Album Reviews

Peter Broderick - Music For Confluence (Erased Tapes)
Instrumental score for the documentary Confluence sees Broderick excel.
Posted on Nov 7th, 2011
All Mankind - Simple Desire (SO)
Big things are predicted for the Australian-by-way-of-Liverpool band.
Posted on Nov 7th, 2011
Real Estate - Days (Domino)
Perfect follow-up to their stunning debut.
Posted on Nov 2nd, 2011
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Soul Time! (Daptone)
B-sides and rarities from the undisputed masters of retro soul/funk
Posted on Oct 31st, 2011
Maria Taylor - Overlook (Saddle Creek)
Her second band Azure Ray were consistently beautiful. Her debut solo album Invisible Ones was a sublime offering of excellent songwriting. Her ex-boyfriend was Conor Oberst. Maria Taylor is one of the coolest US artists I can think of, but you wouldn't believe it from her latest offering Overlook.
Posted on Oct 31st, 2011
Tori Amos - Night Of The Hunters (Deutsche Grammaphon)
Night Of Hunters is worth the persistence.
Posted on Oct 31st, 2011
Shield Your Eyes - Volume 4 (Function)
A welcome fourth record from Shield Your Eyes.
Posted on Oct 24th, 2011
Flashguns - Passion Of A Different Kind (Humming/Rough Trade)
Well worth the wait!
Posted on Oct 24th, 2011
Vile Imbeciles - D Is For W (Tea Vee Eye)
Putting the 'good' back into the phrase 'weird, but in a good way.'
Posted on Oct 24th, 2011
LaFaro - Easy Meat (Smalltown America)
Trying to follow up last year’s self-titled debut with its frenetic guitar hooks and powerfully driven chords would be a difficult task for many a band, however, there is only one LaFaro, and they have managed to make a second record more chaotic and ferocious than we could’ve hoped.
Posted on Oct 19th, 2011
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