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Album Review: Zach Hill - Face Tat (Sargent House)
The Hella drum powerforce tries out his own twisted 'pop' with help from No Age and Devendra
- Dec 10, 2010
Album Review: The Greenhornes - **** (Third Man)
A mind-tweaking knees-up from Craig Fox
- Nov 19, 2010
Album Review: Weekend - Sports (Slumberland)
Biblical floods of brooding amp static from the San Francisco Trio
- Dec 10, 2010
Album Review: Rihanna - Loud (Def Jam/Mercury)
Overly tiresome fetish-flirting can't drag the brilliantly adventurous and masterfully measured pop queen down
- Nov 12, 2010
- 1 comment
Album Review: Aids Wolf - March To The Sea (Skin Graft)
A mixed bag from the Canadian noise merchants
- Dec 10, 2010
Album Review: Tinchy Stryder - Third Strike (Island)
Grime crossover star delivers a patchy affair
- Nov 12, 2010
Album Review: Gregory And The Hawk - Leche (Fatcat)
Haunted, child-like music riddled with eerie melodies that leans dangerously close to tweeness in places
- Nov 12, 2010
Album review: Michael Jackson - 'Michael' (Epic)
Not as terrible as you may think. I mean, we're not saying it's good, but...
- Dec 4, 2010
- 3 comments
Album Review: Stereolab - Not Music (Duophonic UHF Disks)
They may be a one trick pony, but these 2008 recordings show that Stereolab are good at what they do
- Nov 12, 2010
Album Review: Various Artists, 'Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers' (Crammed Discs)
Indie and dance's finest come together to pay an inventive tribute to the Congo's vital electro scene.
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: French Horn Rebellion - The Infinite Music Of French Horn Rebellion (Once Upon A Time)
FHR seem so caught up in being hipster douchebags they're oblivious to the fact their album is rather soulless
- Nov 12, 2010
- 11 comments
Album Review: Nicki Minaj, 'Pink Friday' (Island)
Hip-hop's A-list guest but rap's new filthy-mouthed First Lady outshines them all.
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea (Warp)
A polished and assured return to solo recording, it's clear Eno's still got it
- Nov 12, 2010
Album Review: KC Accidental - Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub (Arts & Crafts)
A blissful album of two distinct halves; stuttering angst then sweetened melancholy
- Nov 12, 2010
Album Review: Teeth Of The Sea, 'Your Mercury' (Rocket)
Psychedelic sophistication at its best
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: The Felt Tips - Living And Growing (Plastilina)
While they have all the makings of a Teenage Fanclub-esque outfit, The Felt Tips lack of drive will leave them running out of ink
- Nov 12, 2010
Album Review: Her Name Is Calla, 'The Quiet Lamb' (Denovali)
Triumphant debut from the Yorkshire group
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr Rager (Good Music/Island)
A hopping mad journey into the unknown, as hip-hop's young adventurer hacks his way to sonic pastures new
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: NERD - Nothing (Interscope)
Pharrell - hateful but, fortunately, pretty talented
- Nov 5, 2010
- 1 comment
Album Review: I Blame Coco - The Constant (Island)
Celebrity offspring in OK album shocker
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: Nadine Coyle - Insatiable (Black Pen/Tesco)
Nadine's solo effort harks back to the days before auto-tune but can't hold a candle to Girls Aloud
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: Munch Munch, 'Double Visions' (Upset The Rhythm)
Bold new noise from the Bristol quartet
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: Daft Punk, 'Tron Legacy Soundtrack' (Virgin)
The much-anticipated movie sequel is finally here. But it's the brilliant soundtrack that is proving really worth the wait.
- Nov 29, 2010
- 1 comment
Album Review: Napoleon IIIrd - Christiania (Brainlove)
2010 might almost be up, but 'Christiania' makes itself heard with exuberance and charm
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: Take That, 'Progress' (Polydor)
Gary Barlow and co's surprisingly ballsy return
- Nov 29, 2010
Album Review: Former Ghosts - New Love (Upset The Rhythm)
Freddy Rupert's second album as Former Ghosts is blanketed in scratchy noise and fractious beauty
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys (Warner)
An epic, end-of-days drive, taking in '80s synths, mainstream metal and gleaming pop
- Nov 19, 2010
- 2 comments
Album Review: King Cannibal - The Way Of The Ninja (Ninja Tune)
At a whopping 250 songs, this is a scratched-up, bass-inflated, mesmerising mix of Ninja Tune's best
- Nov 5, 2010
Album Review: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)
He's finally sorted his life out and is back on fine - if slightly odd - form, with a little help from his A-list friends
- Nov 19, 2010
- 14 comments
Album Review: Bo Ningen - Bo Ningen (Stolen Recordings)
Japanese psych-garage that can even turn The Horrors on its head
- Nov 5, 2010
- 1 comment
Album Review: Girls - Broken Dreams Club (Fantasy Trashcan/Turnstile)
Duo's dreamy mini-album leaves us wanting more
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 comment
Album Review: Tim Key - Tim Key, With A String Quartet. On A Boat. (Angular)
'The poet who isn't' can divide opinion but beneath his oddities lies pure genius
- Nov 5, 2010
