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Mogwai - Government Commissions LP :
"...What was clearest about the ‘Gwai from an earlier stage was how much they meant it. Lead guitarist and musical supremo Stuart Braithwaite promoted the band with t-shirts declaring ‘blur: are shite’, and then went on to explain that if it ever went to court he had the musical training to prove it. When they were invited to record for the Evening Session, the brilliant showcase on national radio started by, of all people, Mark Goodyear, and tragically buried by the moronic ‘dj’ (ahem) Zane Lowe, they produced the monstrous, staggering, 18-minute epic Like Herod. Live, Mogwai are supreme. I saw them at Kentish Town once and audience members were unable to either watch or hear much of the set, so intense was the world-ending noise and light emanating from the stage.."

And M83 " Before the Dawn Heals Us" :
"...somewhere between the vast, glacial movements of Sigur Ros or Múm and the homespun reveries of My Bloody Valentine, what singles M83 out from the crowded milieu of French electronica is the beguilingly energetic pace coupled with intricate respites of almost catchy melody and ghostly vocals...."

Arcade Fire - "Funeral":
"...Arnold Schoenberg, the great pioneer of the classical avant garde, once said that there was still plenty of great music left to be written in C major. I think we can also conclude that there’s still plenty of inspiration left to be milked from the traditional rock form; two guitars, bass, drums, a pounding beat and a baroque keyboard flourish now and again. It must be true since Arcade Fire just proved it. Their new album, Funeral, is so fresh and exciting it’s hard to believe they are operating in an old and potentially stale form. Not only are the songs uniformly excellent, they also show a mastery of the art of controlled dynamics, of tension and release, that most young bands ignore to pursue the catharsis of sustained intensity. But as any woman will tell you, intensity is great, young chap, but you’ve got to build up to it. Arcade Fire sticks to the basics and keeps it simple. There is not a wasted or superfluous moment on this record...."
Great stuff..