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AlbumsThe Leg – An Eagle to Saturn
Rambunctious Edinburgh trio The Leg count Julian Cope among their fans, and indeed An Eagle to Saturn sounds in many ways like a throwback to the more eccen... Read more »| 10 Apr 2012 -
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Poliça – Give You The Ghost
Born from the sprawling indie-explosion Gayngs, duo Poliça have friends in high places, with their collaborative cohort Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fa... Read more »| 10 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsVarious Artists – Sea Monsters 2
Brighton’s One Inch Badge follow last year’s Sea Monsters scene sampler with Sea Monsters 2, and like most sequels, it’s a bulkier beast. ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsAlabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
The American south seems to imbue an indelible sense of itself upon the music made by its natives, that curious blend of country, rock ‘n’ roll,... Read more »| 09 Apr 2012 -
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Torche – Harmonicraft
Whether consciously or not, Torche have always been a group famed for realising a crazed, delicate balance between doom metal, grunge and power pop. Their... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
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Moonface – With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
Initially, Moonface seemed to possess its own niche in Spencer Krug’s ever-proliferating portfolio: single-track debut Dreamland offering up “mar... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012
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Screen – We Are Screen
The latest side-project of The Orb’s Alex Paterson, a collaboration with reggae/dub producer Gaudi and percussionist/vocalist Chester, eschews curren... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
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Tom Williams & The Boat – Teenage Blood
Tom Williams & The Boat’s second album was funded by fans via Pledge Music, allowing the Tunbridge Wells-troubadour to retain full artistic contr... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsTHEESatisfaction – awE naturalE
As only the second hip-hop act to be signed to Sub Pop (the other being Shabazz Palaces, with whom THEESatisfaction have worked extensively), this Seattl... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsThe Plimptons – The Plimptons are Cynical and Bloated
Cynical and bloated are two things The Plimptons are most definitely not. Their three-chord buzzsaw garage rock is better described as lean and playful. The... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
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Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Sweet Heart Sweet Light opens with a sumptuous, succinct instrumental (Huh?), before diving balls first into a nine-minute glam rock opus (Hey Jane)... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
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JK Flesh – Posthuman
Justin K. Broadrick's genre-hopping tendencies have been well documented across a multitude of projects: aside from his industrial metal roots in Godflesh,... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
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Battles – Dross Glop
Ignoring Gui Borrato's soulless piano loops and the Field's disappointingly unpromisingly standard hi-hat factory marathon (hint: skip tracks 1 and 2), Dro... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
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Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game
Rufus Wainwright has been overtly stating of late that being a highly regarded yet somewhat esoteric pop star isn’t good enough. He wants to drop the... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
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Death Grips – The Money Store
The anticipation surrounding the major-label debut of Death Grips is fevered, to say the least. The Money Store does not disappoint. The significant change... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012