Cloudspeakers

Boisterous Welsh seven piece offer more rambunctious and highly orchestrated punk-pop on their third album, but also display a more sedate and intimate side that shows they're more than just a bunc... Read more

Neen, neen, neen. Neen, beste Alexis Taylor en co. Dit is niét de manier om het geweldige Made In The Dark op te volgen. Wie mikt op de benen, moet niet plots meligheid de overhand laten nemen, ze... Read more

As probably the only dance band that can (sometimes) pull off ballads, Hot Chip have, since the one-two punch of their Warning singles (the delicate “Boy From School” and the unforgetta... Read more

Ever since Hot Chip started as indie kids seemingly dabbling in classic soul and modern R&B, they've been underestimated (not least of which by us). Delivering lines about "20-inch rims" and "Y... Read more

Shortly before Los Campesinos! released their third album, Romance Is Boring, frontman Gareth put his famed glockenspiel up for auction on eBay. Part of his motivation was charitable—by selling the... Read more

The best song on this U.K. electro-pop group's 2008 disc Made in the Dark was an ode to disco abandon called "Ready for the Floor." The best one here is a marriage proposal called "One Life Stand."... Read more

Hot Chip - One Life StandSo here we are, one of 2010’s most anticipated releases…but can Putney’s favourite geeky dance-pop musos deliver the classic (and possibly career defining) album many... Read more

Just in time for Valentines day….comes one of the least loved up album titles you’ll ever see. Los Campesinos! deliver us their third album and according to them Romance Is Boring. Well... Read more

Could this be the most apt album name ever?I first heard of Good Shoes when their song 'Morden' came on the radio one night, which is rare as I hardly ever listen to the radio anymore. I also never... Read more

Call it prep school-Africana or vaguely precious Soweto-pop,the music the boys of Vampire Weekend make have been getting under listeners'pelts since their start. The sophomore Contra won't bug fans... Read more