Music Reviews
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Morrissey Years of Refusal
Fred Perry shirt? Check. Unmistakeable quiff? Check. Well, everybody, it appears Morrissey is back!
Joe Rivers salutes his return... -
Black Lips 200 Million Thousand
I get the feeling just looking at the cover of this record that I'm in for a mind-melting dose of debauchery and liquored-up punk madness.
Kevin Walker reaches for his asprin bottle in anticipation... -
Lily Allen It’s Not Me, It’s You
Lily Allen is fresh, sassy, playful, and provocative in ways so many pop divas could never hope to be. But Conor McKay is torn.
Click here to read his review... -
Grammatics Grammatics
They're smart. They're art. They'll never make the chart. Still, Grammatics may just have made one of the boldest debut albums of the year...
Iain Moffat reviews... -
Lukid Foma
The second full-length from Lukid is a highly enjoyable romp through hip-hop, trip-hop and dubstep influenced soundscapes of laudable maturity.
Jody White gets down... -
These Are Powers All Aboard Future
Noise trio, These Are Powers, regress to progress.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Ben Kweller Changing Horses
After three albums of fuzzy pop-rock college-radio staples, Ben Kweller heads off in a brave new direction with Changing Horses.
Joe Rivers investigates whether the new direction is the right direction... -
Loney Dear Dear John
Swedish singer-songwriter Emil Svanängen drops the comma from his pseudonym and gets serious on this, his fifth full-length.
Angela Power reviews... -
Various Artists Dark Was The Night
An album to make the indie kids wet their pants.
Cara Nash reviews... -
Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique
Twenty years after it was deemed a commercial failure, Paul's Boutique, second full-length from the Beastie Boys, has proven to be one of the most important albums to emerge in the last century. Now being re-mastered and re-issued in a variety of formats, it's up for discussion. Again.
Sean Caldwell's just chillin' like Bob Dylan...
