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AlbumsSinkane – Mean Love
Sinkane's 2012 album Mars made a convincing case for Ahmed Gallab being the inheritor of Curtis Mayfield's crown. On Mean Love, his delicate falsetto, the br... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Little Tornados – We Are Divine
For anyone disappointed by a lack of overt political engagement in pop, try Little Tornados on for size. Led by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Th... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
AlbumsPulled Apart By Horses – Blood
Pulled Apart By Horses have been successfully welding grimy blues rock to post punk sensibilities for some time. Third album Blood might not win ov... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014 -
AlbumsThe Travelling Band – The Big Defreeze
The opening line of album number three from Manchester's folk rock stalwarts serves notice of an unexpectedly dark outlook. “There is a man in my dream... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Love Inks – Exi
…In which the Austin trio further refine their minimalist sound to yet more sombre proportions. Where jangling guitars once nagged and prodded atop si... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Joel Gion – Apple Bonkers
After nearly 20 years of rattling the tambourine for The Brian Jonestown Massacre – arguably the cushiest job in rock – Joel Gion finally pens a ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Merchandise – After The End
So what exactly do you want from Tampa contrarians Merchandise? A return to their hardcore roots? More post-punk noise-pop? Sorry kids. After The End is thei... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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J Mascis – Tied To A Star
Is any phrase in the pop lexicon even half as soul-crushing as ‘solo album’? They’re often drab affairs, characterised less by the artist&r... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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Bear In Heaven – Time Is Over One Day Old
Bear In Heaven's fourth album is often shrewdly crafted. Each track is guided by a clean, simple melodic progression, Jon Philpott's vocals polished until th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Mndsgn – Yawn Zen
A slice of zen from the LA beat scene, courtesy of Mndsgn ('mind design'), a producer with one of the strangest bios ever written, involving flight from the ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Maybeshewill – Fair Youth
At some point during Fair Youth, you’re going to feel absolutely knackered. There seems little point in denying the emotive vastness of Maybeshewill&rs... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity
Slip on the second album from Cold Specks (aka Canada-born/UK-based singer-songwriter Al Spx), and it’s the voice that hooks you first. As opener A Bro... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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The Bug – Angels & Devils
This isn't the Bug album you are expecting. By splitting the album in two, Kevin Martin addresses some big themes and shows himself to be a producer of remar... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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Rustie – Green Language
There's a playfulness to the opening sections of Green Language – we are treated to three false starts, Rustie delivering riffs of staggering infe... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
Perhaps it’s just the afterglow imparted by the pristine, peppy power-pop that’s been their stock in trade for the last 15 years, but life in The... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014