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Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow (Album Review)
Seven albums in isn't really the time to start orchestrating a grand departure from an established sound. Black Lips have built a fanbase over the years thanks to the fact that their old school garage-punk sound provides a refreshing change to the gloss of the modern day, and 'Underneath the Rainbow' is no different.
Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
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I Am The Avalanche - Wolverines (Album Review)
‘Wolverines’, I Am The Avalanche’s third studio record, marks the passing of time in a slightly different manner than its predecessor, ‘Avalanche United’, did. That album arrived after a protracted six year wait and reflected a sprawling writing process, its numerous high points never quite getting it together to make a go of things.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2014
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Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time (Album Review)
When navigating the noisy synth-pop of ‘Night Time, My Time’, it’s worth remembering that Sky Ferreira was snatched up by the industry machine in her mid-teens and added to the ‘next big thing’ conveyor belt.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Monday, 17 March 2014
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Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction (Album Review)
‘A Perfect Contradiction’, Paloma Faith’s third studio record, doesn’t really follow through on its title’s promise. It’s not all that contradictory and it’s certainly not perfect. What it is, is another competent soul revival album.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Friday, 14 March 2014
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Joan As Police Woman - The Classic (Album Review)
‘The Classic’ is a daring title for any record, and is particularly bold when it’s accompanied by a shift in style. Here, Joan Wasser has given in to the delights of soul wholeheartedly for the first time.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 13 March 2014
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Metronomy - Love Letters (Album Review)
To the surprise of very few, Joe Mount has repurposed Metronomy once again, allowing new influences to seep in and muddy the nostalgic, wistful waters the band navigated with such charm on ‘The English Riviera’.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
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Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything (Album Review)
On first listen, Elbow’s sixth studio album, and first since 2011’s ‘Build A Rocket Boys’, sounds rather familiar, turgid even, never reaching the standard set by One Day Like This, the group’s anthemic yardstick and, increasingly, a monkey on their backs. But, thankfully, first impressions don’t always paint a full picture.
Written by: Graeme Marsh | Date: Monday, 10 March 2014
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Young Fathers - Dead (Album Review)
'Dead' is a disorientating first play, pummelling the listener with speculative imagery, jumbo synths and relentless percussive sounds. This is how Young Fathers, a trio from Edinburgh by way of Liberia and Nigeria, do hip hop.
Written by: Jonathan Rimmer | Date: Thursday, 06 March 2014
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Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together (Album Review)
Architects have never really reaped the credit they deserve. Cut from the same cloth as Bring Me The Horizon, 'Lost Forever // Lost Together' might be the album to push them over the edge.
Written by: Alec Chillingworth | Date: Thursday, 06 March 2014
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Pharrell Williams - GIRL (Album Review)
Given the fact that it’s been eight years since Pharrell Williams released a solo record, the arrival of ‘GIRL’, with just a couple of weeks’ notice, should have added this collection to the ever-expanding ‘surprise’ pile. But, he’ll have to make do with watching Beyoncé and David Bowie from the outside.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
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The Men - Tomorrow's Hits (Album Review)
The Men are a hard band to pin down. ‘Tomorrow’s Hits’ is the Brooklyn troupe’s fifth record in five years and finds them continuing their love affair with classic American rock, a relationship that’s flourishing following the paring back of many of their hardcore influences on ‘Open Your Heart’.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
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Exit_International - Our Science Is Golden (Album Review)
Noise rock miscreants Exit_International first wowed this lover of raucous scuzziness with their ‘Sex W/ Strangers’ EP in 2010. A sharp set of shots to the temple, it was followed by a slightly more ambitious, and even more entertaining, full-length album, ‘Black Junk’ a year or so later.
Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
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Bigelf - Into The Maelstrom (Album Review)
According to the Oxford Dictionary, a maelstrom is 'a situation of confused movement or violent turmoil'. It’s a term that describes this existential explosion of bludgeoning metal, woozy melodic pop, unhinged prog and cinematic grandeur to a T.
Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Monday, 03 March 2014
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The Crimson ProjeKCt - Live In Tokyo (Album Review)
King Crimson are back, for real. This year will see the group’s maverick leader Robert Fripp unveil new music from his near 50-year-old project for the first time in over a decade. ‘Live In Tokyo’ isn’t it. In fact, technically speaking, this isn’t even King Crimson.
Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Friday, 28 February 2014
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Beck - Morning Phase (Album Review)
Beck Hansen, as we’re all well aware, is no one trick pony. Having leapt from the mangled folk of his breakthrough record, ‘Mellow Gold’, to the oddly eclectic, strangely appealing ‘Odelay’ - experimental funk and electro textures included - almost two decades ago, he has continued to allow his mind to wander.
Written by: Brian Thompson | Date: Thursday, 27 February 2014
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St. Vincent - St. Vincent (Album Review)
On ‘St. Vincent’, Annie Clark has performed a neat sidestep onto pop’s crowded dancefloor, brushing aside multi-purpose beats and callow melodies to offer something altogether more interesting: a record to engage hips and head in equal measure.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2014
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Band Of Horses - Acoustic At The Ryman (Album Review)
“Thanks y’all,” has never sounded as wholesome as it does when uttered by Band Of Horses’ Ben Bridwell at the start of ‘Acoustic At The Ryman’, their first live album.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
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Dan Bettridge - Darker Days EP (Album Review)
With his debut EP, 'Hunter’s Heart', attracting its fair share of attention - thanks in part to radio play from BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 and sets at Green Man and Swn - Dan Bettridge finished 2013 high on the list of ones to watch in the coming year. Fortunately, 'Darker Days', his follow-up collection, has developed that potential further.
Written by: Dave Ball | Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
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We Are The In Crowd - Weird Kids (Album Review)
‘Weird Kids’ is the second full-length from We Are The In Crowd, a band teetering on the brink of being, in the words of one immaculately coiffured broadcaster, kind of a big deal.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Friday, 21 February 2014
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