Music and Records
Dexys - One Day I’m Going To Soar
Full of wit, panache, brutal self-examination and abundant tunefulness
21 May 2012
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
The elctro-pop masters' fifth album is their most smartly accessible effort to date
21 May 2012
Patti Smith - Banga
Unique album of punk poetry populated by rocky arias, improvised psalms and lyrical reveries
22 May 2012
Melvins Lite – Freak Puke
Experimental craziness from the long-running grungers' reduced incarnation
24 May 2012
Miaoux Miaoux - Light of the North
Gloriously melodic dance-pop in the vein of Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx and the Avalanches
22 May 2012
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
A wise yet not world-weary record from the soul legend
22 May 2012
Friends - Manifest!
An insidiously hooky album that's sometimes brilliant, sometimes bloomin’ annoying
22 May 2012
Single of the month: Poliça - ‘Dark Star'
Other releases by Liars, Tribes, Childish Gambino and Hot Chip also reviewed
22 May 2012
Sigur Rós - Valtari
A typically dazzling record from the Icelandic cosmic folk-pop outfit
22 May 2012
Various Artists - Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2
Two-album reissue of classic compilations from 1989 and 1993
18 Apr 2012
Pulp - It/Freaks/Separations
Reissue of first three albums from 1980s originally released on Fire
27 Jan 2012
Steve Kuhn Trio - Wisteria
Accomplished, crisp and cool recordings by Kuhn, Steve Swallow and Joey Baron
22 May 2012
Graham Coxon - A+E
Latest lo-fi gem from Blur guitarist delivers arch and ugly meditations
26 Mar 2012
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Cherry Thing
Inventive and charismatic return from Cherry in this free jazz/post-punk collaboration
22 May 2012
SAY Award shortlist announced
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Mogwai and Rustie nominated for inaugural Scottish Album of the Year
17 May 2012
Andy Sheppard, Michel Benita, Sebastian Rochford - Trio Libero
Highly compatible trio make album of lyrical material
22 Feb 2012
Singles of the Month: Withered Hand and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
Django Django, The Twilight Sad and more also reviewed
3 Feb 2012
Moon Duo - Mazes
Psych-rock romance from Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjipper Ripley Johnson
21 Mar 2011





















