Music Reviews
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Field Music Tones of Town
Consistency is the hobgoblin, etc? Sometimes it's redemption
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Erin McKeown Sing you Sinners
The singer songwriter's cover album is usually an interesting affair. Erin McKeown bucks the trend with a self-indulgent album of standards that is flat at best, and at its worst, gratingly smug.
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The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady's third LP is its best. It is a defining achievement the band will have trouble topping in the future.
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Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Now that he's confessing, will we finally figure out Kevin Barnes? Are you kidding?
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Ormondroyd Hit & Hope
Sheffield's finest shoegazers release their debut album this month through Hackpen Records.
David Coleman reviews... -
Klaxons Myths of the Near Future
Already one of the most talked about records of 2007, the debut album from London's Klaxons is rapidly becoming the most polarising.
David Coleman picks his side... -
Bobby Conn King For A Day
Bobby Conn's latest solo effort is concept album dealing with life and death and all strangeness that comes within.
Peter Hayward reviews... -
Kristin Hersh Learn to Sing Like a Star
Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave leader Kristin Hersh returns with another notable solo offering.
D.C. Harrison reviews... -
Noisettes What's the Time Mr Wolf
After couple of high profile support slots, Noisettes are being hyped as a band to watch in 2007. But as Peter Hayward discovers, they might not be a band to listen to.
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Damon Albarn teams up Paul Simonon, Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, and Verve guitarist Simon Tong for this musically diverse and at times brilliant offering.
Tom Lee offers his thoughts.
