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Brilliant or Tragic? Art Brut’s fourth album reviewed!
Eddie Argos finally sings – but does it pay off?
Kaiser Chiefs – The Future Is Medieval
“Flabby and frustrating” – Running out of patience with WIlson and co.
Rival Sons – Pressure And Time
Rival Sons attempt to distinguish classic rock in 2011 from nostaligia acts with their label début Pressure and Time.
Caned & Able – Monkey Song
With a perfect example of lazy, second-rate song writing, Caned & Able arrive to abuse…
PJ Harvey – The Glorious Land
PJ Harvey has come a long way from the sexual politics of earlier releases like…
Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern – Essex Arms
Darren Hayman is the former singer and main brain behind indie rock group Hefner. He’s…
Metronomy – The English Riviera
As the title of the album, itself something of a contradiction, might imply, this is…
Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer
In my admittedly rather hackneyed opinion, there are few things better in this world than…
Pop Songs and Parrots – Friendly Fires return with Pala
The problem with making a second album is your first album. Should an artist keep…
Rewind: Camel – The Snow Goose (1975)
Encouraged by the success of their Lord of the Rings-inspired second album, prog-rockers Camel decided…
The Pierces: You’ll Be Mine EP
Unlike anything in the charts at the moment, the Alabama-born Pierce sisters (Allison and Catherine)…
BBC mash-ups. The future of entertainment?
On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, Radio 4 went through a nervous breakdown. Or maybe,…
The King Blues – Punk & Poetry
The King Blues are fighting back, and they’re f**king angry; at least that’s the claim…
Hugh Laurie brings down the House with his debut album ‘Let Them Talk’
A rich, Cambridge graduate releasing a blues album called Let Them Talk; it doesn’t seem…