Music Reviews
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Cherub MoM & DaD
Inappropriately sexy falsetto synth confections.
George Booker melts with... -
Mouse On Mars Parastrophics
18 years after their first album, and Mouse On Mars are still making electronica of the highest order
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Archers of Loaf Vee Vee (Remastered)
Come on, you're reading No Ripcord, are you really telling me that you've never heard of this album? Come on.
James McKenna reviews... -
Scuba Personality
Berlin-based producer Scuba returns with an album that sees a shift away from his characteristically dark electronic music to a brighter place. But does it work?
Gabriel Szatan dives in... -
Fanfarlo Rooms Filled With Light
Baroque-pop rockers Fanfarlo return with their second, 80s-inspired album. Have the London quintet lost the charm that made their 2009 debut so appealing, or have they broken new ground?
David Hogg reviews... -
Julia Holter Ekstasis
Julia Holter emerges from her bedroom studio a second time with an LP of astounding depth and wonder.
Matt Bevington emerses himself within the dream of Ekstasis, the kind you never want to wake up from... -
Heartless Bastards Arrow
On their fourth album, their first on Partisan Records, Heartless Bastards aim to salvage the glory of 70s classic and southern rock. On Arrow, the Bastards stake out uncharted territory on what has proved to be their most accessbile album yet.
David Hogg reviews... -
Disappears Pre Language
The Chicago band's third release still employs fuzzed out, big riff songs with a heightened sense of vitriol.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez champions literacy... -
The Ting Tings Sounds From Nowheresville
Remember The Ting Tings? That annoyingly brash duo who had that annoyingly brash song years ago about girls' names? Well, they're back with a new album. Don't all rush at once to buy it...
Mark Davison questions whether this was worth a four year wait... -
A Place To Bury Strangers Onwards To The Wall
A Place To Bury Strangers return with a short EP. It certainly sounds like APTBS, but fails to live up to the intense energy of their live show or debut record.
Andrew Baer gets disappointed...
