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DFA Records/Columbia 5/5 When LCD Soundsystem announced they were disbanding in 2011, a considerable song and dance was made about the news: a four-hour show at New York’s 20,000-capacity Madison…
Liam Gallagher – As You Were album review
Warner Bros Records 4/5 The unfairly maligned Beady Eye may not have set the world alight but the younger Gallagher brother’s solo debut is everything you could reasonably hope for.…
Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife, Release and Fundamental review
Tennant and Lowe kick-start mammoth project featuring expanded reissues of some of their best work… a treasure trove of goodies for PSB fans Parlophone 4/5 These three Pet Shop Boys…
Alison Moyet – Other album review
Picking up where her last record left off, Alison Moyet pairs up with producer Guy Sigsworth for her ninth album, an intensely thrilling tour de force Cooking Vinyl 5/5 “Suddenly…
Elbow – Little Fictions album review
Balancing the grandeur with delicacy, Elbow’s rhythmic seventh album is grounded by Guy Garvey’s Flashes of precious, and very human, insight [Polydor Records] 4/5 It’s dangerously tempting to assume an…
Brian Eno – Reflection Review
Should current events be causing too much turmoil in your life then we recommend Reflections by Brian Eno, which has been relaxing us all year long. Wyndham Wallace reviews. …
Tim Bowness – Lost In The Ghost Light Review
Full of prog flourishes and earnest lyrics makes Lost In The Ghost Light everything we could have wanted from a Tim Bowness concept album. Wyndham Wallace reviews. “You’re locked in…
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White – Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Review
The unlikely pairing of Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White has produced Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, one of our favourite cover albums in recent memory. London’s Flo Morrissey and Richmond, Virginia’s…
Gizmo Varillas – El Dorado Review
We’re yet to escape the biting cold but Wyndham Wallace thinks he’s found just the thing for it: Gizmo Varillas’ debut El Dorado. Britons may have to wait before…
The Blue Aeroplanes – Welcome, Stranger! Review
There’s a reason patience is a virtue as Wyndham Wallace discovered with the The Blue Aeroplanes long-awaited 13th album Welcome, Stranger! Having spent years hiding behind shades and ducking the…