Albums
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
If the very sight of the words ‘world’ and ‘music’ alongside each other sends chills running down your spine, look away now.
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
A friend of Loud And Quiet’s is such a Los Campesinos!-head that he hates ‘Hold On Now, Youngster…’
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
And so, like their US equivalent Interpol, British Sea Power have this year had to broach the conundrum of the 'difficult third album'.
One More Grain - Isle Of Grain
If Underworld swapped their beats for jazzy drones, John Lydon reformed PiL...
Bumblebeez - Prince Umberto & The Sisters of Ill
So the opening 'Dr Love' that booty shakes this Bumblebeez 6-track EP into life does come over a tad Stereo MCs.
Sebastian Tellier, Mr Oizo & SebastiAn - Steak
This soundtrack to Mr Oizo’s own movie (following Daft Punk’s ‘Electroma’) is made entirely of new compositions contributed by Oizo and cohorts Tellier and SebastiAn.
Various Artists - Tape That
Piecing together a mixtape really is an art form - make it too obvious and...
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
When The Raveonettes released mini debut album ‘Whip It On’ they prided themselves on fuzzed-up biker-rock...
The Scare - Chivalry
If you sing in curious Australio-yankee accents and pinch riffs off Jack White and the MC5, you’d better do it with some gusto.
