Album Reviews
Tinariwen - 'Imidiwan: Companions' (Independiente) Released 27/06/09 a sound that's simultaneously reassuringly familiar and totally, refreshingly alien...
3 July 2009
La Roux - 'La Roux' (Polydor) 29/06/09 one of the most open and intimate records of the year and it’s as danceable as it is brave...
30 June 2009
Wilco - 'Wilco [The Album]' (Nonesuch) Released 29/06/09 once the initial rush of sparkling ideas and killer tunes is done with, Wilco are a tad too keen to ease into a musical equivalent of swinging in a hammock...
30 June 2009
Dinosaur Jr. - 'Farm' (PIAS) Released 22/06/09 a competent, melodic collection which time will no doubt judge as up there with their very best work...
24 June 2009
Regina Spektor - 'Far' (Warners) Released 22/06/09 a unique and interesting journey that finds a nice balance between the odd and the beautiful...
22 June 2009
Jack Penate - 'Everything Is New' (XL) Released 22/06/09 Genuinely uplifting in places, it will make great friends with the sunshine and festivals...
22 June 2009
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' (Island) 06/07/09 a record with its heart in Seattle and Portland, not Camden, and all the better for it...
22 June 2009
Tortoise - 'Beacons Of Ancestorship' (Thrill Jockey) Released 22/06/09 a vivacious and engaging listen...
19 June 2009
The Mars Volta - 'Octahedron' (Mercury) Released 22/06/09 some of the best material since Omar and Cedric's days fronting At The Drive-In...
19 June 2009
Moby - 'Wait For Me' (Little Idiot Records) Released 29/06/09 His finest moment since 'Play'...
18 June 2009

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