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The 5 EPs by Disco Inferno – Album Review
by Matt Callard Please indulge me. There are some excellent bands that live the dream. Who receive the plaudits and ... -
The Sea by Corinne Bailey Rae – Album Review
by Matt Callard It is, of course, impossible to hear The Sea without feeling you are rubbernecking in on the ... -
Tim Buckley: Deluxe Edition by Tim Buckley – Album Review
by Matt Callard This audacious 1966 debut is often overlooked amongst Buckley’s sprawling, erratic but frequently brilliant eight studio album ... -
Ceremonials by Florence and the Machine – Album Review
by Matt Callard Not for me, these boardroom histrionics, this force-fed big noise, those occasional dips into nu-folk tinkering, just ... -
I See a Darkness by Bonnie Prince Billy – Album Review
By Matt Callard Here’s where Will Oldham emerges from his underground Palace, quietly claims the New Country crown and becomes, ... -
Touch and Go: An Anthology by Magazine – Album Review
By Matt Callard When Howard Devoto left Buzzcocks after one record to search out more complex punk patterns he’d already ... -
It’s Not Me It’s You by Lily Allen – Album Review
by Matt Callard Although irksomely disowning joyful and bouncy debut album, Alright Still, as immature (hey Lily, we like pop ... -
Noble Beast by Andrew Bird – Album Review
by Matt Callard I have no doubt that Andrew Bird was one of the clever kids at school. Suzuki-taught violinist, ... -
Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica – Album Review
by Matt Callard Fantasy collaboration is a great game – try it. Lady Gaga and Queens of the Stone Age. ... -
Simplicity by Jaws – Album Review
by Matt Callard It’s an odd, slippery beast, this second album from Birmingham three-piece, Jaws. Simply refusing to be pigeonholed, ... -
Non Canon by Non Canon – Album Review
by Matt Callard It might seem a wild change of direction for Barry Dolan, erstwhile frontman of frenzied fuzz rockers ... -
The Courage of Others by Midlake – Album Review
by Matt Callard Midlake toured second album, The Trials of Van Occupanther – the best album of 2006, no less – ...
