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What’s Going On 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition by Marvin Gaye – Album Review
by Matt Callard Gaye, heartbroken and in mourning, wracked with anguish over social injustice, environmental catastrophe, Vietnam and religious doubt ... -
Lens by Close Talker – Album Review
by Matt Callard Good to know you can still tell the quality of an album by the quality of the ... -
Mirrors by Cattle and Cane – Album Review
by Matt Callard Cattle and Cane should take heed: Naming yourself after another band’s seminal song offers a low percentage return. Ladytron? ... -
Modern Ruin by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Album Review
by Matt Callard Frank Carter’s third outfit in a decade might highlight the singer’s restless muse searching for some collaborative fulfilment ... -
Last Place by Grandaddy – Album Review
by Matt Callard Band reformation. Never a good thing, right? Unless it’s ‘Maria’ by Blondie. Or The Pixies’ ‘What Goes ... -
Nothing Lasts Forever (And It’s Fine) by Flora Cash – Album Review
by Matt Callard Duo Flora Cash are going for some Scandinavian-hybrid of The Handsome Family’s neo-Gothic lyricism, First Aid Kit’s sweet ... -
For a Moment I Was Lost by Amber Run – Album Review
by Matt Callard It’s happening, for Amber Run. Fresh second album, devoted first album following in tow, serious radio plays, plenty ... -
Honest Life by Courtney Marie Andrews – Album Review
by Matt Callard Still only 26 but with a bulging session CV that runs the gamut from hideous U.S snot-rockers ... -
Twin Solitude by Leif Vollebekk – Album Review
by Matt Callard It makes such an obvious, head-down, bee-line for sparse, glacial beauty, this third album from Canada-born multi-instrumentalist, Leif ... -
Twitch by James Kruman – Album Review
by Matt Callard All these kids, sat in damp bedrooms fiddling with gadgets and battered instruments and Pro Tools, or whatever ... -
Thieves Like Us by Thieves Like Us – Album Review
by Matt Callard Amazing what a solid cult following can do for longevity these days. Thieves Like Us are into ... -
Panic of Girls by Blondie – Album Review
by Matt Callard Blondie were the perfect group. Pop, rock, disco, punk, reggae. Glamour and grit. Sexual allure and sexual ...











