Reviews

Fair Ohs - Jungle Cats
May 22 |

“seems to have unadulterated sunshine woven into the soles of its feet.”

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The Lost Patrol – Driven
May 20 |

More F U than UFO this time around.

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Dirty Beaches - Drifters / Love Is The Devil
May 16 |

“both striking and deeply disturbing in equal measure.”

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Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect
May 14 |

Welsh ascendency is not confined to football it seems.

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The National - Trouble Will Find Me
May 13 |

“offering glorious reward in proportion to time invested once more.”

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subtractiveLAD – The Language Of Flowers
May 12 |

Eighth album sees ambient act in reflective mood.

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Electronic - Electronic. Special Edition.
May 9 |

“Electronic are a gem in the history of music you would be wise to investigate.”

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Mikal Cronin - MCII
May 8 |

“a largely optimistic collection of 10 punchy garage-pop tracks”

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Gabriel Bruce - Love In Arms
May 7 |

“Bruce has landed one of the year’s best debuts and make no mistake.”

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Black Swan Lane – The Last Time In Your Light
May 5 |

Will the latest from BSL also be the greatest? Brett Spaceman brings his verdict.

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Alkali Fly – Race To Victory Mountain
May 5 |

“you’ll wish you’d paid – it’s that good”

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Helado Negro - Invisible Life
May 3 |

“if you’re gonna get just one predominantly Spanish-language album this year then you could do a lot worse than Invisible Life.”

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Deerhunter - Monomania
April 30 |

“subliminally sublime”

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It Hugs Back - Recommended Record
April 24 |

“one of the more adventurous British indie bands on today’s circuit.”

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Wolf People - Fain
April 23 |

Fain really flexes “the band’s sonic muscle for the first time and, you know what, it totally slays.”

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Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
April 15 |

“Today’s Iron & Wine set-up retains the power to surprise.”

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Implodes – Recurring Dream
April 12 |

“soaring synths and searing guitar tones surge through the ominous blizzards of fuzz and reverb”

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Wonky Doll And The Echo – Pleasant Thoughts
April 11 |

Doomy, iffy post-punk from Greece

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(ghost) - Departure
April 9 |

Latest from the n5MD roster fails to grab our Editor.

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Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
April 8 |

“edging his craft closer to the greats on which he grew with each chord progression.”

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Low - The Invisible Way
April 5 |

“there is enormous power in elaborate restraint”

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The Strokes - Comedown Machine
April 4 |

Let the comedown begin.

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Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
April 3 |

defies you “not to wholly embrace the warts-and-all thrills of primal rock.”

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Phosphorescent - Muchacho
March 28 |

Our Red On Black digests the latest from “road-weary” Americana exponent Phosphorescent

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Suede - Bloodsports
March 27 |

The best Suede record since 1996

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David Bowie - The Next Day
March 26 |

The greatest ever comeback?

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The Experimental Tropic Blues Band - Liquid Love
March 25 |

No where near as good as “having Lux Interior covering the Shangri Las“ should be.

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Good Weather For An Airstrike – Lights
March 20 |

Epic yet peaceful post-rock in the vein of Hammock, Sigur Ros etc

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Purling Hiss - Water On Mars
March 19 |

Purling Hiss have gone for broke, trying to actually sell some records.

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