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A Week in Records: Lee Bannon, Sleaford Mods, Prefuse 73...
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Lee Bannon – Pattern of Excel [Ninja Tune]Turns out this’ll be the last album from the artist formerly known as Lee Bannon; fr... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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Jason Isbell – The Nashville Sound
Since the release of 2013's Southeastern, Jason Isbell has moved from alt-country troubadour to bona-fide rock star, eclipsing even the success of his a... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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Chin of Britain – The Weasel is at the Bridge
Get into the groove. The follow-up to Chin Keeler's 2013 debut is a pared-down, trippy brew of bracing beats and spiralling wig-outs. As ever, Keeler pl... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Various Artists – Keysound Recordings present This Is How
Keysound Recordings is the label run by eminent UK bass music blogger Blackdown and production partner Dusk. Since 2005, it has been a home to some of the mo... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs
The last few years have seen a glut of so-called ‘post-rock’ bands finding synths down the back of their respective sofas and attempting to redir... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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London Grammar – Truth is a Beautiful Thing
In retrospect, the breathless anticipation which preempted London Grammar’s debut wasn’t so surprising given the timing. Released in 2013, If You... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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Tissø Lake – Paths to the Foss
Paths to the Foss, the new album by Tissø Lake, is a beautiful, fragile thing, which feels more like some ancient artefact than something as tangible ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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Kurt Vile – b’lieve I’m goin down
Perhaps the natural meeting point between the gloomy Smoke Ring For My Halo and 2013’s more robust Wakin On A Pretty Daze, b’lieve I’m goin... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
After kickstarting the post-dubstep sound on Crooks & Lovers, Mount Kimbie have turned their attention towards stranger sounds and more challenging ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Blue Rose Code – The Water of Leith
From tumultuous beginnings through loss, upheaval, addiction and recovery, Ross Wilson's constant has been music. Whilst life could be punctuated by struggle... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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Adrian Younge presents – Twelve Reasons To Die II (starring Ghostface Killah)
"Ayo I’m back blowin’ dust off the vinyl, I got twelve more reasons to die, snap your spinal," Ghostface Killah raps, announcing the second insta... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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School of Seven Bells – SVIIB
When Alejandra Deheza and Benjamin Curtis started work on School of Seven Bells’ fourth album in the summer of 2012, they definitely had no thought tha... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Coming off the back of his 2010 masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the build up to 2013's Yeezus was relatively low-key, with Kanye Wes... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Tunabunny – PCP Presents Alice in Wonderland Jr.
Tunabunny have been many things during their nine-year lifespan: cultural agitators, musical destructionists (and catalysts for its subsequent salvation), po... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Sometime session saxophonist Colin Stetson has been blazing a strange and experimental path with his New History Warfare series, in which unique pl... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave’s mode, recently, has been sustained meditation. Most of the music on 2013’s Push the Sky Away is of this sort; unchanging, unmarked by... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85
There's a quote in Alan McGee's 2013 autobiography that neatly sums up the Creation Records ethos. Discussing his own mid-80s band, Biff Bang Pow!, he laughs... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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Factory Floor remixed by Carl Craig and Laurel Halo
Out this week on DFA Records, the new single from Factory Floor – who came third in our Albums of the Year chart for 2013 with their self-titled f... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Dave Sitek remixes 'Sea Legs' for UK redux edition of Run The Jewels
TV On The Radio guitarist and sought-after producer Dave Sitek has remixed a track by Run The Jewels, aka rappers El-P and Killer Mike. Run The Jewels, their... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens of The Stone Age are the standout band of hard rock over the last 20 years, with a superlative discography featuring at least three classic albums, an... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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El-P / Run the Jewels
Brooklyn’s own cat-loving MC is recognisable for his eloquent, aggressive approach to high-speed wordplay; he’s technically gifted and madly imag... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Deerhunter
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001, ‘ambient punks’ Deerhunter’s line-up has ever since been based around a core of guitarist, vocalist and... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
More than thirty years after burning brightly and burning out in just a couple of years as singer with post-punk rioters The Birthday Party, Nick Cave has pr... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Adam Stafford
Falkirk-based musician and filmmaker Adam Stafford has been a consistent presence on the Scottish music scene of the early millennium, and is frequently cite... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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The Charlatans
One of the most widely-loved British bands of the 90s, The Charlatans were formed in the West Midlands in 1988 by bassist Martin Blunt, with the original lin... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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METZ
Canadian noise rock trio METZ originally came together in 2007, when vocalist/guitarist Alex Edkins and drummer Hayden Menzies began playing DIY shows togeth... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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CHVRCHES announce new album ‘Every Open Eye’ and share lead single
Glasgow synth-pop trio CHVRCHES will release their second album Every Open Eye this September, offering a glimpse today with lead single Leave A Trace (liste... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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Foals
Bands like Foals are a rarity, a true natural phenomena. When was the last time you saw a kooky math-pop band turn into riff-crunching arena-filling rock mon... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Thom Isom: The Skinny Showcase
Thom Isom is a freelance graphic designer and artist. He works with artists, musicians and cultural organisations from around the UK. He’s been designi... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Videos
Killer Mike turns evangelist in 'Ghetto Gospel'
Atlanta rapper Killer Mike has dropped a belated video for one of the highlights from his 2012 album R.A.P. Music, Ghetto Gospel. The track, which ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago