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Album review: Major Lazer - 'Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do'

Album review: Major Lazer - 'Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do'

Diplo and Switch team up for a punky reggae party, and we’re all invited

  • Jul 8, 2009
Album review: Tortoise - 'Beacons Of Ancestorship'

Album review: Tortoise - 'Beacons Of Ancestorship'

Post-rock orginators back to their best

  • Jun 24, 2009
Album review: Discovery - 'LP'

Album review: Discovery - 'LP'

A Vampire Weekend hip-hop side project? Sounds crazy, but it's one beautiful fusion

  • Jul 8, 2009
Album review: Brownies - 'Yourknife Ourback'

Album review: Brownies - 'Yourknife Ourback'

Fucking, fighting and no frills indie-rock

  • Jun 24, 2009
Album review: Florence And The Machine - 'Lungs'

Album review: Florence And The Machine - 'Lungs'

After the hype and the hate it’s just… OK

Album review: Wilco - 'Wilco (The Album)'

Album review: Wilco - 'Wilco (The Album)'

Tormented themes and a troubled past are light work for a band back to their best

  • Jun 24, 2009
Album review: Bombay Bicycle Club - 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose'

Album review: Bombay Bicycle Club - 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose'

A fizzy blast of anti-ageing indie-pop

Album review: Tinariwen - 'Imidwan: Companions'

Album review: Tinariwen - 'Imidwan: Companions'

There's much more to Mali than bloody Damon

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album Review: Tobacco - 'Fucked Up Friends'

Album Review: Tobacco - 'Fucked Up Friends'

Smoke gets in your brain, weirdly

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: The Rogue Element - 'Lumina'

Album review: The Rogue Element - 'Lumina'

Big-ass techno that doesn't care for crossover

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Tiny Vipers - Tiny Vipers

Album review: Tiny Vipers - Tiny Vipers

A winsome and woeful songstress

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Sleep - 'Sleep's Holy Mountain'

Album review: Sleep - 'Sleep's Holy Mountain'

Slooooooooow and heeeeeeeeavy

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 'The Phenomenal Handclap Band'

Album review: The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 'The Phenomenal Handclap Band'

Super-sassy New York genre-magpies

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Regina Spektor - 'Far'

Album review: Regina Spektor - 'Far'

The surprisingly influential songwriter breaks out from ‘niceness’ – but only just

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: KONG - 'Snake Magnet'

Album review: KONG - 'Snake Magnet'

They'll be your serpentine...

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: The Paper Chase - 'Someday All This Could Be Yours, Vol 1'

Album review: The Paper Chase - 'Someday All This Could Be Yours, Vol 1'

We'll pass on that offer, cheers

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album Review: Priscilla Ahn - 'A Good Day'

Album Review: Priscilla Ahn - 'A Good Day'

Folk-tinged pop with siren charms

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Slow Club - 'Yeah, So'

Album review: Slow Club - 'Yeah, So'

It takes two, baby...

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Montt Mardie - 'Introducing: The Best Of'

Album review: Montt Mardie - 'Introducing: The Best Of'

Sacharrine Scandi-indie

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Neil's Children - 'X.Enc'

Album review: Neil's Children - 'X.Enc'

Nice collection of influences, not much else

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album Review: Maximillian Hecker - 'One Day'

Album Review: Maximillian Hecker - 'One Day'

The yawn of a new earache

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Magnetic Morning - 'AM'

Album review: Magnetic Morning - 'AM'

Shoegaze goes a step too far

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Jackie-O Motherfucker -'Ballads Of The Revolution'

Album review: Jackie-O Motherfucker -'Ballads Of The Revolution'

Travellers in sound hit a scenic spot

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album Review: Lydia Lunch - 'Big Sexy Noise'

Album Review: Lydia Lunch - 'Big Sexy Noise'

The queen of no wave lets us eat cake

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Engineers - 'Three Fact Fader'

Album review: Engineers - 'Three Fact Fader'

A precision-tooled and unexpected gem

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Lissy Trullie - 'Self-Taught Learner'

Album review: Lissy Trullie - 'Self-Taught Learner'

Hipster, schmipster - we're not buying it

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Clutch - 'Strange Cousins From The West'

Album review: Clutch - 'Strange Cousins From The West'

If it's proper metal you're after, this is the gear

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Let's Wrestle - 'In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's'

Album review: Let's Wrestle - 'In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's'

Heavy, weirdo lo-fi art-rock that's no friend to royalty

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Clues - 'Clues'

Album review: Clues - 'Clues'

Some burning embers to be found in these Arcade Fireisms

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Laroca - 'Valley Of The Bears'

Album review: Laroca - 'Valley Of The Bears'

Less chill-out, more dull-out

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Bowerbirds - 'Upper Air'

Album review: Bowerbirds - 'Upper Air'

Delicate, cloud-drifting Americana

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album Review: La Roux - 'La Roux'

Album Review: La Roux - 'La Roux'

Much, much more than just those singles

Album Review: Apostle of Hustle - 'Eats Darkness'

Album Review: Apostle of Hustle - 'Eats Darkness'

Blame Canada

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Goes Cube - 'Another Day Has Passed'

Album review: Goes Cube - 'Another Day Has Passed'

Loud, but not loud enough

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Ape School - 'Ape School'

Album review: Ape School - 'Ape School'

The sound of one man laptopping

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album review: Various artists - 'This Is UK Funky House Vol 1'

Album review: Various artists - 'This Is UK Funky House Vol 1'

Behold! The new dance hedonism

  • Jun 23, 2009
Album review: Acoustic Ladyland - 'Living With A Tiger'

Album review: Acoustic Ladyland - 'Living With A Tiger'

This beast's roar is a little too skronky

  • Jul 2, 2009
Album Review: Bashy - 'Catch Me If You Can'

Album Review: Bashy - 'Catch Me If You Can'

Another grime hero bites the dust

  • Jun 23, 2009
Live Review:Jarvis Cocker

Live Review:Jarvis Cocker

When it comes to growing old disgracefully, one man does it with the greatest panache.Troxy, London, Wednesday June 17

  • Jul 1, 2009
Album review: Moby - 'Wait For Me'

Album review: Moby - 'Wait For Me'

Dance chameleon tries to shake off the branding

  • Jun 23, 2009
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