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AlbumsWeathered Hands – A Warm Life in the Cold
Weathered Hands make urgent, post-hardcore infused rock which strives for the anthemic status of early 2000s bands like Funeral for a Friend and A Day to Rem... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
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Francois and the Atlas Mountains – Piano Ombre
A band picking up where a previous album left off can often be a point of frustration and the sound of a band stagnating, but in the case of Franç... Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
AlbumsMachines in Heaven – bordersbreakdown
The plentiful supply of electro-pop cascading from Glasgow shows no sign of drying up. With Miaoux Miaoux becoming the city's go-to producer and CHVRCHES n... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
AlbumsJimi Goodwin – Odludek
Despite spending the best part of his career fronting a band named Doves, Jimi Goodwin isn’t a fan of inhabiting pigeonholes. He’s been talking u... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Shape of Doomjazz to Come
Those who investigate the bleak and heavy terrain of Edinburgh jazz/metal fusionists Free Nelson Mandoomjazz will find a lot to enjoy. The guitarist's powerf... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream may eventually turn out to be the point where The War on Drugs escape references to former member and slacker poster-boy Kurt Vile. While h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014
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BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
AlbumsAppletop – Brave Mountains
Hailing from the town of Hyères in the sunny Côte d’Azur, Appletop are French on their passports but emphatically American in their musica... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
There are times, as on the Motown-fuelled Holy City, a breathless, ribald devotional (“Yeah, I’m ready to get up on your wailing wall!”), w... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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King Midas – Rosso
King Midas have some reacquainting to do. Rosso is the Norwegian cult act's first album in six years, but it's also their international debut. An odd blend o... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything
“Was the universe in rehearsal?” wonders Guy Garvey on opener The World is Blue. Clocking at nearly eight minutes and ghosting to a string-driven... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Carla Bozulich – Boy
A veteran of the LA alternative and avant garde music scene, Carla Bozulich uses Boy to align herself with other practitioners of skewed, angular t... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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MØ – No Mythologies To Follow
Following up her feisty 2013 EP Bikini Daze, Danish pop vixen Karen Marie Ørsted – as MØ – unveils her debut No Mythologies To Foll... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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Micah P. Hinson – Micah P. Hinson And The Nothing
Back in 2011, a serious road accident brought Micah P. Hinson's tour of Spain to an abrupt halt. Alarmingly, losing the use of his arms was a distinct possib... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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Water Liars – Water Liars
There's a burning passion comparable to the earlier recordings of My Morning Jacket scattered across Water Liars' third, self-titled full-length, but the air... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014