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Colombiafrica

Colombiafrica

(4 stars)20 Sep 2007

WORLD Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land (Riverboat Records) The title and artwork evoke early Dr John, but this exuberant album was brewed in a much bigger melting-pot than New Orleans. Like the original bluesmen travelling to London to record with their…

Georgie James

Georgie James

(5 stars)20 Sep 2007

POP Places (Saddle Creek) Imagine The White Stripes raised on summer sunshine and vintage Beach Boys instead of Detroit rain and Delta blues, and you’ll get some idea of the genius of boy-girl duo Georgie James. This is pure, driven pop music with…

Psychic TV

Psychic TV

20 Sep 2007

From his days as ringleader of prime industrialists Throbbing Gristle through various incarnation of PTV, Genesis P Orridge has never creatively stood still. His early music proved a defining influence on Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, and he…

Jose Gonzalez

Jose Gonzalez

(2 stars)20 Sep 2007

FOLK In Our Nature (Peacefrog) For most people, Swedish-Argentine troubadour Gonzalez will always be known for his song ‘Heartbeats’ soundtracking that Sony Bravia ad with the bouncy balls in San Francisco, and that’s his main problem. What makes…

Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson

(4 stars)20 Sep 2007

FOLK Versatile Heart (Rounder/Universal) Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Martin and Eliza Carthy and a Johnsonless Antony combine to further the leisurely comeback of the wonderful veteran folkie after 2002’s Fashionably Late. But this is not an album…

The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Mountain Choir

The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Mountain Choir

20 Sep 2007

Naming albums is tricky business – you’re going to have to live with it for eternity, so when TAMGC (as they shall be know here for space reasons) named their album Fighting and Onions you just kind of knew they were a bit special. With a sound that is…

Brakes

Brakes

20 Sep 2007

Regarded on their formation a couple of years ago as an indie supergroup for England’s south east, they’ve been together for as long as the bands they put on hold – Electric Soft Parade, Tenderfoot and British Sea Power – arguably with as much success.

Ian Brown

Ian Brown

(2 stars)20 Sep 2007

ROCK The World is Yours (Fiction) As lovely as it is hearing Ian singing ‘Wish I could scoop all of those children in my arms and protect them all from harm’, it’s hardly the ex-Stone Roses man at his lyrical best. The much-worshipped simian…

Stars

Stars

20 Sep 2007

We’ve been banging on a bit about album titles a bit this issue but In Our Bedroom After the War sounds likes its dripping with sonic possibilities, and that’s before you’ve even take the disc out of the case (or record out of the sleeves, blessed vinyl…

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