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Mercury Rev : Cambridge Junction

Mercury Rev : Cambridge Junction

Until the end of the summer anyway, be grateful we can dream on...

  • Jul 23, 2002
London WC2 12-Bar Club

London WC2 12-Bar Club

After spending virtually an entire year tinkling ivories across the globe with [a]Mercury Rev[/a], one could excuse [B]Adam Snyder[/B] a lengthy period of rest, recuperation and generally forgetting h

  • Jan 10, 2000
Mercury Rev : Little Rhymes

Mercury Rev : Little Rhymes

...still sounds marvellous...

  • Jul 9, 2002
Mercury Rev : Opus 40

Mercury Rev : Opus 40

A crescendous reverie of a song, a blissed-out hymn to an altered state of mind. Head-spinning images

  • May 8, 1999
Mercury Rev : The Dark Is Rising

Mercury Rev : The Dark Is Rising

C'mon. It's January. What else are you going to buy?...

  • Jan 11, 2002
London Kentish Town Forum

London Kentish Town Forum

It must be said, the result is that [a]Mercury Rev[/a] are vastly inferior live compared to their records...

  • Feb 11, 1999
Mercury Rev : London Shepherds Bush Empire

Mercury Rev : London Shepherds Bush Empire

They came, they conquered, they sawed...

  • Nov 13, 2001
Dublin Mean Fiddler

Dublin Mean Fiddler

The most incandescent group on the planet right now...

  • Sep 27, 1998
Mercury Rev  :  All Is Dream

Mercury Rev : All Is Dream

More upstate New York wizardry

  • Aug 22, 2001
Deserter's Songs

Deserter's Songs

Contrary to popular opinion, not every version of the American Dream revolves around attaining planet-flattening power, huge embezzled wealth and a line of willing cocksuckers outside the office door.

  • Sep 7, 1998
Mercury Rev : London Camden Electric Ballroom

Mercury Rev : London Camden Electric Ballroom

The Rev with their finest album to date and a glorious new stage show...

  • Aug 10, 2001

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