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dEUS - Pocket Revolution

dEUS - Pocket Revolution

dEUS Pocket Revolution V2 Album Review Occasionally an album slips through the net. I have been a fan of dEUS for some time now, yet this new album was released with next to no noise...

Review posted on 20th March 2006

Figurines - Skeleton

Figurines - Skeleton

Figurines Skeleton Control Group Album Review For some people, the Arctic Monkeys are just so passé. They were there before all of us, saw them in a tiny venue, and have moved on. The band...

Review posted on 20th March 2006

Pope - Grace of God

Pope - Grace of God

PopeGrace of GodEpopAlbum ReviewChris Pope has been around the block a few times, having first surfaced as the guitarist with late 70s Mod-punk band The Chords (think The Ordinary Boys but a hundred times better)....

Review posted on 13th March 2006

Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies

Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies

DestroyerDestroyer's RubiesMergeAlbum ReviewA member of Canadian 'super group' the New Pornographers, Dan Bejar here turns in a somewhat different sound altogether, notching up the eccentricity to 10, and matching Ziggy-era Bowie with, well, just about...

Review posted on 13th March 2006

Centro-matic - Fort Recovery

Centro-matic - Fort Recovery

Centro-maticFort RecoveryMisra RecordsAlbum ReviewThere may be a finer band on the planet, and there may be a finer songwriter, but if there is, I haven't heard it. Centro-matic are one of Will Johnson's outlets, where...

Review posted on 13th March 2006

Victory at Sea - Victory at Sea

Victory at Sea - Victory at Sea

Artist - Victory at SeaAlbum - Victory at SeaLabel - Gern Blandsten Album ReviewThe 6th album from Boston band Victory at Sea is easily their best. Imagine, if you can, Keane fronted by Debbie Harry,...

Review posted on 6th March 2006

Various Artists - Dream Brother

Various Artists - Dream Brother

Artist - Various ArtistsAlbum - Dream Brother - The Songs of Tim and Jeff BuckleyLabel - Full Time Hobby Album ReviewHow you feel about tribute albums is typically down to whether they contain artists you'd...

Review posted on 6th March 2006

Bruce Springsteen - Hammersmith Odeon '75

Bruce Springsteen - Hammersmith Odeon '75

Artist - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandAlbum - Hammersmith Odeon '75Label - Columbia Album ReviewFollowing the success of the 30th anniversary re-release/ remaster of Born To Run, Columbia have had the presence of...

Review posted on 6th March 2006

Warren Zevon - Romantic Genius

Warren Zevon - Romantic Genius

Warren ZevonRomantic Genius - The Love SongsAlbum ReviewRykodiscZevon's sideways wit and offbeat worldview was a staple of his albums from the mid-1970s to the last album before he died in 2003. However, his life passion,...

Review posted on 27th February 2006

MC Lars - The Graduate

MC Lars - The Graduate

MC LarsThe GraduateAlbum ReviewNettwerkFor a man who seems remarkably interested in pigeonholes - he refers to himself as a post-punk laptop rapper, and as a member of the iGeneration - The Graduate is a great...

Review posted on 27th February 2006

Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey RaeAlbum ReviewEMIInto a world of Joss Stones and KT Tunstalls leaps another pretty great voice singing inoffensive songs that are entirely listenable, but as deeply unsatisfying as they come. Comparisons are...

Review posted on 27th February 2006

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

Artist - Lynyrd SkynyrdAlbum - Gimme Back My BulletsLabel - UniversalYou probably already know whether you like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the archetypal Southern Rock band, whose Freebird is so popular it has entered the Stairway To...

Review posted on 20th February 2006

The Concretes - In Colour

The Concretes - In Colour

Artist - The ConcretesAlbum - In ColourLabel - Licking FingersWith the Cardigans being a little unreliable, it is nice to know that another alternative Swedish band, fronted by a great female singer, is capable of...

Review posted on 20th February 2006

The Comsat Angels - Various Reissues

The Comsat Angels - Various Reissues

The Comsat AngelsVarious ReissuesAlbum ReviewLabel - RenascentWell before the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys reminded the world of Sheffield, it was turning out bands like ABC, the Human League and Def Leppard alongside the stainless...

Review posted on 13th February 2006

Michael Hill Blues Mob - Black Gold and Goddesses Bold!

Michael Hill Blues Mob - Black Gold and Goddesses Bold!

Michael Hill Blues MobBlack Gold and Goddesses Bold!Album ReviewLabel - JSPNew York, strangely, has never had a blues style the way that, say, Chicago has. The closest they come is in the CDs of band...

Review posted on 13th February 2006

Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep

Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep

Ben LeeAwake Is The New SleepAlbum ReviewNew WestIt seems the majority like their singer-songwriters plain and reasonably upbeat, if the appetite for James Blunt and Daniel Powter tells us anything. Ben Lee is an Australian...

Review posted on 13th February 2006

Ok Go - Oh No

Ok Go - Oh No

Ok Go are one of those bands whose rock comes so perfectly formed, so perfectly packaged and so perfectly infectious that you wonder why other bands don't just give up. With a tight hard rock...

Review posted on 9th February 2006

Cat Power - The Greatest

Cat Power - The Greatest

Artist - Cat PowerAlbum - The GreatestLabel - MatadorCat Power (real name Chan (pronounced Shawn) Marshall) has made albums of rare intensity to date, mixing her smoky voice starkly and intimately up front over backings...

Review posted on 6th February 2006

Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers

Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers

Artist - Beth OrtonAlbum - Comfort of StrangersLabel - EMIThe UK's favourite new folkie, Beth Orton, has spent some time with mild electronica. Here, she returns to a more familiar and traditional style. Fortunately, this...

Review posted on 6th February 2006

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Brave and the Bold

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Brave and the Bold

Artist - Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' BillyAlbum - The Brave and the BoldLabel - DominoCult legends Will Oldham (here in his Bonnie 'Prince' Billy guise) and nouveau rock electronic noise and free jazz band Tortoise...

Review posted on 30th January 2006

Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells

Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells

Artist - Two GallantsAlbum - What The Toll TellsLabel - Saddle CreekWhat the White Stripes started, and The Black Keys dirtied up, is moved on by Two Gallants. Guitar and drummer, voice and harmonica, stripping...

Review posted on 30th January 2006

Akron Family - akron/family

Akron Family - akron/family

Artist - Akron/ FamilyAlbum - Akron/ FamilyLabel - Young GodWell, the man responsible for finding Devendra Banhart has a lot to answer for, in my book, but putting this remarkable band out there has provided...

Review posted on 30th January 2006

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am

Artist - Arctic MonkeysAlbum - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotLabel - DominoIt's hard to approach this album without a view already formed by the hype the album has had. The band...

Review posted on 26th January 2006

Kelly Stoltz - Below The Branches

Kelly Stoltz - Below The Branches

Kelley StoltzBelow The Branches (Sub Pop 06/02/06)The San Franciscan tunesmith; Kelley Stoltz utilises his thought provoking and polished style to build up emotion and passion, with an underpinning of bolstering blues to follow upon on...

Review posted on 23rd January 2006

Flipron - Fancy Blues and Rustique Novelties

Flipron - Fancy Blues and Rustique Novelties

FlipronFancy Blues and Rustique NoveltiesTiny DogA record that's far too hard to categorise - it would be like trying to stuff an octopus into a pigeonhole - it is barely easier to say what Fancy...

Review posted on 16th January 2006

Isobel Campbell - Ballad of the Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell - Ballad of the Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell and Mark LaneganBallad of the Broken SeasV2Quite a week for Belle and Sebastian, Isobel Campbell was formerly one of that band's lead singer. In a new break, this album sees her team up...

Review posted on 16th January 2006

Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

Belle and SebastianThe Life PursuitRough TradeBelle and Sebastian are one of those bands who enjoy a fair size cult of fairly laid-back arty types, who love their non-mainstream releases. Unfortunately for the cult, The Life...

Review posted on 16th January 2006

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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]

Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.

WYSE talks to us about her

WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]

With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...

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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a

Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]

Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]

Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]

Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...

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