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This is a lot closer to the type of compilation you'd get with an issue of CMJ than something special.
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Alternative PressHow many times can rock return in one year? [Jul 2003, p.122]
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UncutAside from [Interpol]... the Yes groups sound just as narrow and constricted as their scuzzy East Village forebears. [Aug 2003, p.120]
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Rolling StoneDoes a good job documenting the sounds and youthful energy generated by the scene. [10 Jul 2003, p.64]
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Probably the best post-punk album you'll buy all year.
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At the very least, Yes New York procures a look at a city churning out (mostly) good bands.
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SpinA pretty accurate representation of the New York rock renaissance. [Jul 2003, p.110]
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A solid collection of the most talked-about bands in the New York underground.
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Cannibalising a musical canvas splattered with decades of paint, little here is truly original and the quality veers throughout, as is inevitable from the recordings of one - albeit artistically ferocious - city.
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Q MagazineMost of it... suggests that New York's time is, once again, imminent. [Aug 2003, p.119]
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This comp makes one thing perfectly clear: for a host of bands so readily compared to the same tiny stable of influences-- "sounding like a modern-day Gang of Four..."-- there sure is a hell of a lot of diversity between them.
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Under The RadarIf you don't yet know NYC bands like The Witnesses or The Natural History, this album is worth a try. [#5, p.116]