Tim Chester

Album Review: Mastodon – ‘The Hunter’

Around the middle of the last decade, when Atlanta metallurgists Mastodon began to wink at the mainstream, some suggested they might even be the...

Album Review: Lanterns On The Lake – ‘Gracious Tide, Take Me Home’

For a band made entirely from pillows and bits of old cloud, it’s a surprise to find that Lanterns On The Lake are actually...

Album Review: DJ Shadow – ‘The Less You know, The Better’

“He’s still at it?!” Not my words, but those of DJ Shadow’s own painfully self-deprecating press release, on which the word “genius” has been...

Album Review: Zun Zun Egui – ‘Katang’

If you had to pick a new band who sound as diametrically opposed to dismal lad rock as it’s absolutely possible to, then Bristol’s...

Album Review: Wilco – ‘The Whole Love’

As radio-friendly album openers go, 'Art Of Almost', which kicks off Chicago stalwarts Wilco’s eighth studio effort, would probably rate pretty low on the...

Which One Album Should Bands Never Have Recorded?

Here’s a new one for you. In light of Noel’s recent comments about ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ (essentially “we should never have...

Stream Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett’s ‘Body And Soul’

To mark what would have been Amy Winehouse’s 28th birthday today, Tony Bennett has released the video for his duet with her, ‘Body And...

What Was The Song Of The Summer?

If you’re anywhere near us you’re probably sitting through a complete bucketload of freezing cold rain today, wondering where our half-summer went and why...

Festival Season 2011 – How Was It For You?

So, it’s pretty much over. The annual four month summer festival season, which begun back in May with The Great Escape (or arguably the...

PJ Harvey Wins The Mercury – A Predictable Choice, But The Right One

Recognise that headline? It might ring a few bells – we used exactly the same words this time last year, when The xx took...
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