Albums
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AlbumsZarboth - Zarboth
As pioneers and masters of wildly shifting, cocks-in-hand, instrumental alt-rock, Oxes have become something of an easy solution for reviewers confronted by ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsThe Hands of the Wrong People - Spring Flakes
The Hands of the Wrong People are two-thirds German, but their sensitive, atmospheric guitar rock owes much to Scottish indie-pop tradition. While the band c... Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsBroken Family Band - Please and Thank You
For Album Number Seven, most of the comparisons applied to the Broken Family Band’s past albums still stand: wittily cynical lyrics set to music that&r... Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsVangel - Biblio
Vangel, a Toronto=based DJ and producer, scours the libraries of his home cities for inspiration and samples. Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsBrakes - Touchdown
Initially epitomising the side project (members culled from the line-ups of several C-list indie groups - check! Five-second novelty throwaway tracks - check... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsNadja - When I See the Sun it Always Shines on TV
This may very well be the world’s first catchy, singalong drone metal album. Read more »| 08 Apr 2009
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AlbumsGrand Theft Bus - Move Upwards
Grand Theft Bus are a bunch of natively successful Canadian lads, but perhaps due to their almost psychotic identity issues they haven’t made it in the... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsArt Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
Recorded with Frank Black in what is a rare production outing for the Pixies frontman, punk outsiders Art Brut have retained the rambunctious energy and ende... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsPasse Montagne - Oh My Satan
There are 12 instrumentals in 21 minutes on Passe Montagne’s brilliantly titled second record Oh My Satan. Consisting of two jagged, scratchy no-wave g... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsPrefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
The return of the mad scientist of hip-hop Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsLeech - The Stolen View
Given their origins and fondness for touring in Germany and its immediately neighbouring countries, few jaws will drop on learning that Leech entertain a cer... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsOperahouse - Escape From the Sun
Operahouse are an ambitious bunch, as big and expensive-sounding as their moniker suggests. Their ambition doesn’t stop at frontman Jonny’s desir... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsJeffrey Lewis - 'Em Are I
New York's renaissance slacker Jeffrey Lewis cultivates a prolific lifestyle, cramming the recording of this new album somewhere into a hectic touring, lectu... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsCamera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Local stalwarts Camera Obscura’s latest album title will likely elicit obvious jokes from detractors, especially with an opening line like “spend... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsThe Damned - Phantasmagoria / Anything Reappraised
Formed in 1976 The Damned (Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, Brian James) were the first punk band to release a single (New Rose, in 1976 – o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009