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AlbumsEddie Vedder – Ukulele Songs
Fronting grunge survivors Pearl Jam for over two decades has earned Eddie Vedder the right to indulge the odd whim; that solo sophomore release Ukulele Songs... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
AlbumsThe Travelling Band – Screaming Is Something
Manchester’s The Travelling Band have horizons both narrow and broad: musically, they’re content to operate within parameters so well-est... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
AlbumsMini Mansions – Mini Mansions
Michael Shuman is best known for his role as bassist in Queens of the Stone Age, but this side-project – also incorporating Tyler Parkford and Zach Daw... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Dustin O'Halloran – Vorleben
Vorleben will be a tough nut to advertise: “If you buy just one new Dustin O’Halloran album this year” the hyperbole will confidently begin... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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United Fruit – Fault Lines
Glasgow quartet United Fruit have clearly taken time to build since debuting the sharp burst of post-hardcore excellence that was their 2009 Mistress Reptile... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
AlbumsBoris – Attention Please
With the seductive electronic sway of the album’s title track being the first sounds to reach your ears, an avant-disco opener is just the sort of thin... Read more »| 25 May 2011
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Vast Aire – Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey
Vast Aire’s latest solo album features cameos from his Cannibal Ox partner Vordul Mega, alongside familiar names like Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and Cappa... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Sparrow and the Workshop – Spitting Daggers
Having only released their debut EP in mid-2009, here Sparrow and the Workshop are already with their second album proper. With each step they’ve grown... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Chad VanGaalen – Diaper Island
Released last year, Women’s second album garnered almost as many plaudits for producer Chad VanGaalen – who cultivated an unsettling atmosphere p... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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The Bookhouse Boys – Tales To Be Told
The Bookhouse Boys do not live in a happy world. From the gloomy swirl of Gone – which opens the London group's second long player – to the edgy ... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Destroyer – Kaputt
It would be easy to dismiss Kaputt as all surface, no feeling on first listen. Dan Bejar’s tenth album as Destroyer appropriates a side of eighties&rsq... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Tom Vek – Leisure Seizure
Perhaps fed up with spending the last five years as a subject of those 'Whatever happened to…' conversations, Tom Vek returns. Although he spent 2005 ... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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Boris – Heavy Rocks
That similarities exist between the 2011 and 2002 incarnations of Heavy Rocks is to be expected, but this release holds as much in common with all of Boris&r... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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You Already Know – Petrol Money
Let’s Fuck: hell of a way to kick off an album, right? Well, this blunt honesty fits well with everything about this four-piece. There’s no bulls... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
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U.S. Christmas – The Valley Path
That U.S. Christmas’ made a sizeable contribution to last year’s tribute to space-rock maestros Hawkwind won’t come as any surprise to anyo... Read more »| 24 May 2011