Reviews
Albums
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Album Review: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's 50th Anniversary Edition
'A delicate lifting of layers to reveal the live and very loud sound The Beatles originally created in the studio'
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Album Review: Little Dragon - Season High
A tour through different genres rather than a solid commitment to a sound
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Album Review: Jamiroquai - Automaton
'Lots of variety but lacking in substance'
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Album Review: The Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage & Joy
A welcome return for a band whose absence has made the heart grow fonder
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Playlist Review: Drake - More Life
Drake's latest hears him re-energised and more focused
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Album Review: Big Sean - I Decided
A musical jigsaw puzzle that requires its listener to put the pieces together
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Album Review: The Proper Ornaments - Foxhole
James Hoare seems like a bloke with psychedelic melodies literally oozing from his pores
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Album Review: Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - Gentlewoman, Ruby Man
Superb reimagnings of Leanoard Cohen, Velvet Underground, and many more
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EP Review: Mr. Tophat feat. Robyn - Trust Me
Awesome disco-sampled house music from Stockholm
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Album Review: The xx - I See You
'Postlapsarian, sophisticated work of three older, wiser young adults'
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Review: Cosima's visual mixtape - South Of Heaven
'More honesty and visceral truth than many of her more excessively popular contemporaries'
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Review: Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Embracing change and doing it with a no nonsense nine track project, 24K Magic is simplistically spectacular
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Phil Collins announces UK tour dates
Adding on to the re-scheduled Albert Hall dates
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The third track to be lifted from forthcoming new album Everything Now
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Utilising a more tender side of his inimitable vocal pipes
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Watch the new video to CC Smugglers' new single 'Dirty Money'
Cathartic country anthem with an infectious hook-laden vocal line perfect for guzzling cider to
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New record also features a Bob Marley cover
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The summer sizzler features vocals from Adryn
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David Rodigan, Yak, Laura Mvula + more join Somerset House's Summer Series
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Premiere: Super Furry Animals - 'B-Side'
Taken from the companion disc to Radiator that's being included in a forthcoming 20th anniversary reissue
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Iggy Pop and Nick Cave join forces for cartoon PETA campaign
Cave's track 'Breathless' soundtracks the ad
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The National unveil new track 'Guilty Party'
It's the second slice of new material from upcoming record Sleep Well Beast
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Arcade Fire share Everything Now tracklist, tease new single 'Signs Of Life'
The third offering from their fifth record is coming
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The Horrors announce new album and UK tour
Their fifth album is called V
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Princess Nokia signs to Rough Trade Records
Check out 'G.O.A.T' - her first release for the label here
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The xx cancel Night + Day festival in Iceland
Warpaint, Kamasi Washington and Robyn were also scheduled to appear
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Robbie Williams apologises to Jimmy Page
He makes public statement after calling the guitarist 'mentally ill'
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Ed Sheeran annonces UK and Europe stadium tour dates for 2018
After a triumphant Glastonbury headline slot the solo star is on to two shows in a row at Wembley & many more
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Ed Sheeran's been working on a secret album
And he also wants to work with Justin Bieber again
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Kendal Calling resale tickets available this Friday
Get the last few tickets to see headliners Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics and Franz Ferdinand
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U2 bassist Adam Clayton pays tribute to bandmates
He thanks them for helping him through his addiction