St. Vincent St. Vincent 5/5 St. Vincent doesn’t take selfies. It’s hardly believable, one might think, while gazing at her latest self-titled album’s cover and locking eyes with Annie Clarke sitting on a throne, looking […]
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Lo-Fang Blue Film 4/5 There is a fine line between making the most of your talents and simply throwing everything you know at a project and hoping it sticks. With a classical training in cello, […]
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Katy B Little Red 2/5 Although hits off her first album, On a Mission, were replayed so religiously on radio stations and Fruity Fridays that they risked becoming background noise, you would be hard pressed to say that […]
Music | Album Review – Illum Sphere
Illum Sphere Ghosts of Then and Now 4/5 Once we have confronted the Ghosts of Then and Now there is only dread. Fear for what is yet to come, the ghosts of later, if you will. It’s this […]
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Temples Sun Structures 4/5 From the very beginning, the enigmatic guitar riff that runs through opening track ‘Shelter Song’ immediately encapsulates us in a world of spiralling colours and crazy hair and binds us to Temples’ debut album. Shut your […]
Music | Album review – Tinariwen
Tinariwen Emmaar 4/5 Desert Blues masters Tinariwen are perhaps the most Rock n’ Roll band there is; they are true rebels. Having actively experienced reality-affirming political situations in their home country of Mali, and recently […]
Music | Album Review – Hard-Fi & Actress
Hard-Fi Hard-Fi: Best of 2004 – 2014 (2/5) The mere existence of this Best Of is somewhat troubling as it likely comes down to a cynical decision made by the band in order to squeeze […]
Music | Album Reviews – Chase and Status, Danny Brown & Gary Numan
Featured Album Chase and Status – Brand New Machine (5/5) Chase and Status are back with their third album Brand New Machine and they’ll be hoping to make a distinctly different impression to last time […]
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Young Rebel Set – Crocodile (4/5) Ever wondered what it would sound like if lad-rock met folk? Probably not, but small-time five piece Young Rebel Set are determined to show you. Building on the sound […]
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After such a long time out of the game, most returning artists would opt for caution and conservatism on a comeback album on the reasonably safe assumption that their time had been and gone, and […]
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Recently the UK has not exactly been short of indie bands dealing in synth-heavy modern rock. Amid heavyweight new releases from Foals and Everything Everything, perhaps we should take a chance on the much less […]
Music: Album Review: Atoms For Peace – AMOK
After over a year of hints, it is here. Despite the addition of some unexpected and some unsurprising members to the lineup (put Flea in the former camp, Nigel Godrich the latter), this full-band effort […]