Just voice and piano. Not as simple as it sounds...
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BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY & THE CAIRO GANG – THE WONDER SHOW OF THE WORLD
Rock’s most eccentric romantic rides on...
MGMT – CONGRATULATIONS
And for their next trick... Lovably weird adventures in psychedelia from the shape-shifting Brooklynites.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Dark-hearted Swedish murder-mystery thriller...
KICK ASS
Nic Cage at his ludicrous best in enjoyably violent comic-book adaptation...
PAVEMENT – QUARANTINE THE PAST: THE BEST OF…
Appropriately inscrutable ‘Greatest Hits’, from a band that tried hard never to have any...
JOHNNY CASH – AMERICAN VI: AIN’T NO GRAVE
A second posthumous set, and the last – we think – of The Man In Black’s stirring collaborations with Rick Rubin...
GORILLAZ – PLASTIC BEACH
A brilliant concept album, full of perfect pop singles...
LAURA MARLING – I CAN SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN
Compelling voice, cryptic songs on Hampshire folk singer's second LP...
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – THE BIG TO-DO
Southern rockers' angry 10th gets back to basics and "blows the fucking roof off"...
JOANNA NEWSOM – HAVE ONE ON ME
Bottoms up! Pianos, soul and a remarkable triple album...
GREEN ZONE
WMD political action thriller ultimately comes up empty-handed ...
SHUTTER ISLAND
Martin Scorsese finds his way in the unfamiliar territory of gothic noir – set in a mental asylum...
CLUSTER – QUA
Four decades on, electronic Krautrock pioneers still excite
ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE – ALI & TOUMANI
Second sublime collaboration between two Mali masters
THE LOVELY BONES
Rings master brings another best-seller to the big screen
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CRAZY HEART
We review Jeff Bridges' Oscar-nominated performance as a washed up Country singer...
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JACK ROSE – LUCK IN THE VALLEY
A guitar master's eighth - and, tragically, last - album
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FIELD MUSIC – FIELD MUSIC (MEASURE)
The Brewis brothers offer proggy excellence and hooks to spare on stunningly realised double album
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PETER GABRIEL – SCRATCH MY BACK
No guitars. No drums. Covers of Bowie, Radiohead and Elbow. Gabriel's "song exchange" opens for business
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