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AlbumsBand of Horses – Mirage Rock
Since relocating from Seattle to the American Midwest to record 2007’s joyous Cease to Begin, Band of Horses' song craft has come to reflect the sexte... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsThe Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys are old-fashioned songwriters – not only in the sense that their music evokes a panoply of traditions and... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsCat Power – Sun
Despite an at times tumultuous personal life, Chan Marshall’s output has always been driven by an assured, direct artistic vision; from the sultry Delt... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Battery Face – Addams Family Values
Battery Face apparently recorded their debut album in less than six hours but then spent six months mixing it, stubbornly refusing to let any professional ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Divorce – Divorce
Like the verb itself, Divorce is not for everyone. Hardly surprising then that the sheer skull-fucking, raw intensity of this long-awaited debut suggests mas... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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LUV NY – LUV NY
'Supergroup' album projects tend to fall into two categories. Either they are a space for self-indulgent experimentation, or they see the participants phonin... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012
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AlbumsVCheka – VCheka
It's a ridiculous slogan on paper, perhaps, but VCheka’s self-described premise of 'Kraut math jazz' seems astute to the ear. An anomaly on the Scottis... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
Annie Clark, aka St Vincent's latest project is a collaborative work with David Byrne, in many ways the elder statesman of modern avant-garde pop. The result... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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DFRNT – Fading
Alex 'DFRNT' Cowles has spent some time hopping around different genres and styles on his EP releases, but for the follow up to 2009's Metafiction, he has se... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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Holy Other – Held
One of the most eagerly anticipated electronic debut albums of the last few years, reclusive and enigmatic UK producer Holy Other's Held does not disappoint.... Read more »| 28 Aug 2012 -
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Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Animal Collective must be sick of the copycats by now. Since 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion went stratospheric, their brand of cerebral electronic p... Read more »| 28 Aug 2012 -
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Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Metronomy
For the latest LNT mix, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount blends Southern hip-hop (Outkast) with avant-garde jazz (Chick Corea), ending up at Gallic alt-folk ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2012 -
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Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil
From the beginning, Theatre Is Evil sets out to be a big record in terms of themes, production and overall length. In part, it succeeds admirably but at time... Read more »| 27 Aug 2012 -
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Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet On Sky
It’s testament to the new-found harmony in the Dinosaur Jr. camp that J Mascis's long-term nemesis Lou Barlow has not only been entrenched in the f... Read more »| 27 Aug 2012 -
AlbumsSycamore – Sycamore and Friends
Like the tree after which they are named, Sycamore’s branches extend far. Between them, core members Jer Reid, Stevie Jones and Shane Connolly have roo... Read more »| 24 Aug 2012