Bob Dylan, now 71 years old, has explored plenty in his long and winding career. But an album that sees him encounter pimps, junkie whores and engage in the act of motorboating probably aren’t what most expected from this most…
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Album | David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
Collaborations between yesterday’s innovators and today’s eclectics can sometimes be a recipe for disaster – two extreme styles battling to be the best, or the loudest heard. Not here. St Vincent and David Byrne are a match made in heaven.…
Album | Get Well Soon – The Scarlet Beast O’Seven Heads
Get Well Soon is (essentially) Konstantin Gropper, a 29 year-old German composer, multi-instrumentalist and man of very vivid imagination. The fact that his new album is called The Scarlet Beast O’Seven Heads – with its sub-title translation of La Bestia…
Album | Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t
Following last year’s excellent An Argument With Myself EP, Jens Lekman is back with a new album proper, I Know What Love Isn’t. His third LP is a much more reflective and sombre affair than his playful release of last…
EP | House of Hats – Rivers Will Run
Brighton-based quartet House of Hats have already impressed many with their self-titled debut EP. With their second release, Rivers Will Run, they seem certain to gain even more acclaim. Being dubbed as “Fleetwood Mac meets Crosby, Stills and Nash”, listeners…
EP | King Creosote – To Deal With Things
For a three-track EP, there is a fair bit going on here as the prolific Fifer pops his head above the fence once more. It is instantly recognisable as the work of the good King, distinctive voice and all, but…
Album | Poor Moon – Poor Moon
After the delights of former-Fleet-Fox Father John Misty, here’s another intriguing offshoot: Poor Moon was founded by Fleet Fox members Christian Wargo and Casey Westcott, with the help of brothers Ian and Peter Murray. The band developed out of Wargo’s…
Album | Cameras – In Your Room
Australian trio Cameras have certainly announced their arrival with their debut album In Your Room. Having received many plaudits in their hometown, the band is sure to gain many more fans in this country thanks to this. They set the…
Album | Aimee Mann – Charmer
It’s nearly twenty years since Aimee Mann released her debut studio album and just over a decade since her work on the Magnolia soundtrack brought her music to a much wider audience. Nowadays she is a considered a veteran of…
Album | Wild Nothing – Nocturne
Jack Tatum began recording under the pseudonym Wild Nothing in summer of 2009, was signed to Captured Tracks that year and it was all up from there. After its cornucopia of critical praise, Wild Nothing’s debut album Gemini was always…