album reviews

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No Medicine, Only Music

It’s only the beginning of spring, and I may be jumping the gun, but Pickwick’s recently released debut album, Can’t Talk Medicine, oozes the scent
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The Next Day Is Today

Quietly and unexpectedly emerging from a ten-year pseudo-hiatus that had been rife with almost-forgotten rumours of illness, stroke, disability and the ongoing saga of “is
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Comfort May Not Kill, But It Can Come Close

The first thing I noticed about The Strokes’ fifth album Comedown Machine was its cover art: unconventionally for them, it’s minimal without the laser sleekness
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Autechre Push On

Autechre don’t care what you think. They’ve been doing this for years. With 11 albums and over 19 singles and EP’s under their belt, Mancunian
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Flume Keeps Rising

As a global community, we tend to reserve a special place in our hearts for anyone who has the honour of taking a chart-topping position
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Surf the Couch Wave

A year after the release of his debut EP, Hidden Neighbors, Chicago-based producer/artist Mister Lies, aka Nick Zanca, has delivered his first full-length album. Mostly
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Variable Lacking Variation

Millionyoung is an artist who you probably haven’t heard of, but should definitely start getting into. Or don’t. Do what you like.* But if you
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Get Stuck In This Rain

I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s often a bitter reminder of subsequent Valentine’s Days that consisted of too many beers, grocery bags
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For Party Purposes Only

Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, has been banging out beats since 1996, which pretty much grants him seasoned veteran status when you consider his first
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Easy, Promiscuous Listening

If there’s always room for a sultry ’80s-eque slow jam on your mix tape, you will definitely want to pick up Andrew and Daniel Aged
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The Return of Sirius

Coheed and Cambria‘s latest album, The Afterman: Descension, part two of a double album that was recorded as one early last year, has now been