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AlbumsSouthern Tenant Folk Union – The Chuck Norris Project
Concept albums tend to divide opinion. The best reveal a loose theme that binds songs, but a rigid template can as easily suffocate creativity as inspire it.... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsJo Bartlett – 9 x 7
It's difficult now to imagine just how marginalised the UK alt-folk scene was at the turn of the century. Plaid shirts, boutique festivals and Laura Marling ... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsFlug 8 – Trans Atlantik
“Krautey-housey-techno” is how producer and DJ Daniel Herrmann (here in his on-off Flug 8 guise) describes his uncompromising, minimal beats. Now... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
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Tanya Tagaq – Animism
It wrong-foots from the off and then, once you're fully disoriented, abandons you to your own devices. Tanya Tagaq's third album hits UK shelves fresh from e... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
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Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Club Meds
For someone whose award-winning solo efforts were already full of charming heft, Dan Mangan’s first ostensible outing with the full band Blacksmith (th... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsSleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Recorded in secret in early 2014, seven years after they began their 'extended hiatus,' No Cities to Love is as daring and playful as its head-spinning prove... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015
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The Grand Gestures – Third
From monochrome artwork to functional title, The Grand Gestures' third album in three years deviates little from the mould cast by parts one and two, yet t... Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
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Malcolm Middleton And David Shrigley – Music And Words
Perhaps not the most unlikely collaboration: visual artist Shrigley lives and works in Glasgow, where his new musical partner rode to semi-fame with post-roc... Read more »| 02 Dec 2014 -
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Villalog – Space Trash
Even if titles like Orange Sunshine and Wall of Echoes signpost the odd slip into motorik-bound pastiche, Austrian trio Villalog are more discerning psych re... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
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Lotus Thief – Rervm
An epic metal opus, based on ancient Roman philosophical verse – Spinal Tap levels of hubris and folly, right? Well, no, as it turns out. Rervm is rath... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Wild Billy Childish & CTMF – Acorn Man
“Always different, always the same,” as John Peel famously described his perennial faves The Fall, but only the latter is required to sum up Bill... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Githead – Waiting For a Sign
The unlikely four piece with the equally unlikely moniker return with their first album in five years. Led by Wire's Colin Newman, Githead are Malak Spigel a... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Kill It Kid – You Owe Nothing
Three albums in, the Brit blues outfit come good. If previously they leaned excessively on their influences, You Owe Nothing sees them get smart with those h... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
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Teho Teardo – Ballyturk
An accompaniment to Enda Walsh’s play of the same title, Teho Teardo’s latest offering is a beguiling, befuddling and downright captivating work.... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
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Neu Gestalt – Inside The Rain Chamber
For Neu Gestalt’s third record, he found inspiration in recalling a year-long stay in Singapore, where his Uncle was stationed with the RAF, and in cla... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014