Music Reviews
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Dr. Dog Be the Void
Is Dr. Dog's degree in medicine or philosophy? How would he hold the stethoscope without opposable thumbs? Is the Philadelphia-based quintet's new album any good? Will this teaser end with a question?
Ben Jones gives the doctor a check-up... -
Loops of your Heart And Never Ending Nights
After releasing a triad of propulsive techno, The Field's Axel Willner sets foot in Germany in search of the electronic pioneers who enriched his craft.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez opens the time capsule... -
Ben Kweller Go Fly A Kite
Ben Kweller, once arguably the heir apparent to the solo artist indie rock throne, is back at it with exactly what you'd expect.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
Blondes Blondes
There are a lot of things about Blondes to get annoyed about before even hearing their music, including, but not limited to, their hard to google name and the infuriating "Hipster House" description. So it's a good thing that their album's incredible then.
Mark Davison prefers Blondes... -
Pepe Deluxé Queen Of The Wave
Pepe Deluxé's most bold and ambitious album yet.
Gary McGinley reviews... -
Rhyton Rhyton
Rhyton's debut album is full of psych-rock, desert-blues, improv-grooves and drones.
David John Wood digs it... -
Songs of Green Pheasant Soft Wounds
Five years on from the excellent Gyllyng Street, Duncan Sumpner returns with a new album on a new label. But was it worth the wait?
David Coleman attempts to find out... -
The Twilight Sad No One Can Ever Know
The Scottish miserablists trade gleaming guitars for slathering analog synths, but their fascination for the macabre remains.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez sees the darkness... -
Die Antwoord Ten$ion
The poverty-chic rave-rap of Die Antwoord's early work seemed too good to be true. And it was, as it turned out that the supposedly white trash rappers were members of South Africa's satire and visual arts communities. So what did they do for a second act after the game was up?
Mark Davison doesn't approve of this sort of thing, but still quite likes it... -
Air Le Voyage dans la Lune
To mark the restoration of a hand-coloured print of Georges Méliès' miraculous Le Voyage dans la Lune, gallic knob-twiddlers Air were commissioned to provide an accompanying soundtrack to the short. But things rather spiralled outwards from there.
Mark Davison isn't convinced that this is going to get off the ground...
