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Album Reviews
2008
- Broken Family Band - Hello Love
- Darryl Blood - Making All Things New
- Mississippi Witch - Black Gamble
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
- The Charlatans - You Cross My Path
- The Death Set - Worldwide
- The Indelicates - American Demo
- The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
- Two Cow Garage - III
2007
- 65 Days of Static - The Destruction of Small Ideas
- Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
- Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
- Aviator Lane - Aviator Lane E.P.
- Babyshambles - Shotters Nation
- Battles - Mirrored
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
- Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
- Bruce Springsteen - Magic
- Bruce Springsteen & the Sessions Band - Live in Dublin
- Buena Vista Sound - Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
- Craig Johnson - Burning Time
- Dismal - Miele Dal Salice
- Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
- Eric Andersen - So Much on My Mind
- Happy Band of Japan - Primary Color Pop
- Johanna Newsom - Ys
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
- Lucero - Rebels, Rogues and Sworn Brothers
- Malkovich - Kings N'Bosses
- Manu Chao - La Radiolina
- Mississippi Witch - Black Gamble
- Mumm-Ra - These Things Move in Threes
- Shining - Grindstone
- Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
- Taumsauk - Taumsauk
- The Colt .45s - Let's Have An Accident!
- The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
- The Outside Royalty - The Outside Royalty EP
- The Playing Fields - Hello New World
- The Tailors - Wakey Wakey
- The View - Hats Off to the Buskers
- The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- The Young Knives - Voices of Animals and Men
- Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
- Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Collection
- Treecreeper - Grain
- Various - I'm Not There OST
- Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
- Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough
2006
- Adem - Love and Other Planets
- Annuals - Be He Me
- Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang
- Arctic Monkeys - Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys?
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest
- Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
- Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
- Bob Dylan - Modern Times
- Bob Dylan - Blues
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
- Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions
- Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (30th Anniversary Edition)
- Capricorns - Ruder Forms Survive
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
- Coldcut - Sound Mirrors
- Electroluvs - Bubblewrapped
- Giant Drag - Hearts and Unions
- Guillemots - From the Cliffs
- Hayley Taylor - Waking
- Hope of the States - Left
- Hush Puppies - The Trap
- Infant Joy - With
- Islands - Return to the Sea
- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
- JACKIEO - Between Worlds of Whores and Gods
- Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
- Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
- Kasabian - Empire
- Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - The Exchange Sessions Vol. 2
- Kite Pilot - Mercy Will Close Its Doors
- Liars - Drum's Not Dead
- Lily Allen - Alright, Still
- M. Ward - Transistor Radio
- Magneta Lane - Dancing with Daggers
- Maktub - Say What You Mean
- Massive Attack - Collected
- Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
- Merz - Loveheart
- Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human
- Morrissey - Ringleaders of the Tormentors
- Neil Young - Living with War
- Nightmares on Wax - In a Space Outta Sound
- Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
- Pat Silva - A Long Time Ago
- Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
- Persil - Comfort Noise
- Placebo - Meds
- Primal Scream - Riot City Blues
- Quasi - When the Going Gets Dark
- Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
- Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
- Shiloe - Guardian Ear of the Radio Nurse
- Shooting at Unarmed Men - Yes! Tinnitus!
- Silver Sun - Dad's Weird Dream
- Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
- Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
- The Beautiful New Born Children - Hey People!
- The Charlatans - Forever. The Singles
- The Charlatans - Simpatico
- The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea
- The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
- The Fratellis - Costello Music
- The Greenhornes - Sewed Soles
- The Killers - Sam's Town
- The Longcut - A Call and Response
- The Mars Volta - Amputechture
- The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
- The Television Personalities - My Dark Places
- The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
- The Tyde - Three's Co
- The Zutons - Tired of Hanging Around
- Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy - The Brave and the Bold
- We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
2005
- 65daysofstatic - One Time for All Time
- Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire EP
- Art Brut - Bang, Bang, Rock & Roll
- Baxter Dury - Floor Show
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
- Bob Dylan - Desire
- Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
- Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
- John Cale - black Acetate
- Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
- Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
- Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
- Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
- Spitting Off Tall Buildings - Spitting Off Tall Buildings
- Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
- Test Icicles - For Screening Purposes Only
- The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords from Mars
- The Decemberists - Picaresque
- The Fall - Fall Heads Roll
- The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
- The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
- White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
- Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Live Reviews
2008
- The Hold Steady - 27th February 2008
- Wilco - 15th to 20th February 2008
2007
- Arcade Fire - 15th and 17th March 2007
- Arctic Monkeys - 12th April 2007
- Babyshambles - 27 November 2007
- Björk - 26th May 2007
- Bob Dylan - 17th April 2007
- Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2007 - 17 - 20 July 2007
- Grinderman - 9th May 2007
- Gwar - March 16th 2007
- Joanna Newsom - 16th January 2007
- Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - 19th September 2007
- Kasabian - 9 December 2006
- Latitude Festival - 13th - 15th July 2007
- O2 Wireless Festival - 14th June 2007
- Patti Smith - 19th December 2007
- Primavera Club 2007 - 3 - 9 December 2007
- Primavera Sound (1) 2007 - 31/05/07 to 02/06/07
- Primavera Sound (2) 2007 - 31/05/07 to 02/06/07
- Primavera Sound (3) 2007 - 31/05/07 to 02/06/07
- Primavera Sound (4) 2007 - 30-05-07 to 02-06-07
- Sadder Days - 23 February 2007
- Smashing Pumpkins - July/August 2007
- Sonic Youth - 19 July, 2007
- Tapes 'n Tapes - 8th October 2006
- The Berlin Festival 2007 -
- The Great Escape Festival - 18th & 19th May 2007
- The Hold Steady - 2nd July 2007
- The Maccabees - 25th October 2007
- The Playing Fields - 21st April 2007
- Tiny Masters of Today - 7 April 2007
- Wilco - 20th May 2007
2006
- Badly Drawn Boy - 5th November 2006
- Be Your Own PET - 11th April 2006
- Ben & Jerry's Sundae - 30th June 2006
- Brian Jonestown Massacre - 28th June 2006
- Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band - 11th & 12th November 2006
- Chas 'n Dave - 15th December 2005
- Eels - 23rd June 2006
- Fiery Furnaces - 15th May 2006
- Hope of the States - 22nd June 2006
- Lowlands 2006 - 18/19/20 August 2006
- Maximo Park - 17th February 2006
- Primal Scream - 6th April 2007
- Rolling Stones - 22nd August 2006
- Second Sense - 1 December 2006
- Soujourner Fleet - 19th May 2006
- Test Icicles - 8th February 2006
- The Black Keys - 13th April 2006
- The Charlatans - 5th May 2006
- The Magic Numbers - 16th February 2006
2005
- Arcade Fire - 13th March 2005
- Art Brut - 27th September 2005
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 15th November 2005
- Bob Dylan - 20th - 24th November 2005
- Emiliana Torrini - 26th September 2005
- REM - 16th July 2005
- Sufjan Stevens - 19th October 2005
- Supergrass - 4th August 2005
- The Decemberists - 17th November 2005
- White Stripes - 22nd September 2005
Track Reviews
2008
2007
2006
Interviews
- 1990s
- Coldcut
- Dresden Dolls
- Irving
- It Hugs Back
- Official Secrets Act
- Philadelphia Main Line
- The Blow
- The Decemberists
- The Gossip
- The Kills
- The Tailors
Features
- Are the White Stripes the sexiest band of all time?
- Football Songs
- Geek Mythology: Perpetuating the Kurt Cobain Legend
- Is iTunes killing the album?
- Is Kanye West the new Bob Dylan?
- Johnny Cash: The man in shades of black
- Lyrics are back!
- The End of Year Review - 2007
- The Great White Wonder that is bootlegging: Part I
- The Great White Wonder that is bootlegging: Part II
- The Greatest Documentary Ever Made!
- The Holiday Blues: The winter time soundtrack to retail America
- The Passion of the Morrissey
- The Power of Love: A look at some of the greatest break-up albums ever
- The Top 10 Non-2005 albums of 2005
- The UK music scene in 2005
- Thom Yorke is Not an Alien
- Where Boys Fear to Tread: Unlocking your feminine side with Billy Corgan
- Will 2005 be remembered as the year of live music in the UK?
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