Guided By Voices – The Bears For Lunch
Album number three of 2012 raises the quality even higher in a triumphant year for Guided By Voices Continue reading
Album Reviews
The Revival Hour – Clusterchord EP
An uneasy listen in places, joyously uplifting in others, this release by DM Stith and JM Lapham is like nothing you will hear all year. Continue reading
Wire – 154
Our contributor John Haylock takes a look back at Wire’s classic third album. Continue reading
Andrew Bird – Hands of Glory
The Illinois musician gets back to basics to create one of the best alt-country releases of the year. Continue reading
Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament – The Violence
The ex-Hefner frontman revists Essex’s violent past to complete his trilogy about the county. Continue reading
Ralegh Long – The Gift EP
Singer songwriter turns to Bill Fay and John Howard for inspiration. Continue reading
A C Newman – Shut Down The Streets
Can the New Pornographer finally deliver an album to rival his supergroup colleagues Bejar and Case? Continue reading
Bob Mould – Silver Age
The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar man has gone back to basics for his first album in three years. Continue reading
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Australian psychedelia act create the perfect follow up to their stunning 2010 debut Innerspeaker Continue reading
The Greatest Hits Of Boston Spaceships: Out Of The Universe By Sundown
Robert Pollard’s defunct group release a career retrospective, and it is close to perfect. Continue reading