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Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success

Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success

(4 stars)30 Apr 2009

FOLK BLUES Bobbins to the album title, Tommy B; this finger pickin’ North Dakota man won’t have to wait until his expiration date to enjoy basking in a little glory. His style has evolved from the basic one voice, one acoustic guitar set-up (as seen…

Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Silversun Pickups - Swoon

(3 stars)30 Apr 2009

ROCK With album number two California’s Silversun Pickups certainly won’t be shaking those Smashing Pumpkins comparisons. Especially in the higher registers Brian Aubert’s vocals take on a Billy Corgan whine. But is that necessarily a bad thing?

Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top

Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top

(3 stars)30 Apr 2009

INDIE It’s a busy old year for Mr Coxon, Blur are back together (and headlining T in the Park), he’s been playing with Peter Doherty (live and on recent album Grace/Wasteland) and now he’s got his own solo album to punt. And it obviously suits him…

Jon Hopkins - Insides

Jon Hopkins - Insides

(4 stars)30 Apr 2009

ELECTRONICA You don’t expect an electronica album to start with two and a half minutes of mournful fiddle, but that’s the kind of expectation defying that sums up Londoner Hopkins. This moving, bittersweet instrumental record blends sweeping…

Esser - Braveface

Esser - Braveface

(3 stars)30 Apr 2009

ELECTRO POP Chiselled electro-pop boxer Ben Esser runs the risk of being eclipsed by his quiff, but on the evidence of Braveface, the swaggering Essex techno-dude may yet outshine his sleek coiffure. Addled with a fire-crack amalgam of digital…

The Horrors - Primary Colours

The Horrors - Primary Colours

(3 stars)30 Apr 2009

ROCK This second album is so wildly different from The Horrors’ schlocky, B-movie, overhyped garage debut that it’s hard to believe it’s the same band. Gone are the irritating punk rants and big hair, replaced by ghosts of The Cure, Joy Division and…

Manhunt

Manhunt

(3 stars)30 Apr 2009

HORROR Europe is the best place for horror at the moment with Spain (The Orphanage, [Rec]), France (Frontier(s), Martyrs) and Sweden (Let the Right One In) producing some of the most startling, original and terrifying films of recent years. With…

Andi Neate - Crows, Rooks and Ravens

Andi Neate - Crows, Rooks and Ravens

(2 stars)30 Apr 2009

FOLK Versatile Scottish singer-songwriter Andi Neate covers a lot of bases on this, her fifth album, inspired by her childhood on a remote west coast island, ancient myths and a cupboard full of characters including circus lion tamers, bearded ladies…

William Orbit - My Oracle Lives Upstairs

William Orbit - My Oracle Lives Upstairs

(2 stars)30 Apr 2009

DANCE The man best known as the studio button-pushing monkey for Madonna’s Ray of Light album has apparently given up production duties of late to concentrate on his own muse. On this evidence, it’s a big mistake, because Orbit is not an inspired…

1000 Years of German Humour

1000 Years of German Humour

30 Apr 2009

There’s nothing like breaking down a rubbish national stereotype or 50 and Henning Wehn and Otto Kuhnle are making it their business, in a roundabout way, to trash all this über-efficient, towel-and-beach interface nonsense. Certainly the Aussies loved…

Janice Galloway

Janice Galloway

30 Apr 2009

As well as being one of the most original, lyrical writers from the current crop of major Scottish novelists, Janice Galloway is also one of the best performers of her own work that we've had the pleasure to hear. She’s going to be reading sections from…

Dressed to kilt success

Impractical Clothes' inspiring Dressed to Kilt success with Amber Lee Ettinger

30 Apr 2009

Edinburgh designer Irene Wadsworth has made her debut at Dressed to Kilt 2009 in New York, showcasing her label. ‘Obama Girl’ Amber Lee Ettinger, famous for online video ‘I Got a Crush … on Obama’, wore one of Wadsworth’s signature tartan corsets and a…

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen

30 Apr 2009

French avant garde musician and composer Yann Tiersen is famed for composing the score to the movie Amélie. Favouring the piano, accordion and violin, he’s also been known to have a tinkle on the typewriter when it takes his fancy. The 38-year-old has…

Morrissey

Morrissey

30 Apr 2009

The neurotic animal rights fanatic has yet another jaunt round the globe to promote his new album Years of Refusal. Last seen complaining about the ‘smell of burning flesh’ at Coachella, he promises great music, outspoken banter and the usual enraptured…

Gallows

Gallows

30 Apr 2009

Ferocious English hardcore punks Gallows are at the forefront of the UK punk scene. They are promoting their bleak new album, Grey Britain, pepped up by vocals from Simon Neil of Scots rockers Biffy Clyro. The Kerrang Award winners are famed for their…

Ivo Papasov Wedding Band

Ivo Papasov Wedding Band

30 Apr 2009

This is not your conventional cheese-tastic wedding effort. The Bulgarian clarinettist Ivo Papasov and his bandmates are legends on the international music scene with their exuberant mix of bright sounds and big personalities. The musical accompaniment…

Melting Pot Weekender

Melting Pot Weekender

30 Apr 2009

There’s another Bank Holiday on the horizon and disco-house kings Melting Pot are planning on taking full advantage. Kicking off on the Saturday night with a residents special, on Sunday they team up with Million Dollar Disco for very special guest…

Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah

30 Apr 2009

You know you’re in for some quality hip hop when anyone from Wu-Tang is in the house. The New Yorker, who has seven solo albums to his name, recently recorded ‘Message from Ghostface’ dedicated to victims of domestic violence, after pop sensation…

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