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Album review: Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus 20 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
They may not have medalled, but for Fuck Buttons, the 2012 Olympic Games in London were a career high. Despite their less-than-radio-friendly moniker, the duo from Bristol, England were catapulted ont...
Album reivew: Wiseblood - id 20 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
When Chris Laufman blasted onto the indie scene in 2011 it felt like a star was rising. The Pittsburgh producer/vocalist's efforts under the Wise Blood moniker raced to a fusion of beats, bleeps and b...
Album review: Postiljonen - Skyer 20 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Despite their Scandinavian roots, hotly tipped trio Postiljonen aren't exactly what you'd call a winter band. The airy soundscapes and melting synth lines of the trio's debut long-player swoon to the ...
Album review: Washed Out - Paracosm 20 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
The biggest surprise about Washed Out's 2011 debut was just how warm it felt. Buried amongst a clamour of too-cool-for-school hypnagogic popstrels Within and Without was a snug, amiable pleasure; the ...
Album review: The Child of Lov - The Child of Lov 27 Jun 2013 | 01:41 am
Being anonymous in this day and age isn’t easy. For a few months, The Child of Lov admirably retained his anonymity while generating a beehive of buzz around his first two releases. But now, with his ...
Album review: Bibio - Silver Wilkinson 27 Jun 2013 | 01:37 am
Stephen Wilkinson appears to be mirroring western trends by going organic. On his seventh LP under the Bibio guise, the English producer’s experimental leanings take on a distinctly naturalistic focus...
Album review: Sweet Baboo - Ships 27 Jun 2013 | 01:35 am
For a population of just over 3 million, Wales produces an impressive array of acclaimed indie acts. Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Manic Street Preachers all belong to the pantheon of...
Album review: Saturday Looks Good To Me - One Kiss Ends It All 20 Jun 2013 | 12:02 am
Over the last decade, Fred Thomas has operated a revolving-door policy that surpasses even Mark E. Smith's (of The Fall). But so far his fluid approach to Saturday Looks Good to Me's line-up has alway...
What I was listening to last month: May 16 Jun 2013 | 02:21 am
Woah, this is a late post. Still, I’ll try and forget that we’re stuck slap bang in the middle of June, and instead look back to what I was listening to last month. There were a whole heap of records...
Album review: Jagwar Ma - Howlin' 15 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
Back at the tail end of 1980s Britain, things were getting loose. As the vise-like grip of Thatcherism tightened, the cultural reaction was antithetical: tent-sized flares, mind-altering chemicals, al...
