Released: 2002 Ah, hitting those fashionable creases. There was plenty to dislike about British guitar/whatever music at the beginning of … More
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The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads 30th Anniversary Reissue review
Serendipity. At the point of being dropped by Atlantic after 1990’s Lovey sank without trace, Evan Dando had dissolved The … More
Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention review
Over the years in her mononymous partnership with Will Gregory, costume changes for Alison Goldfrapp had become the norm; whatever … More
ABC – The Lexicon of Love Live review
Martin Fry admits ABC knew exactly what they were doing when recording the Lexicon of Love in 1982. Speaking to … More
The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony review
There’s an undefeatable, circular logic the D’Addario siblings use to qualify their approach to making music so resolutely archaic; speaking … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #66 Wilco – War on War
Released: 2002 It’s one of contemporary music’s most famous stories of the decade; after three modestly successful albums Wilco handed … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #67 – Guillemots – Kriss Kross
Released: 2008 The mid-noughties were a very weird time to be one of those bands caught beneath the indie banner. … More
Braids – Euphoric Recall review
The premise of Euphoric Recall is that Braids singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston is in love – and she doesn’t care who … More
The National – The First Two Pages of Frankenstein review
There’s a well-worn phrased often used in Britain once fear and doubt have set in on a person’s countenance; often … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #68 The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
Released: 2005 For decades the cultural highway across the Atlantic had ensured that Britain and America shared at least some … More