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30 Jul 2010
Mercury Prize nominee Corinne Bailey Rae takes a sassy new direction in ‘Closer’ (Parlophone) ●●●● – from her new album The Sea – a smoother, more soulful, more kick-ass effort than the sugary rom-com soundtrack stuff she seems to have, mercifully, left…
20 Apr 2010
What did those drums ever do to These New Puritans? Something pretty heinous, judging by the way not one, but two of the band spend most of the set whacking seven bells out of them. It’s the most arresting aspect of the show -- and the sight of the two…
15 Apr 2010
A solid double line-up of TNP – whose bleak, melodramatic post-punk anthems have an extra gut-punch when heard live – supported by the excellent LoneLady (aka Julie Campbell, above). Expect doom, big clanging chains and angry, growling goblin vocals…
The singles pile: always an education. What have we learnt this time? Only that Sandi Thom still lives, breathes and makes singy-like noises, this time aided and abetted by widely-revered American guitar-twiddler Joe Bonamassa on ‘This Ol’ World…
17 Feb 2010
Puritanical? Maybe. This Southend-On-Sea quartet certainly give the impression they aren’t here to compromise, play the game or do what they’re told in order to eke out a little more media coverage, and we can only appreciate them for it. Jack Barnett…
16 Apr 2008
Being as cool as The Kills must be exhausting at times. They have thrived since they emerged amid the flurry of ‘The’ bands that brought us, among others, The Strokes. Happily, however, they’ve surpassed their lethargic contemporaries and are here with…
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