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Drever, McCusker and Woomble - Before The Ruin
Album review of Before The Ruin by Drever, McCusker and Woomble.You have to feel for Britain's roots artists; ignored and/or mocked by the media, frequently they're left playing fusty pub basements while the indie kids...
Review posted on 29th September 2008
James Yuill - Turning Down Water for Air
Album review of 'Turning Down Water for Air' by James YuillI remember the advert very clearly because of the icy realisation in the message it was pushing. You may remember the one, teenager staring back...
Review posted on 25th September 2008
Conor Oberst - Souled Out
Review of 'Souled Out' single by Conor Oberst. After the rhapsodic critical reception for Bright Eyes last album Cassadega, Conor Oberst might have been forgiven for succumbing to temptation and ploughing the same erudite Bush-bashing...
Review posted on 22nd September 2008
Born Ruffians - Red Yellow and Blue
Album review of Red Yellow and Blue by Born Ruffians.Canadian trio Born Ruffians are part of the puckish guitar twirling vanguard at the formerly all-techno label Warp, alongside amongst others math rockers Battles and new-folk...
Review posted on 14th July 2008
The Sugars - The Curse of the Sugars
Album review of The Sugars 'The Curse of the Sugars' released on Bad Sneakers. No wonder our parents parents thought about banning it; from the insouciant hip swivel of Elvis to the fuming glare of...
Review posted on 7th July 2008
Psychedelic Horseshit - New Wave Hippies
Single Review of 'New Wave Hippies' by Psychedelic Horseshit.Matt (Sing,guitars) and Rich (Drums,shoes) from Columbus, Ohio are "The Shit", a duo who have spent much of their formative years apparently listening to the art-rock of...
Review posted on 7th July 2008
Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More
Read our single review for Jay Reatard's single 'Always Wanting More'.Jay Reatard/Lindsay hails from Memphis, has made more music in the last decade than any artist has a right to and wrote in his blog...
Review posted on 23rd June 2008
The Crimea - The 48A Waiting Steps
Read our single review of The 48A Waiting Steps by The Crimea.London five piece The Crimea will probably be best remembered in the distant future as the band who gave away their second album Secrets...
Review posted on 23rd June 2008
Our Broken Garden - Lost Sailor
Review of Lost Sailor EP by Our Broken GardenRecently signed to the Bella Union label, Our Broken Garden - aka, Danish singer/songwriter and Efterklang-er Anna Broensted and her cohorts - are steeped in the kind...
Review posted on 10th June 2008
O Fracas - Fits And Starts
O Fracas Fits And Starts Album Review I can't begin to express the dread which descended on me when I realised that the subjects of this review were from Leeds. As a committed Loiner I...
Review posted on 12th May 2008
Moby - Last Night
MobyLast Night Mute RecordsAlbum ReviewSuccess impacts on performers in a number of different ways. For Moby, the ten million copies sold of Play - achieved partially by the allegedly ambiguous ubiquity of it's licensing -...
Review posted on 6th May 2008
Clinic - Do It!
ClinicDo It!Domino RecordsAlbum ReviewYou make the assumption that four grown men who've persisted throughout their career with appearing in surgeon's masks aren't taking themselves too seriously. Given also that the only people outside your local...
Review posted on 28th April 2008
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Stephen Malkmus and the JicksReal Emotional TrashDomino RecordsAlbum ReviewFormer Pavement frontman Stephan Malkmus and friends may be performing on the Domino label in the UK, but anyone expecting the urban Gnosticism and thundering guitar chops...
Review posted on 28th April 2008
Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair Self-Titled Album Review Few records this century have polarised opinion like Anthony and the Johnsons 2005 release I Am Blind; for some it was a triumph, surfing proudly on the friction...
Review posted on 2nd April 2008
Envelopes - Here Comes The Wind
Envelopes Here Comes The Wind Album Review Maybe it's symbolic of how short our attention spans are becoming these days, or maybe it's the way that we consume entertainment and art at such a gratuitous,...
Review posted on 2nd April 2008
The Black Ghosts - Mixtape
TheBlack Ghosts Mixtape Album Review Theo Keating and Simon Lord's backgrounds may be fascinating (Lord is ex-vocalist of psychedelic dream poppers Simian and his grandfather played the oboe on The Beatles A Day In The...
Review posted on 18th March 2008
Groove Armada - Late Night Tales
Groove Armada Late Night Tales Album Review Andy Cato and Tom Findlay may not have the image or credibility of Sasha or Paul Oakenfold, but through an astute licensing strategy - most notably with Citroen...
Review posted on 12th March 2008
Merz - Moi Et Mon Camion
Merz Moi Et Mon Camion Album Review In a world choked with X Factor cast offs and torpid Blunt-a-likes, it's never been harder to get a foothold in the dog-eat-dog fastness of the singer songwriter....
Review posted on 4th March 2008
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
Sebastien Tellier Sexuality Album Review Sebastien Tellier's third album, Sexuality displays an unambiguous manifesto; the press notes describe it as (a) 'Musical statement of intent for lovemaking' and then even more pervily as 'Conveying a...
Review posted on 14th February 2008
Harmonic 313 - EP 1
Harmonic 313 EP 1 EP Review The received wisdom is that somewhere between their move from Sheffield to London, the zeitgeist splitting avant-techno label Warp lost it. Whilst there is no denying that the relocation...
Review posted on 30th January 2008
Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Sia Some People Have Real Problems Album Review Australian Sia Furler is best known for her work with chill out collective Zero 7, but has also held the reigns of a modest solo career without...
Review posted on 29th January 2008
Silversun Pickups - Pickul
Silversun PickupsPickul EP ReviewHow America seems to yearn for another Smashing Pumpkins, although whilst Billy Corgan and a few session musicians jog around the worldâs aircraft hangars plugging the underwhelming Zeitgeist, any appetite for the...
Review posted on 10th December 2007
Riot In Belgium - La Musique
Riot In Belgium La MusiqueSingle ReviewRe-released presumably in time to ingratiate itself with the Claire's accessories crowd on their annual Hogmanay trip into town, what you get is predictably not Flemish and doesn't require a...
Review posted on 5th December 2007
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