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ALBUM REVIEW: TESS PARKS & ANTON NEWCOMBE – I DECLARE NOTHING

ALBUM REVIEW: TESS PARKS & ANTON NEWCOMBE – I DECLARE NOTHING

On June 29th Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe release the results of their exciting collaborative effort entitled I Declare Nothing. It…

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ALBUM REVIEW: WOLF COLONY – UNMASKED

The description “Emotional electronica” sounds like a contradiction in terms. I come from the position that the two are not…

9 years ago

COURTNEY BARNETT – ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’

It’s been fascinating watching Courtney Barnett’s journey over the past few years, in the way that it’s grown in such…

9 years ago

THERAPY? – DISQUIET

Northern Ireland’s outsider three piece Therapy? return with their 14th studio album Disquiet. In spite of their misfit status, they…

9 years ago

THE DECEMBERISTS – WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

All hail and let the banners unfurl, Portland band The Decemberists have released their seventh album, What A Terrible World,…

9 years ago

PANDA BEAR – PANDA BEAR MEETS THE GRIM REAPER

Recently, Noah Lennox a.k.a. Panda Bear gave an interview to The Quietus where he talked about his favorite thirteen albums.…

9 years ago

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN – THE BALCONY

If you've spent any time listening to indie/alternative radio in the past couple of months you've heard Catfish and the…

9 years ago

VIET CONG – VIET CONG

A band with a name like Viet Cong could have gone all so wrong. Artwork devoid of colour, their name…

9 years ago

ARCHIVE – RESTRICTION

London based Archive return with their 10th album Restriction, produced by longtime collaborator Jerome Devoise. Encompassing mainstay duo Darius Keeler…

9 years ago

BELLE & SEBASTIAN – GIRLS IN PEACETIME WANT TO DANCE

I have to start this review with a confession - I've never quite got Belle and Sebastian. They've had moments…

9 years ago

THE GRAVITY DRIVE – TESTAMENT

The Gravity Drive is a prime example showing that the music distribution world has seismically shifted and we are in”…

9 years ago

THE PALE BLUE DOTS – LOTS OF DOTS

Huw(Bunf) Bunford ,frontman of The Super Furry Animals, has been on a productive hiatus from the group. Bunford has formed…

9 years ago

XS NOIZE TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014

XS Noize has only been live for 6 months but in that short time our writers have reviewed and heard…

9 years ago

MOGWAI – MUSIC INDUSTRY 3 FITNESS INDUSTRY 1 EP

Mogwai round off a great year for them with a new e.p. that is a fantastic counterpart to 2014’s excellent…

9 years ago

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE + – EP

Safe money in the late 1990’s would never have bet that The Brian Jonestown Massacre would still exist or would…

9 years ago

DEPECHE MODE – LIVE IN BERLIN SOUNDTRACK

The Godfathers of Electronic rock have been no strangers to live recordings and DVD's accompanying their sell out World tours…

9 years ago

TV ON THE RADIO – SEEDS

TV On The Radio are a peculiar beast. Their output has always, rightly, been critically acclaimed, but I've always felt they’ve been…

9 years ago

SUPERFOOD – DON’T SAY THAT

Birmingham indie four piece Superfood bring us some 90's nostalgia with their debut effort the upbeat Don't Say That. The…

9 years ago

SIMPLE MINDS – BIG MUSIC

They say everything old is new again. These days Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and the other members of Simple Minds…

10 years ago

THE TWILIGHT SAD – NOBODY WANTS TO BE HERE AND NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE

As soon as you hear There's A Girl In The Corner, the opening track on The Twilight Sad's third album…

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