DiS meets Edwyn Collins
The remarkable return of Edwyn Collins is marked this month with the release of Losing Sleep, his first album to be written and recorded since returning to health. »
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The Bees - Every Step's a Yes
Like all of The Bees' albums, it contains a couple of tracks so perfect that you wonder why this band aren’t massive. »
Neil Young - Le Noise
Even for existing Neil Young fans it sounds strange – rootless and untethered, emotionally very melancholic and reflective but with such an aggressive musical edge.»
Chief - Modern Rituals
The basics are there with Chief, but they lack a spark that would make them stand out as anything special.»
DiS meets I Am Kloot
Over ten years and four albums, I Am Kloot have ploughed a distinct furrow that’s seen them define the idea of the cult band – massive in their native Manchester, Belgium and other unusual cultural outposts, critically acclaimed but unknown to a larger au»
Robert Plant - Band of Joy
Robert Plant should probably be held up as example of how to grow old gracefully – something you’d never have thought would apply to this particular wild-haired Brummie. »
Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
The record is peppered with supremely confident moments of sassy tunefulness.»
DiS meets Avi Buffalo
Being warned by the police for making a racket in your parent’s garage isn’t usually a sign of musical success, but the cops in Long Beach, California clearly missed a trick by giving Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg a telling off. Soon afterwards, the skateboardi»
DiS meets Sleepy Sun
Putting a Californian spin on sludgy rock riffs, Sleepy Sun have managed to get a fair few heads noddin’ since they released their debut Embrace last year. Adding a fried-folk sensation to Black Mountain’s doomy Sabbath-rock, they’ve also managed to work »
The Coral - Butterfly House
Here on Butterfly House, stripped of a guitarist and most definitely not doing anything ‘wacky’ in their photoshoots, The Coral have continued this natural progression.»
I Am Kloot - Sky at Night
You have to sit back and think – finally, they’ve done it.»
Micah P Hinson - and the Pioneer Saboteurs
It’s the sound of a troubled soul rediscovering their direction, and setting themselves out for everyone to see, warts and all.»
Sleepy Sun - Fever
Fever, the band’s second album, picks up pretty much where last year’s debut Embrace left off. There’s solos, big foot-stomping riffs and spaced out vocals, and quite a lot of the tracks slip past the six minute mark without blinking a stoned, red-rimmed eye.»
Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
Saint Bartlett is by no means a failure – it just ends up being very different to what it initially promises to be. »
The Black Keys - Brothers
Brothers goes straight into the chase for the finest traditional rock album of the year so far.»
Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
There’s nothing on Shame, Shame to worry those already converted to the Dr’s cause that they might have made a mistake in proclaiming them to be one of the finest Americana acts around. »
The Goldheart Assembly - Wolves and Thieves
There’s a sense that Goldheart Assembly are a band out of step with what’s going on around them, in the best possible sense. »
Harper Simon - Harper Simon
By openly accepting his lineage, his faith and the obvious parallels that will be suggested, you certainly can’t accuse Harper Simon of lacking in bravery.»
Voice Of The Seven Thunders - Voice of the Seven Thunders
After the initial shock, there’s plenty of beauty to be found beneath the muscular dynamics. »
Drive-By Truckers - The Big To Do
Now many LPs down the line, with a steady stream of critical acclaim behind them and a devoted fanbase, it’s good to see that Drive-By Truckers can still come up with tracks that rival anything they’ve previously produce. That they’re still falling into the same occasional traps they’ve always done is frustrating for anyone hoping they could find a wider audience, but you suspect that the band are pretty happy staying on this same path. Those who haven’t heard the Truckers can continue to pass them by, those that have can continue to look forward to more of the same.»
Alphabeat - The Beat Is
As one anodyne track woah-woah-woahs into another, it’s difficult to guess what’s gone wrong. Has the band intentionally wiped any trace of personality from this record? Or has the label had to step in and try to salvage anything, however terrible, from a particularly poor wreckage? »
The Courteeners - Falcon
You have to doubt that this attempt to prove themselves more mature will get The Courteeners the respect they think they deserve.»
Erland and the Carnival - Erland and the Carnival
A supergroup made up of some not-so-memorable musicians, playing a load of covers? It doesn’t exactly jump out as the formula for debut album of the year, does it? Thankfully, that literal description doesn’t do justice to the strange magic that Erland And The Carnival do brew up on their first LP. »
Delphic - Acolyte
Acolyte certainly won’t be 2010’s most adventurous album, but it’s not trying to be. Instead, it’s almost certain to be one of the year’s most immediate and assured records, particularly for a debut, boasting any number of potential hit singles.»
Ola Podrida - Belly of the Lion
A composer of film scores by day, by night David Wingo is… well, an indie singer-songwriter, based in Austin, Texas. Not quite as »
Stereophonics - Keep Calm and Carry on
If ever there’s a title that sums up a band’s ambitions and career trajectory, then Keep Calm And Carry On would be it.»
Espers - III
Espers have moved towards new territory, stumbling occasionally, but with a clear eye on where they’ve come from.»
Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
So much has been written about the second series of Flight Of The Conchords’ TV show and its apparent failure in comparison to the»