Music Reviews

  • Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye

    Bringing together spacious tundra and the seething density of the city, the sophomore album by the Junior Boys rolls lush landscapes of synth through tight, boisterous beats. Combining the two polar-opposite sounds into a fine romance of nearly flawless composition, these boys are packing down the snow into a new world of ethereal electronic.

  • brenda brenda

    If you frequent either The Joiners, Southampton, or The Gander, Bournemouth - you can skip this, 'cos you already know. Everyone else, you need to know this.

  • The Who Endless Wire

    Pete and Roger are back and yes, my friends, they are The Who

  • Joanna Newsom Ys

    Is Joanna Newsom's new album a spellbinding masterpiece or a pretentious load of drivel? I thought you'd never ask.

  • Mum The Peel Sessions

    Fat Cat release the Icelandic band's only ever Peel session, recorded in 2002, around the release of the hugely acclaimed Finally We Are No One.

  • Arab Strap Ten Years Of Tears

    Released to coincide with the Scottish band's farewell tour, this 18 track retrospective neatly summarises the band's ten year career reminding us just how much we'll miss them.

  • Excepter Alternation

  • Califone Roots and Crowns

    Califone's new one - understated classic or pretentious bore? You decide. No, actually we will.

  • Band Of Horses Everything All The Time

    With the dust having settled and the buzz dying down, Simon Briercliffe takes a look at the Sub Pop band's debut album.

  • The Decemberists The Crane Wife

    Colin Meloy and his crew of crusty seadogs stick to what they know on their latest offering.

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