Reviews

(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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Feeding People - Island Universe
March 18 |

“riffing your way out of trouble is rarely the answer to any question.”

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Mister Lies - Mowgli
March 15 |

“Zanca plays make-do-and-mend glitch against retro house, bottomed-out synth against chop-shop R&B.”

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The Changes – American Master
March 14 |

More listeners please.

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Blue Hawaii - Untogether
March 13 |

“oddly concentrated passages of sultry ambience that frequently sound like clouds making love.”

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Mazes - Ores And Minerals
March 12 |

“seems hewn from a desert canyon”

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Daughter - If You Leave
March 11 |

“themes of regret, loss and insecurity throughout “

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The House Of Love - She Paints Words In Red
March 10 |

more Abbey Road than Revolver.

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Flutes - Flutes
March 9 |

“aggression, anger, danger, despair”… must be Scottish.

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Matthew E White - Big Inner
March 7 |

“harks back to the glory days of great American labels”

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
March 6 |

Cave is now one of the great modern renaissance men.

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Suuns - Images Du Futur
March 5 |

Contains “two of the finest tracks likely to be heard this year”.

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Chelsea Light Moving - Chelsea Light Moving
March 4 |

A “tellingly relevant” LP from the new Thurston Moore vehicle.

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Martin Rossiter - The Defenestration of St Martin
February 28 |

“The best record I have heard in a very, very, very long time.”

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My Bloody Valentine. - mbv.
February 27 |

See what Mark Reed is doing here…
but is it any good?

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Doldrums - Lesser Evil
February 25 |

“a collection of square pegs unwilling to conform to round pigeonholes if ever there was one.”

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The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves
February 24 |

“Lovers of (summery) 80s music may well be drawn under its spell, but I don’t think this album is going to set the world alight.”

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Golden Grrrls - Golden Grrrls
February 20 |

“Roll on the summer.”

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Foals - Holy Fire
February 19 |

“…album is so good that the predictably irrelevant Mercury Prize is bound to pass it over”

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Iceage - You're Nothing
February 18 |

“2013 is shaping up to be a loud one.”

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