Music Reviews
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Je Suis Animal Self Taught Magic From A Book
Animal magic indeed - these Norwegian newcomers unleash their claws on a corker of a debut.
Ils sont magnifique, reckons Iain Moffat... -
Monoceros I Feel Apocalyptic Today
Joan Malé has been making sumptuously pristine electronica under the Monoceros name for a number of years now. This could be his best offering yet.
Jody White reviews... -
Lou Reed Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
Reed revisits the city that sidelined his career.
Alan Shulman reviews... -
Max Tundra Parallax Error Beheads You
Ben Jacobs, aka Max Tundra returns after an extended spell of bumming around doing remixes.
Simon Briercliffe investigates whether the wait was worthwhile... -
Elephant9 Dodovoodoo
Fusing rock sensibility with experience and technique, Norway's Elephant9 create a genuine dynamic improvisational groove.
Miguel Morelli reviews... -
Danielson Trying Hartz
Those who remember Danielson's 2006 breakthrough Ships will find plenty to enjoy on this 28 track set, which is part best of, part live album, and part rarities set.
Angela Power, a previous Danielson sceptic, reviews... -
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy
They said it would never happen. Many hoped it wouldn't; some didn't care either way. But against the odds, Axl is back with his long-awaited Chinese Democracy album.
The No Ripcord team offers its thoughts... -
The Week That Was The Week That Was
While Field Music lie fallow, the brothers Brewis turn to a more conceptual concern with remarkable results. Malice in Sunderland? The north's newest supergroup find glory in grimness...
Iain Moffat reviews... -
Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt is saved from obscurity.
Sean Caldwell reviews the re-issue of this classic album... -
Circus Animals Desertion Circus Animals Desertion
Circus Animals' Desertion is a varied, mature and ultimately fulfilling début from one of the UK's most exciting new guitar bands; that it will be ignored if favour of a dozen over-hyped copycat bands is merely symptomatic of the UK music scene's current malaise.
David Coleman reviews...
