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AlbumsWooden Shjips – West
Gone is the lo-fi fugue of Wooden Shjips’ DIY recordings: West marks the San Franciscan psych-rock disciples’ debut in a “proper studio&rdq... Read more »| 28 Jul 2011 -
AlbumsThe Book of Knots – Garden of Fainting Stars
It must be tough being in The Book of Knots. Between them, they’ve worked with everyone from Sparklehorse to Swans and this third album sees the invita... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011 -
AlbumsSole and The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World
In a genre filled with self-styled renegades and outsiders, Tim Holland – AKA Sole – is legitimately, ahem, ‘independent as fuck’. Th... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011 -
AlbumsThe War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
When Kurt Vile left The War on Drugs to do his own (absolutely spiffing) thing, he appointed fellow War founder Adam Granduciel a Violator, took him on tour,... Read more »| 26 Jul 2011 -
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Warm Brains – Old Volcanoes
For a man who once went by the name Raaary Decihells (whilst one third of Test Icicles), Rory Attwell’s debut as Warm Brains is surprisingly grown-up. ... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011 -
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Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
After Test Icicles disintegrated, Dev Hynes claimed he never liked the music anyway. With the inauguration of new project Blood Orange, it waits to be seen w... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011
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Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped
Moonface is a non-de-plume of Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug, adding another entry to a catalogue of acts long enough to fill this review’s word-coun... Read more »| 25 Jul 2011 -
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Wu-Tang Clan – Legendary Weapons
Any passing glance at a recent lacklustre live show proves that the Wu dynasty has long been struggling to maintain the momentum of their initial flurry of s... Read more »| 22 Jul 2011 -
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Adam Stafford – Build a Harbour Immediately
Build a Harbour Immediately is filmmaker, music video director, ever-inventive musician, and regular Renaissance man Adam Stafford’s first studio relea... Read more »| 19 Jul 2011 -
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Lou Reed - Lollapalooza Live DVD
It seems like Lollapalooza took a sharp nosedive in terms of quality when we reached the new millennium and this document of Lou Reed’s set in 2009 doe... Read more »| 19 Jul 2011 -
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Thee Faction – Up The Workers!
As rhythm n' blues albums go, this is really not too bad at all. Some grittier guitars and rougher edges might have been nice, but the songs are all there an... Read more »| 18 Jul 2011 -
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Viva Brother – Famous First Words
You could be forgiven for daring to hope that, in 2011, Britain was no longer producing bands who seem to believe that musical adventurousness begins and end... Read more »| 18 Jul 2011 -
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The Horrors – Skying
Brush aside the style over substance critique of Strange House, come to terms with the revelation of Primary Colours – we shouldn't waste a further wor... Read more »| 11 Jul 2011 -
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Dave Cloud and the Gospel of Power – Practice in the Milky Way
Dave Cloud's is an authentically American eccentricity, forged in the mould of Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart. His bizarrely lo-fi form of country-inflected... Read more »| 07 Jul 2011 -
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Diva – The Glitter End
When Beth Consentino left Pocahaunted to start Best Coast, she revealed she’d never really liked the music made with the former, and was starting afres... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011