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AlbumsCocos Lovers – Johannes
There’s an unquestionably familial feel to their debut album, rendering Johannes more of a songs-around-the-campfire piece Read more »| 06 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsLaura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Two years is clearly a long time in Laura Marling’s world. In the interim since Alas, I Cannot Swim, the Hampshire-born nu-folkster has gone from a hon... Read more »| 04 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsWooden Shjips - Vol. 2
Turns out that the ghosts of some 60s acid-casualties have possessed a modern day group of San Franciscans in order to have them to play tunes of a forty yea... Read more »| 04 Mar 2010 -
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Bonobo - Black Sands
There are a few new strands woven into the tapestry of Simon Green’s Bonobo. The surprises start with Kiara Prelude, whose lush strings drop in... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsBarren Earth - Curse Of The Red River
Barren Earth are a Finnish melodic-death-metal supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Amorphis, Swallow The Sun and Moonsorrow, as well as guitarist Sami ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Autechre - Oversteps
Having aggressively tested the limits of loop-based electronic music with the diamond-perfect vignettes of 2008's Quaristice, Oversteps finds Autechre revisi... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010
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To Rococo Rot - Speculation
For their eighth album, To Rococo Rot maintain their established aesthetic - impersonal atmosphere, sparingly stocked with isolating electronics and ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Sennen - Age Of Denial
Norwich’s Sennen brush aside the Alan Partidge jokes in favour of grungey shoe-gaze post-rock. From the title track’s fuzzy opening seconds to th... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Rob Swift - The Architect
It often seems that the further hip-hop progresses, the more it sounds like industrial music from 20-odd years ago, albeit with an impeccable groove. Ex-X-Ec... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Trips and Falls - He Was Such A Quiet Boy
Trips and Falls are full of surprises. Prelude to a Shark Attack, for example, sounds nothing like the Jaws theme; instead, it’s a moving Ballboy-esque... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Ah, the joyous days of a carefree youth; it’s a common theme found in lo-fi American pop. Dum Dum Girls take more than a leaf from this book; in fact, ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsKris Drever - Mark The Hard Earth
Mark The Hard Earth is the second solo effort from Kris Drever - Orcadian folk guitarist and one third of award-winning Scottish trio, LAU. With appearances ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Chris Bradley - At The Outpost
Singer-songwriter Chris Bradley joined Edinburgh quirk-poppers Aberfeldy shortly after their second album Do Whatever Turns You On. From the sound o... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Serena Maneesh - No.2 Abyss in B Minor
For those of you not already familiar with this Norwegian outfit, try and imagine, if you will, a band capable of a support slot on tours with Oasis,... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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cliffordandcalix - Lost Foundling
Lost Foundling is not so much ten songs as ten glances into the late-night music-making sessions of Mark Clifford and Mira Calix between 1999-2004. F... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010