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Yeasayer and The Week That Was – Club Uncut, August 20, 2008

Maybe it’s all the Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac in the office these past few weeks, but there’s a lot of “Tusk” in the air at Club Uncut tonight. The gated tribal rumbles, the lush, clenched-teeth harmonies, the general air of progressive pop.

SXSW: Albert Hammond Jr, Amy Winehouse, Bloc Party, Good, Bad, Queen

Another guest blogger today, as I put my feet up, listen to an excellent Terry Riley reissue and hand over Wild Mercury Sound to April Long. Like Luke, who did my work for me yesterday, April spent last week at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. And like Luke, she completely let Uncut down by missing Psychedelic Horseshit. Oh well, here's her fine report:

The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

After the funeral - the apocalypse. Second coming of Montreal troupe, designed for stadiums and the end of the world

Talking Heads – The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

Expanded two-disc edition of classic live document

Vinicius Cantuaria – Horse And Fish

Brazilian avant-bossa nova master and sidekick to David Byrne and Arto Lindsay

Egghead Over Heels

Sonic visionary's first four vocal solo albums; no extras, just untrammelled invention

Access All Arias

New wave god turned worldbeat evangelist gets opera bug
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