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Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s: Not Animal

By Christel Loar

Not Animal isn't exactly what the band wants it to be, but it is an interesting record in the musical evolution of the group and it does have a few thoroughly gorgeous, charming pieces of chamber pop. [5 November 2008]

Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos: The Dust of Retreat

By Patrick Schabe

With a relatively meteoric rise, chamber-pop band Margot and the Nuclear So and So's are fast becoming one of those mythical indie rock basement-to-penthouse success stories. And it's all so well deserved. [11 April 2006]