Albums
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AlbumsJulie Dorion - I Can’t Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Frustratingly, Julie Dorion spends too much of I Can’t Wonder What You Did with Your Day amidst the interminable whimsy of her kindergarten lyricism an... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsMt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The most immediate thing about this record is a frolicking yelp, somewhere between Steve Bays and Tim Harrington - high, stabbing vocals which are quite inap... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsRed Light Company – Fine Fascination
Red Light Company make no bones about the fact that they’re here “to make a huge record”. And with their debut they have fulfilled this aim... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsRodent Emporium - Music Without Fear Of Reprimand
Debut album from comedy punks Rodent Emporium. Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsRush - Retrospective III
It's Rush, for goodness' sake Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsMongrel - Better Than Heavy
There's a damning amount of empty political posturing on this album. As insightful as Hard-Fi about our country's social and political failings, this is a pe... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009
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AlbumsThe Long Lost - The Long Lost
The romantic ideals that hippies espouse are often more appealing than hippies themselves; free love and flower power all sound fine in principle, but they'r... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsThe Smoking Rolo Sideshow - Mucho Mojo Baby
With a fluctuating array of contributors and an eclectic melting-pot approach to songwriting, The Smoking Rolo Sideshow appear to be vying for the in-demand ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsDe Rosa - Prevention
The Lanarkshire lads are comfortable where they are, no longer subservient to ‘obvious single’ pretensions. Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsThe Anti Karoshi - Crushed Neocons
Though clearly not fans of overwork (that's your homework - look up the name) The Anti Karoshi provide an excellent example of a minimal line-up making a den... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsThese Are Powers - All Aboard Future
All Aboard Future, the latest from These Are Powers, is a good electro-noise-pop record, but is ultimately a tale of two halves. The nine-track LP recalls, a... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsEmpire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau have joined forces to become electropop duo Empire of the Sun. Walking On A Dream, their debut,... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsAlyth McCormack - People Like Me
If you’re a fan of Kate Rusby’s music but find her quintessential Englishness just a tad cloying, then look no further than Alyth McCormack. This... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsPete Doherty - Grace/Wastelands
Pete Doherty and Michael Jackson have one thing in common: it's very hard to disentangle both individuals from the music they are promoting. Both men have tu... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsYahweh - Tug of Love
Yahweh’s first release - performed and recorded solely by Lewis Cook - suffers from that which plagues so many other bedroom performers: the curse of t... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009