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		<title>Operator Please &#8211; Gloves, Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(3.5/5) Australian band Operator Please exploded onto the music scene in 2007 with their primary coloured punk in the form of the nonsensical It’s Just A Song About Ping Pong, sounding like a deranged mash-up of The Ting Tings and the Plasticines. Their debut album, Yes Yes Vindictive won them a legion of fans internationally and now they are back to prove they aren’t one hit wonders with their sophomore album Gloves. Since 2007 the band have grown up considerably, and their sound has grown up with them. Gone are the punky pop moments of Yes Yes Vindictive and in...]]></description>
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		<title>Robyn &#8211; Body Talk Part One, Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 10:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(4.5/5) The music industry is currently swamped with female electro-pop artists making quirky electronic music coupled with genuine songwriting craft but one of the pioneers who started it all off (alongside Roisin Murphy) is back to reclaim her crown with not one but three albums which she intends to release this year. Robyn has been rather quiet since her seminal eponymous album released in 2007 whose quirky electro-pop went on to launch the careers of Lady GaGa, Annie, Dragonette, Little Boots, La Roux, Ellie Goulding, and Marina and the Diamonds. However, while their stars rose but she has been little...]]></description>
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		<title>Hole &#8211; Nobody&#8217;s Daughter, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/hole-nobodys-daughter-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Erlandson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(4/5) For many artists the process of writing and recording a new album can be cathartic, painful, exhausting and rewarding, but more often than not the end product comes quickly when reasonable force is applied (record company threatens to revoke funding). But there are also albums whose development is so protracted they almost never make the light of day; Portishead’s Third (2008) and Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy (2008) are two prime examples, both taking roughly ten years to record and be released. Fortunately, Courtney Love has put us out of our misery at just five years with next week’s...]]></description>
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		<title>Rufus Wainwright &#8211; All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/rufus-wainwright-all-days-are-nights-songs-for-lulu-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(4/5) It is a rather startling fact that Rufus Wainwright released his eponymous debut album twelve years ago, when many think of him as an artist who only came into being with his double opus Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004). What is also remarkable is how Wainwright has managed to buck the trend and carved out a successful career for himself as a male solo artist in a time when their numbers have been fast dwindling. As constant readers of this blog will attest, I have been bemoaning the fact there are no real male pop stars anymore...]]></description>
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		<title>Jes &#8211; Highglow, Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Yorker Jes Brieden, known simply as Jes, has been well established on the dance music circuit for a number of years, best known for the 2004 club hit ‘As The Rush Comes’ with Gabriel and Dresden. She has since worked with some of the biggest names of the dance world including Paul van Dyke, Tiësto, Deepsky, D:Fuse, BT and Airscape and out two albums of her own – 2007’s Disconnect and remix album Into The Dawn the following year – which met with limited success outside of the dance music market. High Glow marks her first foray into a...]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Curtis &#8211; 8Bit Heart, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/simon-curtis-8bit-heart-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/simon-curtis-8bit-heart-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(4/5) As my previous reviews will attest, a genuine male pop star has been a long time coming since female-dominated electro-pop took over the charts in recent years but we may just have found it in twenty-four year old ex-actor Simon Curtis. Many of you may not have heard of him but I believe this will change over the course of the year. What is interesting about Curtis is his debut album is free to download (right click, save link as) from his website in a bid to be signed by one of the major record labels. This is a...]]></description>
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		<title>Jónsi &#8211; Go, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/j%C3%B3nsi-go-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(4.5/5) Jónsi, better known as Jón Birgisson, again better known as one half of Sigur Rós, has taken something of an extended hiatus from his band cohorts to release his first proper solo album since 2009’s collaboration Rice Boy Sleeps with boyfriend Alex Somers. Many might argue that Go is just another Sigur Rós record but I find this kind of categorising extremely lazy. In actuality, those philistines not yet acquainted with Sigur Rós will find a way into the band through this accessible pop album which, in my mind, is one of the highlights of the year thus far...]]></description>
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		<title>The Brunettes &#8211; Paper Dolls, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/the-brunettes-paper-dolls-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/the-brunettes-paper-dolls-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(2/5) If you’ve already formed an opinion about New Zealand duo The Brunettes, then fourth album Paper Dolls isn’t going to change your mind. Love them or loathe them, it’s likely you’ll still be sitting on the same side of...]]></description>
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		<title>Plastiscines &#8211; About Love, Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/plastiscines-about-love-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/plastiscines-about-love-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(3.5/5) French pop-punk band Plastiscines are bringing electric guitars back to contemporary pop music in a big way. Their second album, About Love, is the total antithesis to the current fixation with electro-pop and its myriad variations (electro-folk, electro-R&#38;B etc.)....]]></description>
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		<title>Tracey Thorn &#8211; Love and its Opposite, Track by Track Review</title>
		<link>http://pviktor.co.uk/p_viktor_/2010/04/tracey-thorn-love-and-its-opposite-track-by-track-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tracey Thorn's third solo album, Love &#38; Its Opposite, is out May 17, and capitalises on the critical acclaim of her 2007 release, Out Of The Woods, a mixture of hard-edged dance music and folk fare which bridged the gap...]]></description>
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