The guitarist Lee Ranaldo’s songs were among the New York art rockers Sonic Youth’s most beautiful, his extended tonal workouts mixing Deadhead riffing with minimalist repetition, unencumbered by the ironic fascinations with kitsch pop culture that dates his colleagues’ work.
Ranaldo’s extracurricular activities usually display solid downtown experimental sensibilities, but this solo album offers grown-up alterno-rock writ large.
Xtina As I Knew Her is seventies Neil Young lost in Eighties No Wave New York, a Crazy Horse’ vamp stained with darkly psychedelic post punk droplets, a school run soundtrack for former plaid-shirted grungers not yet ready to let go.
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Brighton Argus
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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World Without End, Twitter