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For those of us who grew up in households filled with the sounds of Motown, Atlantic and Stax, there is something supremely comforting about Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ old-fashioned, soul-funk... Read more
The first of two full-lengths to be released this year by South Carolina’s laptop symphonist Toro Y Moi, Causers of This is a remarkably confident suite of pop gems. Over gelatinous rhythms, washed... Read more
Johnny Cash’s final album opens on a portentous but hopeful note: “There ain’t no grave/can hold my body down.” Comprised of tracks recorded with Rick Rubin right up until Cash’s death in late 2003... Read more
As Mick Jones’ escape hatch from The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite’s ingenious debut marked the final break from punk’s seething ethos towards a more philosophic approach to Thatcherite miseries. An ev... Read more
With a strange, uncharacteristic voice that may attract many for the same reasons it repulses some (and it’s those in the latter set that truly miss out), The Tallest Man on Earth serves lesson num... Read more
Midlake’s emergence as indie-scene headliners seemingly defies the laws of musical physics. For starters, it’s quite possibly the only post-1980 band to cite Jethro Tull as an influence. Its most p... Read more
With Howl five years past, BRMC is looking to strike a balance between the band’s finest hour and some forward-thinking musical evolution. Beat the Devil’s Tattoo perpetuates the outfit’s signature... Read more
After 30 years and almost as many albums, Paul Weller has earned the right to do whatever he bloody wants. Punk and Britpop’s elder Modfather has mastered the loud, fast, pissed off, stylish, jazzy... Read more
This is greatness: an album of beauty and consequence in an age of increasing ugliness and inconsequence. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of it is the vast range of emotion expressed, from deepe... Read more
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