Top 10 Disappointing Follow-Ups
Hearing a bad album is no big deal, you put it aside and forget about it, but hearing a favourite act follow up a classic album with a bad one is a dispiriting experience. Continue reading
Bon Iver
Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation
Trevor Powers emerges from his suburban hibernation as the year’s indie-kid champion in chief. Continue reading
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Justin Vernon’s second album as Bon Iver is full of confidence. But why does it remind us of Enya and Chris de Burgh? Continue reading
Top 100 Albums (60-51)
The latest instalment in our Top 100 indie/alternative music albums of all time. Continue reading
Top Ten Albums of 2008
Neon Filler’s round up of the best ten alternative and indie albums of 2008 is dominated by US acts. Continue reading
Volcano Choir – Unmap
If ambient music is your thing then Volcano Choir, the side project of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, is definitely going to light your joss stick. Featuring Vernon and members of Collections of Colonies of Bees, who like Vernon are from… Continue reading