Music Reviews
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Cheers Elephant Like Wind Blows Fire
Declared, "Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Rock 'N' Roll", there may be more to it, however.
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Screaming Females Ugly
The New Jersey basement rockers are back with fifth LP, and the masterful guitar work and the deliberate, snide vocal delivery make it easily their greatest work yet.
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Sophia Knapp Into The Waves
Olivia Newton John has a new rival! Check out Into The Waves by Sophia Knapp.
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Quakers Quakers
Quakers is Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow) 7-Stu-7 (Portishead engineer Stuart Matthews) and Australian producer Katalyst. They're accompanied by 35 handpicked MCs that they've fit perfectly into a record that's more electronica than hip-hop. It's ridiculously ambitious and ridiculously good.
Andrew Baer hasn't listened to anything else for three days... -
Bear in Heaven I Love You, It's Cool
Is that the new brand for L.A. Looks styling gel?
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez travels to the eighties once again... -
Phédre Phédre
Phédre, lovers from Monaco, raised in a cave of gold.
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VCMG Ssss
For the first time in 30 years, two of the most famous names in electronica are making music together. Does the music match the legend?
Forrest Cardamenis would like to buy a vowel... -
AU Both Lights
There's a good chance that Both Lights, the third album from Portland duo AU, is the most original album of the year. It might also be the most difficult to review.
Mark Davison tries his best... -
Willis Earl Beal Acousmatic Sorcery
Our first look at the elusive Willis Earl Beal and the sound behind the rumours.
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Paul Weller Sonik Kicks
A fascinating album which shows that Weller has the nous and skill to evolve and, in doing so, the self-styled ‘Changingman’ manages to stay fresh, challenging and relevant.
David Zammitt reviews...
