Music Reviews

  • The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love

    As the year ends, it's time to take a look back at one of the most anticipated returns of 2006. Ben Bollig reflects on The Rapture.

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  • Welcome Sirs

    Another experiment in filtering Beatles' sounds through the alt/garage funnel. Ben Bollig checks out Fat Cat's Seattle-based four-piece Welcome.

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  • The Beatles Love

    In which holy writ is, if not ripped to shreds, then crumpled slightly. It's about time.

  • Daedelus Denies The Day's Demise

    The latest offering from Daedelus finds the Ninja Tune artist moving further away from his hip hop roots, introducing elements of samba.

  • Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye

    Bringing together spacious tundra and the seething density of the city, the sophomore album by the Junior Boys rolls lush landscapes of synth through tight, boisterous beats. Combining the two polar-opposite sounds into a fine romance of nearly flawless composition, these boys are packing down the snow into a new world of ethereal electronic.

  • brenda brenda

    If you frequent either The Joiners, Southampton, or The Gander, Bournemouth - you can skip this, 'cos you already know. Everyone else, you need to know this.

  • The Who Endless Wire

    Pete and Roger are back and yes, my friends, they are The Who

  • Joanna Newsom Ys

    Is Joanna Newsom's new album a spellbinding masterpiece or a pretentious load of drivel? I thought you'd never ask.

  • Mum The Peel Sessions

    Fat Cat release the Icelandic band's only ever Peel session, recorded in 2002, around the release of the hugely acclaimed Finally We Are No One.

  • Arab Strap Ten Years Of Tears

    Released to coincide with the Scottish band's farewell tour, this 18 track retrospective neatly summarises the band's ten year career reminding us just how much we'll miss them.

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