Music Reviews

Luke Haines 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations on British Wrestling of the 1970s and Early '80s

Remember sitting down on a Saturday afternoon to watch such colourfully named, and skimpily dressed, figures as Big Daddy, Kendo Nagasaki or Giant Haystacks? Odds are, probably not, but never mind as former Auteurs/Black Box Recorder/Baader Meinhoff man Luke Haines wants to tell you all about it.

Mark Davison dons his spandex and gets in the ring...

Mark McGuire Get Lost

Mark McGuire, the guitarist for Emeralds, releases another album of atmospheric guitar swirls. It's not nearly as good as his previous album, but its still incredibly gorgeous.

Andrew Baer relaxes and reviews...

Drake Take Care

Determined to seize the hip-hop throne, the Toronto MC's penetrating confessional serves as a manifesto on coping with the demands of fame.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez respects...

Glenn Jones The Wanting

Takoma School? Deep feeling?

Michael Iovino reviews...

Oneohtrix Point Never Replica

Third brilliant album in a row from Oneohtrix aka Daniel Lopatin. An electronica star is born.

David John Wood reviews...

Cher Lloyd Sticks + Stones

Are you an ill-behaved, precocious, self-centred, materialistic pre-teen girl? Rejoice! Your soundtrack has arrived!

Having checked thoroughly, Joe Rivers has concluded that, thankfully, his swagger's in check...

David Lynch Crazy Clown Time

The debut solo album from the maverick filmmaker, all-round rennaissance man and "Jimmy Stewart from Mars" David Lynch. Is it "Rockin' good news" or would "silencio" be more preferable?

Mark Davison used to know a kid with the biggest tongue in the world...

Washed Out Within and Without

Washed Out, one of chillwave's flag bearers, has finally released a full length album. It fails to live up to the promise of his EPs.

Andrew Baer gets bored...

Atlas Sound Parallax

How does Bradford Cox find time for it all? Parallax, his excellent third solo album, comes after six months of touring and only a year after his four volume Bedroom Databanks collection and an excellent Deerhunter album. The man never tires, and never disappoints.

Andrew Baer is putting this on his best of the year list...