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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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Rudeness, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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FBC, finalgear.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Brighton Argus
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Anamatronix, Youtube