Cloudspeakers

If in the past Shy Child have been regarded as peripherals of the Noughties electro movement, then it’s often down to the fact that the Brooklyn-duo have willfully taken steps to tread a differen... Read more

The last time we saw The White Stripes in active duty was 2007, the year they gifted us their sixth, to date final studio album, the barking Icky Thump. The record was set to have two accompanying ... Read more

For Broadcast 2000’s self-titled debut album we might stick a flag in an entirely new genre altogether: Glock Rock. Proponents include the aforementioned, as well as Boy Least Likely To, Fancy To... Read more

Initially released on little-know Stax imprint We Produce, Lou Bond's eponymous album failed to garner critical or commercial acclaim on its 1974 release. Now reissued for the first time, Light in ... Read more

Would Lewis Carroll have been an Avril Lavigne fan? Would the very concept of a Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz collaboration have had his heart racing? Would Owl City or the All-American Rejects have t... Read more

After numerous listens of this debut mini-album by Run, Walk!, this much we know: They’re fucking exciting. Now that’s not something you can say about your average band, but there are so many i... Read more

As a Current 93 and Antony collaborator (but not quite a Johnson), as well as a Will Oldham protégée, Baby Dee has been on the radar for quite a while, playing piano, harp, and accordion for nume... Read more

Perhaps it’s testament to my ignorance that this first compilation is the first time I’ve heard of Thisisnotanexit Records. Then again, the press release for Manifesto #1 does describe them as ... Read more

Many great minds have struggled with the question of what being a ‘poet’ means. Robert Frost said that "to be a poet is a condition, not a profession", whilst Shelley called them "the unacknowl... Read more

If you haven’t heard the still eminently cultish Drive-By Truckers, as their eighth full-length album looms into view, you might be forgiven for thinking that they’re some sort of comedy rednec... Read more