Music Reviews
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Various Artists Northern Soul: The Soundtrack
Few fanbases are as obsessive about their music than Northern Soul devotees. As a new film based around the genre hits the cinemas, Joe Rivers reviews the soundtrack to a time that was unprecedented in British history.
Head on down to the Wigan Casino all-nighter... -
Shellac Dude Incredible
After a seven-year absence, alt-noise heroes Shellac return with their fifth LP, Dude Incredible. And everyone who’s talking about it probably owns it.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Mr Twin Sister Mr Twin Sister
The Long Island quintet slightly changes their moniker for their latest effort, a seductive and controlled listen that takes cues from seventies soft rock while incorporating faint elements of eighties smooth jazz.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Karen O Crush Songs
Karen O's debut album is a series of unmemorable, tedious demos. These songs fail to live up to her soundtrack projects or her work in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Joe Marvilli is crushed by monotony... -
Avi Buffalo At Best Cuckold
The second release by the folk-pop group, lead by precocious singer/songwriter Avi Zahner-Isenberg, is a stately effort that provides an odd glimpse into his spent, yet busy imagination.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Death From Above 1979 The Physical World
The brakes on DFA’s music were cut well before You’re A Woman, I'm A Machine dropped a decade ago. 10 years on, they still haven't bothered to get them fixed. A lot has changed in 10 years, but Jesse F. Keeler and Sebastien Grainger's approach to making ferocious music certainly hasn’t.
Carl Purvis has been pummelled beyond belief... -
The New Pornographers Brill Bruisers
The power-pop powerhouse's latest is aptly described as a "celebration record", a refreshing take on an old formula that builds up to a breathtaking whole.
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews... -
Rustie Green Language
Rustie's follow-up to the delightfully giddy Glass Swords is a record that weirdly sounds both overstuffed and uninventive, with too many ideas yet little in the way of innovation.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Interpol El Pintor
Once post-punk revivalists carry on their duty belts with their first release in over four years.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
The Kooks Listen
The Kooks abandon their indie rock roots and go all world music on us for fourth studio effort Listen; question is, have they pulled it off or will they live to regret the change?
Graeme Marsh reviews...
