Architecture In Helsinki (In Britain)
Australian eight piece Architecture In Helsinki announce a short UK tour. Everybody rejoices.»
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Jeff Solomon - Around The Square EP
Debut EP from New York singer/songwriter and ukulele-wielding pop merchant, recalling Rufus Wainwright and Andrew Bird.»
The Decemberists - Picaresque
'The Infanta' is how you start a record. A horn sounds somewhere out in the ether heralding a procession of a thousand organs, pianos, strings, crashing cymbals, duelling guitars and opera singers galloping through majestic minor shifts.»
Kinski - Alpine Static
On my first listen of Alpine Static, I turned back to my stereo speakers for some sort of explanation only to find them staring back at me as if to say "No, I don't know either."»
Final Fantasy - Has A Good Home
Final Fantasy (the game) is melodramatic, oddly addictive and filled with spiky-haired renegade types with swords. Final Fantasy (the band) is much the same, only with violins...»
Various - Future Soundtrack For America
Just less than a year after its US release, this musical imagining of an America with a stable political landscape still resonates with despair tempered with hope and action.»
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Somebody must invent some new superlatives, I'm at a loss to describe just how staggeringly beautiful this record is.»
Martin Grech - Unholy
Never judge a book by its cover, apparently. Grech's second album does seem suspiciously like a bad metal record from its artwork and while that's mainly untrue, this remains no easy listen.»
Norfolk & Western, M. Ward at Bristol St. Bonaventure's Social Club, Thu 02 Jun
While M. Ward's latest album looked back to the forgotten transistor radio era, tonight proves that it's nothing compared to the live experience...»
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Ignore the faux-military artwork, Metric are about as militant as a comatose bunny on a lavender cloud, but they can't half write some catchy electro tainted indie pop-rock.»
Moby - Spiders
It's probably a telling sign that the only image I can conjur up when listening to this is one of Moby sporting a daring new beard.»
Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight, Goodnight
Doing great things for tightly curled perms and regrettable headwear, Hot Hot Heat present the first single from Elevator.»
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Why are Spoon so criminally underrated? Over a decade of consistantly great indie-rock, four stellar albums, even a guest spot on the O.C soundtrack(!) What do you people want? Blood?»
Reuben - Blamethrower
It takes balls of steel to pull off a pun as bad as this, but by the sounds of 'Blamethrower', Reuben can manage it. Just.»
Secret Machines - The Road Leads Where It's Led
Busting free of indie rock's typically diminutive ambitions, The Secret Machines offer a third monolithic cut from last year's 'Now Here Is Nowhere'.»
Tom McRae Requires Your Maps
'All Maps Welcome' is to be the new album from Tom McRae, released on May 2nd.»
Beck - Guero
Prepare the bunting: the Beck of yesteryear (well, 1996) has returned older and wiser, but definintely ready to shake it.»
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
It wasn't broke and he didn't fix it. More laid-back folk pop to soundtrack this year's barbeques and beach parties.»
Death Cab For Cutie - The John Byrd EP
Stalwart Seattle indie-rockers and OC favourites offer a new live EP offering seven career spanning tracks, and a Sebadoh cover.»
The Black Velvets - 3345
Another serving of cocksure rock and roll, taking it all the way back to.. uh, 2003. Yawn.»
Get yer Decemberists booty here
March is the month of the Decemberists - a stellar new album and goodies abound on eBay for charidee.»
Good Lord! It's An Arcade Fire UK Tour!
Following two sold out London shows, The Arcade Fire announce a five date UK headline tour in May.»
Cass McCombs - PREfection
Perhaps conforming rather too closely to it's namesake, PREfection, the second full-length from Cass McCombs seems like a precursor to excellence.»
Six By Seven - Ocean/Clouds
Now departing from platform 3, the Six By Seven to Mediocresville - stopping at unnecessary solos, regrettable lyrics and bad electronica.»
Ed Harcourt - Loneliness
Celebrate Valentines Day with a healthy dose of loneliness care of everyone's favourite multi-instrumentalist drunkard.»
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP
Sam Beam turns his attention to the fairer sex in this 6-track EP of slyly understated folk.»
Willy Mason - Oxygen
To all intents and purposes, I should hate Willy Mason. Being only one year my senior, he's already supported artists like The Grateful Dead, Death Cab For Cutie and Ben Kweller; he's recorded an incredible debut album by the name of 'Where The Humans Eat' and to top it all, he's a fantastic songwriter.»
Ben Folds Announces New Albums
Ben Folds finally announces the follow-up to 2001's 'Rockin' The Suburbs' and a remastered Ben Folds Five album.»
Arcade Fire - Funeral
A stunning, stately mixture of euphoric catharsis and theatricality - this record should come with a note attached reading "Play this album so loud your furniture starts to bleed".»
Mates Of State - All Day EP
Suffering the perils of winter? Mates Of State offer warm slippers and a mug of tea in the form of this 4-track EP.»