Albums
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AlbumsFuture of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another
New musical maxim: “In the land of the three-piece, tone is King”. To support this bold new truth, Future of the Left squeeze every drop of juice... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
AlbumsVarious Artists - My Favourite Things, Vol. 2
A techno compilation, by way of Japan, celebrates Mule Electronic's fifth birthday. The mixed results within fail to set the speakers alight. Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
AlbumsAmazing Baby - Rewild
Rewild has an overall airiness to its production that almost suggests a '60s vibe, with frequent soft and richly-layered harmonies echoing Beach Boys records... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsEyes - Night Eyes
Eyes take the irreverent poses of Test Icicles and apply it to a mess of genres on their debut album for London's Seed Records. Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsSpare Snare - I Love You, I Hate You
"I don't care what you thinks." Hissing electronics snatched from early Grandaddy records and distorted with the scuzz of the Probe Plus back catalogue: this... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsThorn's Musical Journey - Broken Sword
With numerous references to religious imagery, and the occasional mention of God, one might be forgiven for thinking that Thorn's Musical Journey are - whisp... Read more »| 27 May 2009
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AlbumsHull - Sole Lord
The solitary gently-strummed Spanish-tinged guitar that opens this record is a not-entirely-convincing attempt at misleading the listener before the inevitab... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsWillem Maker - New Moon Hand
Given his sinister backstory, there were few career paths, other than that of the gruff, contemplative blues singer, which were realistically available to Wi... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsThe Mummers - Tale to Tell
If Alice in Wonderland took an acid-fuelled day trip along Brighton pier, decided to turn her hand to a Fisher-Price xylophone, before partaking in a spot of... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
AlbumsMoby - Wait For Me
If Last Night, Moby’s previous album, was an abbreviated eulogy to New York nightlife, then he evidently had too good a time of it. Wait For Me is the ... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsTartufi - Nests of Waves and Wire
Tartufi deserve recognition as a wonderful and thrilling entity. Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsEels - Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire
Virginia's tragic hero returns with a lo-fi, tuneful offering Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsYou Already Know - Stop Whispering
Since home studios revolutionised the recording industry, more and more bands have been taking matters into their own hands when it comes to capturing and re... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsPaolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
Anyone who caught Paolo Nutini’s numerous festival appearances in 2007/8 will have witnessed his rendition of the Disney song I Wanna Be Like You. Satu... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsFranz Ferdinand - Blood
Franz Ferdinand’s third album Tonight was a muted success, despite the pre-release talk of afrobeat rhythms and experimental electronica largely turnin... Read more »| 25 May 2009