Music Reviews

  • Mira Calix Eyes Set against the Sun

    Mira Calix mixes found sounds and school choirs on her latest offering. Ben Bollig takes a walk along with Suffolk Coast with her.

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  • Hauschka Room to Expand

    Hauschka is the alias of Volker Bertelman, a composer whose latest work adds to a healthy crop of new post-classical pianists. Ben Bollig offers his thoughts.

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  • Beirut Gulag Orkestar / Lon Gisland EP

    Now that the hype has long since settled (and Zach Condon's record is finally available in the UK), we take a fresh look at one of last year's most talked about albums.

  • Fiery Furnaces Bitter Tea

    In the last in a string of 2006 releases that we never quite got round to writing about, No Ripcord newcomer Alejandro Martinez offers his thoughts on the last Fiery Furnaces record.

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55

    Gainsbourg, Air, Jarvis, Godrich and Neil Hannon: could the sum possibly be even as great as its parts? Ben Bollig weighs up the results.

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  • Adem Love and Other Planets

    Could Adem's return see him continue the good form of the heartbreaking Homesongs? Ben Bollig finds out.

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  • The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love

    As the year ends, it's time to take a look back at one of the most anticipated returns of 2006. Ben Bollig reflects on The Rapture.

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  • Welcome Sirs

    Another experiment in filtering Beatles' sounds through the alt/garage funnel. Ben Bollig checks out Fat Cat's Seattle-based four-piece Welcome.

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  • The Beatles Love

    In which holy writ is, if not ripped to shreds, then crumpled slightly. It's about time.

  • Daedelus Denies The Day's Demise

    The latest offering from Daedelus finds the Ninja Tune artist moving further away from his hip hop roots, introducing elements of samba.

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