A dazzingly ambitious philosophical folly...
Reviews
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE – FIELD SONGS
Punk bluesman’s songs of hard toil in the Iowa soil...
ALICE
Surrealist, subversive take on Lewis Carroll’s classic...
LOVE – BLACK BEAUTY
Arthur Lee’s 1973 hard-rock/ funk opus, finally out from the shadows...
GILLIAN WELCH – THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST
This is a reaping song! Eight years on from Soul Journey, Welch and David Rawlings return with another timeless country classic...
POTICHE
French comedy concerning class, sexism and snobbery...
DUANE EDDY – ROAD TRIP
Guided by Richard Hawley, The Twang remains, majestically, The Thang...
BON IVER – BON IVER
‘Folk’ prodigy steps outside the cabin, and engages with the world. Widescreen, intimate and glorious...
KABOOM
Pop-art shaggy dog tale about a confused gay student...
NEIL YOUNG & THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERS – A TREASURE
Revisiting Farmer Neil’s hard-hollerin’ country collective, as the Archives rummage reaches that difficult decade, the 1980s...
PAUL SIMON – SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT
Harsh words, softly spoken: the gospel according to Paul...
SENNA
Brilliant documentary of the life – and death – of the Formula One legend...
DONOVAN – SUNSHINE SUPERMAN REISSUE
Swinging troubadour’s foray into Celtic myth and psychedelic daydreams, reborn in stereo...
MY MORNING JACKET – CIRCUITAL
Kentuckians’ collective sense of identity reinvigorated on sixth LP...
KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE – TELL MY SISTER
Folk siblings’ glorious first two albums, remastered, plus demos and unreleased material...
ARCTIC MONKEYS – SUCK IT AND SEE
The wit is running dry – but these Sheffield rockers are discovering bigger, bolder dimensions...
RED HILL
Fanciful, modern-day cop thriller set in Australia...
MERCURY REV – DESERTER’S SONGS (R)
Transcendent ’90s gem now includes bonus disc of home demos...
WILD BEASTS – SMOTHER
Lake District romantics embark on their third great adventure...
Club Uncut @ The Great Escape: Alela Diane/ The Secret Sisters/ Olof Arnalds/ Jo Bartlett, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 14 2011
Club Uncut’s final night in Brighton can’t quite match the high of Josh T. Pearson’s performance on Friday, but a strong, diverse bill of female talent doesn’t disappoint.…