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Oct 7 2008:
Barbican, London
Junior Boys make pristine, future-perfect pop every bit as bubbly and infectious as Hot Chip's, says Paul Lester -
Oct 5 2008:
Pop review: Teddy Thompson, Scala, London
Thompson sings songs of scorn and suicide but plays it for laughs. He really doesn't need to ... says Kitty Empire -
Oct 3 2008:
Cockpit, Leeds: It's hard not to imagine what the crystal-voiced blonde would look like in Dynasty power makeup with a hair-dryer blowing back her locks, as her terrific material creates a party in the mind, says Dave Simpson
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Oct 3 2008:
Royal Albert Hall, London: He makes a colossal noise, and often he does it with no more than a battered three-string guitar and a hirsute drummer, says Ian Gittins
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Sep 30 2008:
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
His two-hour show gathers songs from every stage of his 31-year career and gets pacier by the minute, says Maddy Costa -
Sep 29 2008:
Carling Islington Academy, London
Taking to the stage after a brief retro workout by her band, Spector's leg-skimming flared jeans belie her years -
Sep 25 2008:
Hammersmith, London
Ne-Yo is a chap who is happy with just a good-night kiss, writes Caroline Sullivan -
Sep 25 2008:
Scala, London
Their wall of guitar noise and thump-crash drumming sounds impressively vast, writes Alexis Petridis -
Sep 23 2008:
O2 Arena, London
For all Nickelback's sense of fun, their music remains joyless, writes Betty Clarke -
Sep 22 2008:
Wilmington, London
Their full-tilt power-chord singalongs and tricksy, art-rock workouts elicit a great response, says Tom Hughes
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Sep 19 2008:
Royal Albert Hall, London
There is a sense of unfinished business, a reputation to restate, writes Angus Batey -
Sep 17 2008:
Union Chapel, London
Kimya Dawson has always traded in the infantile, and never more than now, says Ian Gittins -
Sep 16 2008:
Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
Mercury Rev's The Dark Is Rising summed up the festival perfectly widening our eyes with wonder, says Jude Rogers -
Sep 16 2008:
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
It no longer matters how Saint Etienne have survived; it's just nice that they have, says Maddy Costa -
Sep 14 2008:
Pop: Stevie Wonder invokes his late mother, God and Barack Obama, but slushy ballads and jazz-funk workouts dilute the impact of his classics
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