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TOKYO POLICE CLUB - A Lesson In Crime
| Entertainment Weekly |
| Our neighbors to the North, so big lately in the indie-rock export business (see Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, et al.), send yet another excellent act across the border: Ontario's barely legal Tokyo Police Club. At 16 minutes, A Lesson in Crime offers little more than a quick, fizzy rush, but does so in beguiling style, with rangy guitar lines, a bruising rhythm section, and a singer who sounds not unlike the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, minus the upper-class ennui. We can hardly wait for the full-length....full text |
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| PrefixMag |
| EPs have to be evaluated on a different scale than full-length records. If it comes mid-career, an EP should show a different side of a group or make the transition between records smoother. But an EP that comes before a debut record has entirely different goals. First, it should be a tight set of songs that displays the group's talent and range. Second, it should have room for growth while still displaying the potential to follow through. EPs are hardly ever essential, but they're almost always an indication of whether or not there are better things to come....full text |
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| Blogcritics |
| Things to like about "Citizens of Tomorrow": The clever, catchy and stuttering mini-solo. The relentless drums. Fun yelling. Lyrics about robots blowing you apart in front of your loved ones if you try to escape. Be forewarned!...full text |
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