Music Reviews

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.

Palm Springs No Hurt Like A Broken Heart

Brighton duo Palm Springs may well have created - and released through their own Random Acts Of Vinyl label - the chamber pop debut of the year.

Steve Adey All Things Real

If you pine for the day when singers had gravity and depth to their voice, when songs were proper songs, then Steve Adey could just be your man.

Mogwai Zidane. A 21st Century Portrait. OST

The world's greatest footballer vs the world's loudest band. Ben Bollig is on hand to assess the damage.

Yo La Tengo I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

The latest eclectic gem from the hipsters of Hoboken