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AlbumsTrembling Bells featuring Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Marble Downs
Trembling Bells bring a marked departure from recent Will Oldham-involved projects, with a sound that’s a brimming-over the cup of baroque. Their infu... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Amadou & Mariam – Folila
For a visually impaired husband and wife duo from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia have an impressive knack of befriending international superstars... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
AlbumsAU – Both Lights
AU’s latest album is typically arcane, yet it crackles with access points. As always, a casual cadre of guests expand upon Luke Wyland’s intric... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
AlbumsSeamus Fogarty – God Damn You Mountain
Rita Jack’s Lament, the centrepiece of Seamus Fogarty’s startlingly good debut album, features a recording of a County Kerry native on her first... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
AlbumsQuakers – Quakers
At 41 tracks, Quakers is a behemoth of a record. It's hip-hop to the core: samples and crisp beats clashing violently beneath a roll call of emcees who r... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Haight-Ashbury – Haight-Ashbury 2: The Ashburys
There is absolutely nothing in Haight-Ashbury's second album to suggest they are a three-piece from Glasgow that make music in 2012. This is a band that un... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012
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Lightships – Electric Cables
Most Teenage Fanclub albums contain at least one standout penned by bass player Gerard Love: Star Sign, Sparky’s Dream, Ain’t That Enough, I Ne... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Eric Chenaux – Guitar & Voice
Its title gives Chenaux’s fourth album for the Constellation label a rather orchestral air. And Guitar & Voice is perhaps best considered as an orc... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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La Sera – Sees the Light
'Kickball' Katy Goodman – better known as one third of the surf-punk group Vivian Girls – returns with this second solo album under the La Se... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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Pinkunoizu – Free Time!
Though based in Copenhagan, Pinkunoizu foreground multicultural aspirations via a Japanese name (‘pink noise’) and lyrical references to the Ar... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
AlbumsCarter Tutti Void – Transverse
Executed and recorded as a live stage show, for which these four sizeable noise ambles were specifically composed and rehearsed beforehand, Chris & Cos... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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Various – Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. 2
In a 26-part history, Belle and Sebastian are only the second act to add a volume 2 to their Late Night Tales mix, and as before, they’ve cultivated so... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
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Frankie Rose – Interstellar
Gone are ‘the Outs’ and the playfully fuzzy textures of Frankie Rose’s debut album; little is left to signify her involvement with Vivian ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
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Liz Green – O, Devotion!
It’s been five years since Liz Green’s debut single, but the belated arrival of album O, Devotion! has only sharpened her talents. Bad Medicine r... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
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Napalm Death – Utilitarian
It's tempting to downplay Napalm Death's significance in the world of extreme metal: we're almost at a point where we're dismissing the granddaddies of grind... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012