Music Reviews
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Roll The Dice In Dust
For their second album of Krautrock-influenced electronica, the Swedish duo attempt to create a hellish guide to the world of industry (think L.S. Lowry does Dante's Inferno) with interesting results.
Mark Davison tried to keep the pretentious comparisons to an absolute minimum... -
Case Studies The World is Just a Shape to Fill the Night
Former The Dutchess and the Duke songwriter Jesse Lortz goes solo for this dark, stripped-down album of brooding acoustic ballads.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Cymbals Eat Guitars Lenses Alien
The Staten Island indie rock revisionists step even farther from nineties slacker rock conventions with their sophomore release, a tightly-knit, yet abundantly ornate listen that enthralls as much as it confounds.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez wouldn't karaoke to any of these songs... -
Richmond Fontaine The High Country
Is it a song-novel? A record album? Both? Neither?
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Stephin Merritt Obscurities
Think that rarities collections are a waste of time and the preserve of the obsessive 'super-fan'? Then prepare to have Stephin Merritt prove you wrong.
Mark Davison is one of those obsessive super-fans, but don't let that put you off... -
Richard Buckner Our Blood
The alt-country songwriter returns with his first album since 2006. Is it a bloodbath or bloody brilliant? The Buckner stops here.
Benjamin Jones wades through Our Blood... -
I Break Horses Hearts
What happens when two Swedish hypochondriacs meet online and decide to record a shoegaze record together? I Break Horses, of course...
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Wiley 100% Publishing
On his latest opus, Wiley claims, "I want 100% publishing, 'cos I'm going DIY." On the evidence of this self-produced album, Joe Rivers wonders if that's such an astute move.
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Thundercat The Golden Age of the Apocalypse
Thundercat, a magnificent bassist featured on Flying Lotus's last album, teams up with the producer again for a funk extravaganza.
Andrew Baer leans back in a giant purple chair and reviews... -
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Mirror Traffic
Mirror Traffic finds Stephen Malkmus at the top of his game both as a songwriter and guitarist, continuing the upwardly mobile trajectory of an enduring and golden indie-rock solo career in it’s second decade.
Pierce Brown reviews.....
