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AlbumsKate Jackson – British Road Movies
The equal – at least – of the two dazzling artworks she delivered with The Long Blondes, Jackson's solo debut comes eight years after guitarist D... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
AlbumsSophia – As We Make Our Way (Unknown Harbours)
Robin Proper-Sheppard has always had a way with love. Of viewing it at odd angles, teasing out the strands of heartbreak almost before hearts have been broke... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Summer Cannibals – Full of It
The Portland band arrive on this, their third album. A ferocious – and ferociously cerebral – collection, these 11 songs rattle your sternum whil... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Gold Panda – Good Luck and Do Your Best
When you look beyond life's gauntlet of insufferable bullshit, sometimes we do live in a bright, wonderful world; Derwin Panda has decided it’s time to... Read more »| 10 May 2016 -
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Beth Orton – Kidsticks
Beth Orton rolls back the years with an exceptional return to form. Read more »| 10 May 2016 -
AlbumsMalcolm Middleton – Summer of ‘13
“Won’t someone please come on and diagnose me with something,” urges the curiously uplifting opener Steps. “I’m not making prog... Read more »| 09 May 2016
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Holy Fuck – Congrats
Holy... shit. Chimes Broken, the opening track to the saintly, sweary Canadians’ surprise new album will smack you in the teeth, twice. Three times, ev... Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
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Arbor Labor Union – I Hear You
Grizzled riffs that – across nine sprawling tracks – deliberately shun any hint of sophistication, the debut from Georgia-based four-piece Arbor ... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
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Eagulls – Ullages
So angry and vitriolic was Eagulls’ 2014 self-titled debut that there was a temptation to head for Leeds, make them a cup of tea and suggest maybe they... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
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Book Group – The Great Indoors
American college rock by way of Edinburgh’s backstreet dives shouldn’t work – and, inevitably, almost never does – but there’s ... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
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Randolph's Leap – Cowardly Deeds
A change of label has done little to dull the copious appeal of Randolph’s Leap. Having hopped from Lost Map back to their original home on Olive Grove... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
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United Fruit – Eternal Return
It’s all a matter of opinion and perspective, of course, but United Fruit’s second long-player Eternal Return seems likely to divide opinion amon... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
AlbumsJulianna Barwick – Will
The latest from the Brooklyn-based composer offers further fascination for those hypnotised by the ambient soundscapes of 2013's breakthrough Nepenthe. ... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
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White Lung – Paradise
2014’s sterling Deep Fantasy saw White Lung thrashing away under a mushroom cloud of eardrum-rattling guitar effects – a triumphant honing of eve... Read more »| 29 Apr 2016 -
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JC Flowers – Driving Excitement and the Pleasure of Ownership
Londoners JC Flowers are certainly full of ideas. Baudrillard is loftily cited on the press release, suggesting a knowing angle to their classicist psych-pop... Read more »| 27 Apr 2016