Music
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Live MusicThe Metal Column – September 2012
Creeps, it looks like Summer might just be over. Perhaps it's time to step out of the shadows and rear your ugly mugs under the comfortable camouflage of tho... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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The Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys are old-fashioned songwriters – not only in the sense that their music evokes a panoply of traditions and... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Cat Power – Sun
Despite an at times tumultuous personal life, Chan Marshall’s output has always been driven by an assured, direct artistic vision; from the sultry Delt... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Live MusicLive Music Highlights – September 2012
From righteous blues rock sisters to the most vital man in modern hip-hop, we've got your September gig calendar all sussed out Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
OpinionHero Worship: Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen on Mark Hollis
He might be late to the party, but Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has come to appreciate the understated genius of Talk Talk's remarkable leader in recent times Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
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Battery Face – Addams Family Values
Battery Face apparently recorded their debut album in less than six hours but then spent six months mixing it, stubbornly refusing to let any professional ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012
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Live Music
Holy Other, Stereo, 23 Aug
Criminally under-attended, tonight starts out promisingly nonetheless with a streamlined, infectious and kinetic DJ set from Fort Romeau, dropping a blend of... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
ReviewsDivorce – Divorce
Like the verb itself, Divorce is not for everyone. Hardly surprising then that the sheer skull-fucking, raw intensity of this long-awaited debut suggests mas... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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LUV NY – LUV NY
'Supergroup' album projects tend to fall into two categories. Either they are a space for self-indulgent experimentation, or they see the participants phonin... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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VCheka – VCheka
It's a ridiculous slogan on paper, perhaps, but VCheka’s self-described premise of 'Kraut math jazz' seems astute to the ear. An anomaly on the Scottis... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
Annie Clark, aka St Vincent's latest project is a collaborative work with David Byrne, in many ways the elder statesman of modern avant-garde pop. The result... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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DFRNT – Fading
Alex 'DFRNT' Cowles has spent some time hopping around different genres and styles on his EP releases, but for the follow up to 2009's Metafiction, he has se... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
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Holy Other – Held
One of the most eagerly anticipated electronic debut albums of the last few years, reclusive and enigmatic UK producer Holy Other's Held does not disappoint.... Read more »| 28 Aug 2012 -
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Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Animal Collective must be sick of the copycats by now. Since 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion went stratospheric, their brand of cerebral electronic p... Read more »| 28 Aug 2012 -
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Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Metronomy
For the latest LNT mix, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount blends Southern hip-hop (Outkast) with avant-garde jazz (Chick Corea), ending up at Gallic alt-folk ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2012