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Multi-national London four-piece (and occasional five-piece) YUCK take us straight back to the golden era of Nineties indie rock, a time where Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo ruled supreme. That the band were infants when this era's defining records came out is very much to their advantage: instead of reliving lost youth, Yuck instead reinvigorate the fuzzily charming sound of a now bygone era with an energy and verve all their own. Their self-produced, self-titled LP, released early this year, is, as Pitchfork put it, ‘a deeply melodic, casually thrilling coming-of-age album' for a generation who weren't around for Slanted and Enchanted and Nevermind. If you can imagine that.

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Test taken by Max Bloom. With thanks to The Stool Pigeon.

  1. 1 Alien / Predator
  2. 2 Beatles / Stones
  3. 3 Beef / Chicken
  4. 4 Beer / Spirits
  5. 5 Bill Callahan / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
  6. 6 Blond / Brunette
  7. 7 Bob Dylan / Neil Young
  8. 8 Bono / The Pope
  9. 9 Capitalism / Communism
  10. 10 Cash / Credit
  11. 11 Charlie Sheen / Martin Sheen
  12. 12 Childhood / Adulthood
  13. 13 Chocolate / Cheese
  14. 14 Country music / Urban music
  15. 15 Crocodiles / Sharks
  16. 16 Cycling / Driving
  17. 17 David Bowie / Brian Eno
  18. 18 Daydream Nation / Loveless
  19. 19 Denim / Leather
  20. 20 Dog / Cat
  21. 21 Dre / Snoop
  22. 22 Early Man / Late Man
  23. 23 Eighties / Nineties
  24. 24 Electric / Acoustic
  25. 25 Fiction / Non-fiction
  26. 26 Fish / Chips
  27. 27 Freemasonry / Scientology
  28. 28 Gaga / Madonna
  29. 29 Godfather / Godfather II
  30. 30 Half-empty / Half-full
  31. 31 Hetfield / Ulrich
  32. 32 Humans / Animals
  33. 33 Inside / Outside
  34. 34 Jesus / Mohammed
  35. 35 Krautrock / Euro Disco
  36. 36 Lennon / Ono
  37. 37 Looks / Personality
  38. 38 Mel Gibson / Russell Crowe
  39. 39 Men / Women
  40. 40 More / Less
  41. 41 Morning / Night
  42. 42 Mum / Dad
  43. 43 Nature / Nurture
  44. 44 Pacino / De Niro
  45. 45 PC / Mac
  46. 46 Recording / Gigging
  47. 47 Schwarzenegger / Stallone
  48. 48 Slanted and Enchanted / Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  49. 49 Steve Irwin / Mick Dundee
  50. 50 Sweden / Norway
  51. 51 Sweet / Savoury
  52. 52 The Wire / Mad Men
  53. 53 Tyler, The Creator / Tegan and Sara
  54. 54 Virtue / Vice
  55. 55 Web 1.0 / Web 2.0
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