Album Review: Alasdair Roberts – Pangs
Authenticity is one of the great over-rated qualities in music. But there’s no harm in a bit of study and knowledge. Alasdair Roberts’ route into recording might have been through…
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Matt H
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Sheffield. Occasional gig-goer. Enthusiast, not critic.
See: Colin Stetson releases video for Spindrift
Leather-lunged sax-botherer Colin Stetson is back, back, back! Er, OK then. Stetson whose last release, Sorrow, was a ‘re-imagining’ of Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3, is back building his wonderful layered…
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Album Review: Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman
It’s always good to have Mark Eitzel back. There will always be some who hanker after the particular dimensions and textures that American Music Club brought to his songs. But…
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Not Forgotten: Frank Black – Francis
How are you getting on with the latest incarnation of Pixies? Some of it’s OK. We got Head Carrier on the strength bouncing around to Um Chagga Lagga when it…
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Track: Lumer – Futile
Well if you’re from Hull, now’s the time to push yourself. Lumer’s particular knoll on the cultural landscape is an abrasive and energetic slice of hardcore punk whose slithering guitars…
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See: Meursault release new video for By Gaslight
The end of 2016 was a good time to get Meursault back. Neil Pennycook had been busy for a few years with excellent collaborations and recording under the name Supermoon…
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Album Review: Battery Operated Orchestra – Radiation
Initially out in September, we hang our heads in shame that it took us until now to discover and write about Battery Operated Orchestras second album, Radiation. Much as you’d…
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Album Review: Modern Studies – Swell To Great
It’s not that we ignored it – Its just that we completely missed September’s release of Modern Studies album Swell to Great, and as Matt H muses – more’s the…
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