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Melodia: The Vines
After an interesting couple of years involving physical altercations with the press, personal weight blowouts and an alleged breakdown, Craig Nicholls and his blokes are back, fit and in-form, with an album that not only has the snarl, but also…
An Intimate Universe: Wellyn
An Intimate Universe gives the impression of being anything but a first album. Moody and brooding, melancholic and soaring, both vocally and musically, similarities with 78 Saab come to mind. Let’s not compare.
The making of a good album is…
Real Animal: Alejandro Escovedo
For his ninth studio release, Escovedo gives us an album full of life and hope for the future. Slashing guitar work, a killer opening track and great songs are his new signature.
After a life-threatening experience and an album that…
Takes: Adem
British singer/songwriter Adem was asked by punters so often at gigs for copies of his covers that he decided to record an album of them for this, his third outing, Takes. The brief: to cover only songs recorded between…
Donkey: CSS
Cansei de Ser Sexy (Tired of Being Sexy) hail from Sao Paulo, Brazil and burst onto the scene a couple of years back with a self-titled record which made them the darlings of dance/rock enthusiasts everywhere. And with good reason.
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Listen To Little Red: Little Red
About a year ago I began to notice the consistency with which I was being asked a certain question: Have you seen Little Red? I eventually did, several times, and they rocked. So, having forged for themselves a formidable reputation…
Primary Colours: Eddy Current Suppression Ring
As soon as you hear the first track, Memory Lane, you can understand why these blokes having been selling out venues across the country. Although the album does not 100% translate their full throttle performance energy, it does give you…
Fight Or Flight: 16 Millimetre
‘Split me open and see my soul,’ sings Tom Hoskins on New Face, the opening cut on 16 Millimetre’s debut album. It’s the perfect introduction to an extraordinary album. These dark urban tales will haunt you. Tom’s voice is breathtaking…
Comme Si De Rien N'Etait: Carla Bruni
A slightly ironic album title, no? Now Mrs Sarkozy, the French President’s wife’s name is splashed all over the papers as her new album becomes global news. Which other president has his wife singing songs of love and lust about…
Beck: Modern Guilt
With the exception of last year’s Grammy-nominated, digital-only single ‘Timebomb’, Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005’s platinum Guero and 2006’s acclaimed The Information.
Modern Guilt is a tightly…
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