Title: Realism Artist: The Magnetic Fields Label: Nonesuch / Warner Bros Released: 26 January 2010 In one word: Twee The Magnetic Fields previous record Distortion had a very apt name, and on that album those fuzzbuzz’s...Read More »
Title: Realism Artist: The Magnetic Fields Label: Nonesuch / Warner Bros Released: 26 January 2010 In one word: Twee The Magnetic Fields previous record Distortion had a very apt name, and on that album those fuzzbuzz’s...
Title: Terra Incognita Artist: Juliette Lewis Label: Roadrunner Released: Out Now In one word: Insane Any album produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta) isn’t going to play by the rules and Lewis as an actress...
Title: God and Guns Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Label: Roadrunner Released: Out Now In one word: Southern Lynyrd Skynyrd have their art down to, well an art-form and any Skynyrd release will sound like just as...
An in-depth review of the Fucked Up compilation album Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009, released 26 January, 2010 by Matador Records. In one word: Essential
Album review of The Incident by Porcupine Tree, released September 2009 by Roadrunner. In one word: Segmentary
Album review of Fat Wrecktrospective, a mega three-disc compilation release by Fat Wreck featuring 88 tracks from their artists, including some rare stuff previously only found on the Fat Club 7"s series. Released December 2009 by Fat Wreck....
Album review of Desperate Living by Horse the Band, released October 2009 on Vagrant (US) and Roadrunner (Aus). In one word: Technocal.Read More »
As the hype merchants jump from one bandwagon to the next, Vampire Weekend's Contra is getting hailed by many as the essential sound for the year ahead. We're not even two weeks into a new decade -...
Delphic's fortchoming debut album has been much hyped and heralded as the first great new sound of the new decade but beware of false prophecy.
In one word: OverblownRead More »