Tom Ewing | Does being a bit obtuse make for better music?

Indirectness can be a distinctive charm, as the best indie rock often proves. I don't need to know what every line means to love a songSo who was rock critics' ­favourite act of the last ­decade? Radiohead? Björk? Outkast? According to the website Metacritic, which compiles and aggregates web and print reviews across the English-speaking world, the answer is Texan ­indie rockers Spoon. Each of their four noughties albums won them almost nothing but praise, and their first of the 10s,...

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