Music Reviews

Paul Buchanan - Mid Air

Paul Buchanan - Mid Air

Moving epitaph for The Blue Nile’s melancholic grace...

Paul McCartney - Ram [reissue]

Paul McCartney - Ram [reissue]

Historically fascinating post-Beatles mish-mash...

Willie Nelson - Heroes

Willie Nelson - Heroes

Sepia-toned friends-and-family set from the living legend...

Small Faces - Odgens' Nut Gone Flake: Deluxe Edition

Small Faces - Odgens' Nut Gone Flake: Deluxe Edition

Unique '60s classic remastered with added depth and bonus material...

Beach House - Bloom

Beach House - Bloom

The Baltimore duo stitches a blue velvet tapestry...

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Uncle Barking! Essex Bard and Jeff Tweedy salute Woody Guthrie...

My Bloody Valentine - reissues

My Bloody Valentine - reissues

In their early years, it was easy to dismiss My Bloody Valentine as just...

Richard Hawley - Standing At Sky's Edge

Richard Hawley - Standing At Sky's Edge

As long as you’ve been briefed on Yorkshire local history, you know where you are with ...

Father John Misty - Fear Fun

Father John Misty - Fear Fun

Josh Tillman had had enough. Enough of Seattle, enough of his alter-ego J...

Public Image Limited - This Is PiL

Public Image Limited - This Is PiL

“I am John, and I was born in London!” The Lydon corporation re-opens for business...

Strange Fruit: The Beatles Apple Records

Strange Fruit: The Beatles Apple Records

Unearthing the rotten core of the Fab Four's infamous label...

Jerry Lee Lewis - A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis - A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis

Four-disc monument to the Killer, containing no filler...

T. Rex - Electric Warrior Deluxe Edition

T. Rex - Electric Warrior Deluxe Edition

Glamiversary! Bolan's seminal rocker remastered with B-sides, demos and outtakes...

M Ward - A Wasteland Companion

M Ward - A Wasteland Companion

She & Him's Him returns to his dark, witty furrow...

Jack White - Blunderbuss

Jack White - Blunderbuss

Love'll play some dirty tricks on ya. Jack White goes noirishly solo...

Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Spiritualized’s seventh album is a lavish and sentimental paean to rock’n’roll...

Simone Felice - Simone Felice

Simone Felice - Simone Felice

After undergoing emergency open-heart surgery in 2010, Simone Felice appears to...

Graham Coxon - A&E

Graham Coxon - A&E

Frantic riffs, motorik grooves and "perverse sounds" define Blur guitarists eighth solo album...

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

Assured full-length debut by precocious spawn of Muscle Shoals....

Dr Feelgood - All Through The City

Dr Feelgood - All Through The City

Long overdue boxset includes the four original albums, plus extras...

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Notes From The Great Escape Festival


Things aren’t due to kick off for a couple of hours at the Pavilion Theatre where throughout this year’s Great Escape Festival Uncut is hosting a splendid line-up. So early Thursday evening I’m at the Dome, where Australian psyche rockers POND are making enough noise to wake the long-time dead...