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AlbumsMeshuggah – Koloss
Sweden’s – hang on, let’s just make that the planet's – foremost tech-metal architects return with their answer to ‘difficult s... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
AlbumsSoulfly – Enslaved
Anyone even vaguely familiar with Soulfly will probably know the drill by this point in the band's career, and indeed, those who have been following along ov... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
AlbumsLittle Doses – Rock Riot Soul
It’s difficult to imagine how Snow Patrol could ever have served as the platform for creative quarrel (not if you dug Songs for Polarbears &ndas... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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VCMG – SSSS
SSSS represents one of the most intriguing reunions in the history of electronica, bringing Vince Clarke and Martin Gore back together for the first time sin... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
AlbumsYeti Lane – The Echo Show
Despite the repugnant title, psych-pop’s been carving out a respectable comeback of late. Following the release of 2009’s acclaimed eponymous deb... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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Ceremony – Zoo
Hysteria, the lead single from Ceremony's Matador debut, hints towards an experience far removed from the grinding power-violence of the Californian quintet'... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012
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Cast – Troubled Times
Cast have never been critical darlings. Even when Britpop was at its peak they were being written off as mere trad revivalists. But this never affected their... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
AlbumsThe Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
Following the profile-raising 69 Love Songs, Stephin Merritt largely ditched the synthesisers that had characterised great swathes of the Magnetic Fields&rsq... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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Mouse on Mars – Parastrophics
It’s six years since this German techno/post-rock duo released their last LP, Varcharz (five, if you count their work with Mark E Smith under the Von S... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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The Stranglers – Giants
The first Stranglers LP since 2006’s Suite XVI explores some relatively unknown territories for the band, now in their 38th year. Freedom is Insane beg... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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Team Me – To the Treetops!
Oslo’s Team Me are overblown, over-excitable and, with the release of debut To the Treetops!, soon-to-be over here. The warmth of your welcome will var... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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Dry the River – Shallow Bed
Elbow, Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake. These are the highlights from a list of artists that Dry the River don’t bear any audible resemblance ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships
It’s hard not to admire Billy McCarthy, frontman and chief lyricist of New York band We Are Augustines. Their debut album is based loosely around the c... Read more »| 27 Feb 2012 -
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Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
Now eight albums deep into his career, it’s tempting to view Andrew Bird as a latter day, violin-toting Paul Simon. With the syrupy, seductive voice an... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
Once lost, momentum is often difficult to recover – a plight New York's School of Seven Bells must by now be familiar with. While 2008 debut Alpin... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012