When Alt-J were announced as last year’s Mercury Prize winners, there must have been more than a few people who...
Bring me the head of Clare Grogan. Stuff it in a time capsule and transmigrate it through the entire history...
All that year end stuff is fun. Well, maybe it is, sometimes. All those interminable lists. Single transferable votes to...
In-keeping with the Japanese label Flau’s meandrous catalogue of indolent musical atmospheres, the Brazilian sound artist Liz Christine’s Sweet Mellow...
If John Carpenter ever decides to remake Vampires and chooses not to write its score, this album will most surely...
With a vociferous alto saxophone, pecking, clarion call introduction Rudresh Mahanthappa sets in motion the very first strains of a...
There’s been very few bands like Pere Ubu in history (that I’ve come across), and even fewer who would...
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The final Bummer album of the week for 2012 (well tis the season of goodwill to all men) goes to...
Imagine unearthing half a gem. On the one hand it’s still pretty, it still sparkles in the light and it’s...
If the cold winter weather is starting to get to you, this album might just re-inject some summer energy. Whilst...
When I first heard Stornoway a few years ago I felt uneasy. They were popping up on shows like Jools...
Stephen Jones is certainly a prolific artist. Since 1995 he has released over 18 albums, and in the process has managed...
Emanuele Marchiori and Massimiliano Magro are The Beards. They are Italian. That much is clear. They should not, though, be...
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Kid Rock has never produced a decent album, so no reason to expect his latest to be of any use....
‘Hey pal…come down and join the living!’ Much has been made of Scott Walker’s avant-garde trajectory: from his...