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October 16th, 2005

best kept secret	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|12:12 pm]
playlouder "Luxembourg are men of beautiful cheapness, just like this record..." independent on sunday "The sound of a young band nobly groping for greatness..." kitten painting "My, how these tunes twist, turn and shimmer..." cmu "The ideal package to find in your stocking this Christmas..." you're so old street "Best Kept Secret appears to be glued into my discman..." planet sound "They have more class than the rest and are probably better in bed too..." vanity project "Lyrically inventive, and unafraid to add an electro-boot up their own foppish arse..." trakmarx "A sound informed by Roxy Music, early Pulp & a ton of self belief..." god is in the tv "The antithesis and antidote to cheesy, manufactured pop music..." sounds-xp "If it’s this fucking amazingly good, ye gods, what will their real debut album be like?" designer magazine "A musical history of their experiences so far with wit, style and originality..." p2 magazine "In a perfect world, Let Us Have It and Search Continues, Hope Fades would be number one forever..." foutraque "Un groupe à la personnalité rare, aux paroles riches, aux mélodies entraînantes ou ultrasensibles..."
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what the housewives don't tell you	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|12:52 pm]
planet sound "A shocking indictment of the industry..." kitten painting "Highly-strung gentlemen dealing in the grubby romance of the everyday..." to hell with... "So peerless it can barely see the esplanade..." god is in the tv "Excellently executed and gorgeously sexual in these times of grey indie bands and poor disposable pop backdrops..." sounds-xp "Stabbing guitar, swooping keyboards, prolific use of cowbell, and David Shah’s best Morrissey, as smooth and intoxicating as a gallon of Baileys..." the stereo effect "Smacks with maturity and self-assurance..." trakmarx "Slam, glam - thank you, mam..." indigo flow "This could be the start of something big..." you're so old street "Boys singing about boys is always good..." vanity project "Indie bands used to have heart without all the earnesty, deftly covered by slight of hand and caustic wit..." tasty "Smiling’s for Bobby Crush, and don’t you forget it..." joyzine "Luxembourg, small country, ace band..." floatation suite "They deserve to be the mainstream anti-cool..." foutraque "Addictive dès les premiers accords..." soho strut "This is more like it..."
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luxtalk interviews	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|01:27 pm]
sohostrut "There's no room for indie credibility in these parts..." trakmarx "Luxembourg make me want to shag all night long. Fuck The Teardrop Explodes..." god is in the tv "Luxembourg are a band you can fall in love with: they have that rare ability to create their own myths and destroy them again..." boyz "Anthemic art-rockmusic men..." planet sound "Shared ideas, houses and partners..." sounds-xp "Just what is it with houmous? icon "Luxembourg are a sound for sore ears indeed..."
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randoms	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|02:10 pm]
plan b "Guitars aren’t made of wood, they’re made of dreams..." nme "The librarian’s loss is our gain..." metro scotland "As savvy, chilling and grandiose as early Roxy Music or Black Box Recorder..." the london line "Luxembourg’s marriage of Eighties pop and miserabilia continues to threaten a breakout from London’s toilet circuit..." socialist worker "None of the comparisons really describe what they’re like..." glasswerk "The most diverse yet equally fragmented and often sterile musical city in our country finally has a scene which has second-rate hacks all of a quiver..." logo "This suddenly feels like the sound of now..." prémonition "Dégaine et arrogance de playboys, efficacité et charisme scénique, paroles acides et mordantes comme il se doit..."
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spun out demos & promos	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|02:21 pm]
high voltage promo compilation "We may have found a British band capable of sending all the American acts looking to our nation for influence back home..." kathodik promo compilation "Nods are made to Almond, Bacharach and Cocker..." sounds-xp tourist information ep "Stealing is a crime. Murder is a crime. Sting is a crime. Luxembourg languishing in the Land of the Unsigned is a crime..." planet sound tourist information ep "Music this damned flirty and sexy is always in fashion..." froggy's delight tourist information ep "English pop still has a bright future..." joyzine tourist information ep "Success is Never Enough revels in chart-gazing synths, soaring guitars and dynamic rhythms..." popnews tourist information ep "Love’s disillusionments and the desire to laugh about them in order to carry on..." merry-go-round progress & resistance eps "Luminous traces of a history that is constantly updating itself, forever looking for new popstars..."
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angular the new cross & rip off your labels	[Oct. 16th, 2005\|02:39 pm]
rip off your labels nme "Luxembourg have enough beef to graduate into a proper rock band..." kitten painting "You stay away from my countryside you pop fop reprobates..." the stereo effect "There’s us thinking Luxembourg were neutral during the war..." you're so old street "The vocals are lacking the pretentious over-stylised quality of their stablemates..." joyzine "David Shah's miraculous trembling vocals somersault around the twinkling keyboard swirls..." designer magazine "Matches anything Franz Ferdinand have ever come up with..." sounds-xp "Tip-top face-biffing, jaw-dropping excellence..." rock midgets "Luxembourg provide the first, and last, outstanding moment on Rip Off Your Labels..." indigo flow "If you’re wondering which bands you should be heading out to see live in London at the moment then this compilation will provide the perfect guide..." the new cross kitten painting "Spearmint-esque sound of the underdog..." joyzine "Lulls you into a false sense of bog standard indie security..." sounds-xp "Perfect intelligent pop..."
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