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The Dirtbombs

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Fifth album for Detroit garage rock band formed by The Gories front man Mick Collins

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6.6

Label
In the Red
UK Release date
31/01/2011
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  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Turns out the Dirtbombs have some mystery in them yet
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  2. 8.5 |   The 405

    The band has never sounded more solid or precise; deftly carving paths out of the dense terrain of programmed drums and synths is no easy task
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  3. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Music for the present, based on the past, refracted through an even earlier past
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  4. 8.0 |   Prefix

    The highlights of the album occur when the band sticks to what it does best: rock out
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    An emblem not only of a bygone era but an optimistic look ahead to new avenues and sounds
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  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The ultimate indulgence in nostalgia for any committed fan of Detroit’s underground scene
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  7. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    When a longstanding garage-rock band with a black frontman loads its album with covers of Euro-inspired Motor City techno classics, galaxies implode
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  8. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Even if nobody will be hitting the dance floor to this; it’s more a rock translation of the style than an attempt to ape it
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  9. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    An awesomely doomed attempt at an idea that nobody's ever really tried before
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  10. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    It is possible to imagine a dancefloor heaving to them
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  11. 6.0 |   BBC

    Breathless but desperate for more, it’s The Dirtbombs in a nutshell – an unexpectedly moreish, bizarrely techno-inspired nutshell
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  12. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Their latest is an interesting attempt creatively that just doesn't live up to its own high standards
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  13. 6.0 |   Uncut

    The results are certainly fascinating. Print edition only

  14. 5.0 |   The Fly

    An interesting experiment, with mixed results
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  15. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  16. 4.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A refusal to accept genre limitations has generally been the band's strong point, but here there's no hint of any kind of integration
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