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AlbumsAction Beat – Beatings
The conceptual maelstrom that is this ever-evolving noise collective from Bletchley in England has to be one of the standard-bearers for DIY ethics in the UK... Read more »| 30 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsGiant Sand – Blurry Blue Mountain
It’s been a common saying that most parents hope their progeny grow up to be more successful than they were. If that applies to godparents then Arizona... Read more »| 30 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsEasy Star All-Stars – Dubber Side of the Moon
Reimagining Pink Floyd's introspective prog masterpiece Dark Side of the Moon as a dub reggae album on 2003's Dub Side of the Moon, was in equal part... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
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Wino – Adrift
As he approaches fifty, metal stalwart and doom-progenitor Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich apparently fancies himself a singer-songwriter of the Cash/Dylan... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
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Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell Present Kort – Invariable Heartache
As musical partnerships go, Kurts and Cortneys go together less like a horse and carriage than a horse and a grunge Yoko prone to worrying Twitter-spasms. We... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
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Squarepusher presents Shobaleader One – d'Demonstrator
Whether or not its highly dubious back-story is a smoke screen (allegedly Shobaleader One is a band formed by Tom Jenkinson together with a bunch of ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010
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The Last Battle – Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea
For a band of six, Edinburgh’s The Last Battle sport a frail, minimal sound on debut album Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea, based almost entirely on... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
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Glasser – Ring
Glasser is Cameron Mesirow, a precociously gifted songwriter who, in crude splicing terms, evokes a Bat For Lashes/Dirty Projectors love affair on her revela... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Iain Campbell – ABSOLUTELY the best ABBA since ABBA
With numerous high-profile and high-concept multi-media performances and exhibitions now under his belt, the man formerly trading under the moniker +Do-NEIMA... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsThe Phantom Band – The Wants
Following on from last years’ blindsiding debut Checkmate Savage, feral Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band have wasted precious little time in surfing ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love
If the near-five year wait since The Life Pursuit and last year’s brilliant brace of albums from Camera Obscura and Butcher Boy led you to question Bel... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Warpaint – The Fool
Court martial! On charges of worst band-related misnomer since Mogwai entitled a post-rock album Happy Songs for Happy People. Los Angeles all-lady four-piec... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Heidi Talbot – The Last Star
Made in Ireland and based in Edinburgh, Heidi Talbot's lilting cadence may be most familiar as a collaborator with Drever, McCusker and Woomble and I... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Engineers – In Praise of More
With the release of 2009’s Three Fact Fader being delayed due to undisclosed band politics, it may seem par for the course that London-based Engineers ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Colour of Sound – When
Self-declared “epic” indie band Colour of Sound sonically explore every hue from grey to vanilla on debut album When. Their brand of mid-tempo, i... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010