Tim Chester

Album Review: The Kills – Blood Pressures (Domino)

Remember when The Kills used to refer to themselves as ‘VV’ and ‘Hotel’? Hi, nice to meet you, what’s your name? “Hotel.” What? “Hotel.”...

Album Review: King Creosote And Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine (Double Six)

Recorded over the course of several years when both of the involved parties could find time or be arsed, to call Diamond Mine ‘gently...

Album Review: Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine (Rough Trade)

Unlike fellow Nevada City folkies Joanna Newsom and Devendra Banhart, Alela Diane possesses neither the head-mangling lyrical ambition nor weed-woven whimsy. She has instead...

Album Review: Jesca Hoop – Snowglobe EP (Last Laugh)

Jesca Hoop’s always possessed a bewitching murmur of a voice, but on ‘Snowglobe’ she drapes it unevenly over a sparse canvas with an awkwardness...

Album Review: Young Knives – Ornaments From The Silver Arcade (Gadzook/ Pias)

As the world seemingly teeters on the brink of oblivion, arch indie suit-wearers Young Knives have summoned up every vestige of collective worth to...

Album Review: Adventure – Lesser Known (Carpark)

It’s no surprise to find Baltimore’s Benny Boeldt, labelmate and pal of Toro Y Moi, still firmly rooting his Adventure project in ’80s retro-pop....

Album Review: Hunx and His Punx – Too Young To Be In Love (Hardly Art)

You can never be sure where you are with semantics. Over the decades the words ‘rock’ and ‘roll’ have become synonymous with bad behaviour,...

Live Review: Lykke Li

Lykke Li is back in LA, the town where she wrote her big new album, holed up in a wood cabin up a steep...

Live Review: Robyn

The Swede’s bone-shaking, sparse and thrilling live show boots pop out of the park and sky-high. Banks of blue light dazzle the eyes, as a...

Frank Turner, ‘I Am Disappeared’ – Free MP3 Download

Frank Turner announced details of his fourth studio album last month. The LP, 'England Keep My Bones', will be out June 6 and will...
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