Albums

Jazz isn’t a genre that features heavily in these pages, so the question that arises when reviewing the new Portico Quartet album is this: ... Read more »

  Manchester’s Grand Central Records folded in 2006, but its spirit lives on through Crowhead. Is that a good thing though? As a label, it singul... Read more »

As any self-respecting Star Wars Extended Universe nerd will know, the haggard Emperor Palpatine created several clones of himself in order to ensure that hi... Read more »

You may be aware that the position of principal white-skinned disco-funkster has recently been vacated by MJ’s passing, leaving the field wide open for... Read more »

A soundtrack to a highway – Stevens' races toward brilliance. Read more »

In making an album with a limited palette of sounds, you tread a fine line between producing something stark and something monotonous. Whilst Declaration of ... Read more »