Music Reviews
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Xiu Xiu Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Titles lifted from Asian erotic cinema? Music videos premiered on Pornhub? Sounds like it's business as usual for Jamie Stewart & co.'s 11th album.
Mark Davison can still hear the pigs screaming... -
+/- Jumping The Tracks
5th album of intricate indie rock from +/-, the first in 5 years, sees a mellowing and maturing of their sound. Does this make it any less fun to listen to?
David John Wood takes the leap... -
Damaged Bug Hubba Bubba
With Thee Oh Sees currently on hold, John Dwyer finds a way to take Tiger Mountain by Radio Shack.
Sean Caldwell looked up ColecoVision... -
Beck Morning Phase
The illustrious singer-songwriter returns with a spiritual successor to his esteemed 2002 release Sea Change.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
St. Vincent St. Vincent
A fantastically fascinating fusion of funk and fuzz.
Joe Rivers is still upset Annie Clark doesn't have a backing band called The Grenadines... -
Phantogram Voices
After four years, the New York 'street beat' duo return with their sophomore follow-up to 2009's Eyelid Movies. If you're mousing over the link, you've got your hand on the button now.
Ben Jones was really looking forward to this one... -
Shocking Pinks Guilt Mirrors
The reclusive New Zealander comes back after a seven year absence with Guilt Mirrors, a comprehensive triple-album recorded during a time of personal and emotional crisis.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez sat through it so you don't have to... -
Cheatahs Cheatahs
Debut album from London based guitar band peddling noisy shoegaze and 90s-style alt-rock. My Bloody Dinosaur, anyone?
David John Wood gets all nostalgic for his youth...ahhh -
Woods of Desolation As The Stars
Just when you thought we'd have a break from hearing about all this post-black metal broo-ha-ha, Woods of Desolation, a nearly decade-long act, push the narrative further by battling convention with convention.
Peter Quinton tried really hard not to mention Deafheaven but fails miserably... -
Guided By Voices Motivational Jumpsuit
Guided By Voices released three, yes three, albums in 2012 after their reformation. With only a single offering in 2013, Motivational Jumpsuit is well overdue, don't you think?
How can you not find something to like here, asks Graeme Marsh?
