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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 – ... -
Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings by Buddy Holly – Album Review
by Matt Callard He died at 23 after just three albums yet Buddy Holly’s legacy is formidable – after all, ... -
Port of Morrow by The Shins – Album Review
by Matt Callard Natalie Portman’s cute, knowing aside in cute, knowing indie flick, Garden State that: “The Shins can save your ... -
Home Again by Michael Kiwanuka – Album Review
by Matt Callard Odd that Michael Kiwanuka – gifted, young, award winning – already sounds so world weary on this ... -
Love at the Bottom of the Sea by Magnetic Fields – Album Review
by Matt Callard It’s 12 years since 69 Love Songs, when it seemed Stephin Merritt could do anything and go ... -
Wake Up The Nation by Paul Weller – Album Review
by Matt Callard Commercially rehabilitated and now, following the sprawling 22 Dreams, back in favour with the critics. Not that ... -
The Wonder Show of the World by Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang – Album ...
by Matt Callard Entering his 40th year and more prolific than ever, this is Will Oldham’s 20th album (in his ... -
Quarantine the Past by Pavement – Album Review
by Matt Callard It wasn’t really until Blur name-dropped Pavement as an influence that the New York band started to ... -
Raw Power by The Stooges – Album Review
by Matt Callard Oh, that title… does anything else really need saying? The seventies Iggy Pop, unloved and unsuccessful, with his ... -
69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields – Album Review
by Matt Callard Stephin Merritt had rattled about on the periphery of the New York alternative scene for a decade. ...
