the New Review were impressed by Paolo Nutini’s third album, each giving Caustic Love four stars. Nutini’s “whisky-soaked words writhe their way around a multitude of Motown-inflected could-be singles,” according to Gibsone, while Bennett reckoned Nutini had started a successful transformation into a soul man.Both Harriet Gibsone in G2 and James Bennett in the New Review were impressed by Paolo Nutini’s third album, each giving Caustic Love four stars. Nutini’s “whisky-soaked words writhe their way around a multitude of Motown-inflected could-be singles,” according to Gibsone, while Bennett reckoned Nutini had started a successful transformation into a soul man.
Ramona Lisa - ArcadiaRamona Lisa - Arcadia
Finally, Tim Jonze liked Chairlift singer Caroline Polachek’s debut under the Ramona Lisa moniker enough to warrant a four-star review in G2. “For every song that features Polachek's trademark lilting sighs and the purest of pop melodies (Backwards and Upwards), there's another that comprises random bursts of organ, mobile phone interference and the occasional tingle of bells”, Jonze wrote.Finally, Tim Jonze liked Chairlift singer Caroline Polachek’s debut under the Ramona Lisa moniker enough to warrant a four-star review in G2. “For every song that features Polachek's trademark lilting sighs and the purest of pop melodies (Backwards and Upwards), there's another that comprises random bursts of organ, mobile phone interference and the occasional tingle of bells”, Jonze wrote.
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