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With five records in their very cool canon, Hampshire, U.K.'s The Clientele find themselves at the top of the heap of British acts, leaving a truckful of wannabes in their wake. Taking their tips f... Lees meer

Emma Louise has a bone to pick with you, me and them. Under her Scout Niblett stage name, she continues to deliver stark and bare confessionals after a decade in the musical game, honest and emotio... Lees meer

Hmph. Colour me a blue hue of disappointed. Had been very much looking forward to this, looking forward to more of what made 2007's Asleep at Heaven's Gate a thing of understated indie-folksy (but ... Lees meer

After apparently suffering severe anxiety and depression issues and barely leaving his home for a year, Seattle's Rocky Votolato returns with True Devotion. It's a relatively stripped down affair; ... Lees meer

Funk rock is usually the proverbial stick in my spokes, guaranteed to derail a good time. There are very few bands that pull it off in my view, Red Hot Chili Peppers among a very few exceptions. It... Lees meer

"In a big country dreams stay with you, like a lover's voice fires the mountainside" sang, well, Big Country, establishing once and, apparently, for all that no one does passion and pathos quite li... Lees meer

Field Music are the brothers Brewis, Peter and David, co-frontmen and multi-instrumentalists of this Sunderland, U.K. pop quartet. When we say "pop" here, we mean it in the grandest of traditions, ... Lees meer

With the collapse of the legislative arm of the global copyright enforcement troops of the international music industry, strange rebels such as Afghanistan's 1-Speed Bike are able to reach our inno... Lees meer

This boss follow-up to my favourite Brooklyn all-girl trio's debut - Vivian Girls - delivers on the immense sugary promise heard in those mere 22 minutes back in '08. Here the band drops 13 nuggets... Lees meer

Though it'll bear endless comparison to Danger Mouse's Grey Album of six years ago, unknown Brighton record nerd/music teacher Tom Caruana has surprised the world with this hefty, well-researched a... Lees meer