8.5
Remember in the 90s when time capsules were a hot topic? When the Millennium was approaching and people would discuss what they'd like to preserve from that time, to be rediscovered by future humans? This might be a valid explanation for Lixiviate's existence. Though it doesn't explain how a Japanese band man...[more]
9
It's been nearly 15 years since Sigur Rós were launched on the consciousness of the world outside of their native Iceland with their extraordinary single 'Svefn-G-Englar' and second album Ágætis byrjun, which had journalists and listeners reaching for their t...[more]
7
A lot of weird shit went down leading up to the release of Board of Canada's latest album. Between blank vinyls with hints to Tomorrow's Harvest's release date (one of which someone sold on eBay for four figures), and a listening party in the middle of the Californian Mojave desert (the location of which was ...[more]
7
The cover of this album illustrates what Matt Bigland might have thought Dinosaur Pile-Up would end up doing on their second album. Flat on their faces they ain't though; instead, they are kicking and screaming. This album would actually be better suited to the title of their debut: Growing Pains.
Where the fi...[more]
3.5
The hype machine swaggers into town from time to time and generally goes into overload when anything tagged with Liam 'gob-iron' Gallagher rolls into town. Let's face it, anything post Morning Glory has been a pile of shhhiiitttteeee. Once his feuding sibling Noel retired from the marching powder, the creativ...[more]
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10
Laura Marling is a really big name nowadays. She isn't just someone trying to break onto the music scene, or just another artist to lump in with Mumford & Sons and the folk revival that British music seems to have descended into in the last few years, she's up there and deservedly so. Her latest and fourth album, ...[more]
7.5
Brazil's Labirinto have released a number of fine records over the last few years, arguably reaching something of an artistic zenith with 2011 masterpiece, Anatema. That was my record of the year back then and remains something of an underexposed post-rock gem. That's not to say subsequent releases or indeed this...[more]
5
Electronic two-pieces seem to be back in fashion with recent releases from long-silent heavyweights Daft Punk and Boards of Canada. Australian duo Jagwar Ma, with their debut album Howlin, however, share little in common with these, or indeed with the wealth of electronica artists which have appeared in...[more]
9
Whatever you already loved about Jimmy Eat World, you'll be eating it up in their newest release, Damage. A little bit more painful than usual, as the album name reflects, the band still pushes the limits with brand new energies and the proverbial story of pain following a disastrous end. Vocalist Jim Adkins tends to...[more]
7
Murderopolis is Glasgow trio Sparrow and the Workshop's third album and it showcases the band ability to fluctuate between the light and shade of alt-folk-rock. It's all held together by the rumbustious vocals of Jill O'Sullivan. She delivers confidence and direct punch to the gut, as on 'Darkness', w...[more]
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