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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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Brighton Argus
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Stuart, Chortle
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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