ALBUMS AND DEMOS | NOVEMBER REVIEW
ALCEST **** Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast) As the progenitors of blackgaze (a clunky portmanteau that does a disservice to the surprisingly seamless fusion of black metal and shoegaze to which …
ALCEST **** Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast) As the progenitors of blackgaze (a clunky portmanteau that does a disservice to the surprisingly seamless fusion of black metal and shoegaze to which …
ALESSANDRO CORTINI ***** Volume Massimo (Mute) Synthesizers can tell stories about the world in a language regular instruments can’t speak. Alessandro Cortini, a member of Nine Inch Nails, is pretty …
ARMSTRONG ** Under Blue Skies (The Beautiful Music/Country Mile) This 2007 album, originally on CDr, secures a wider release but sadly proves the point that some things are best left …
AMOR *** Sinking Into A Miracle (Night School) Ever wondered what Studio 54 would’ve sounded like if it was in the Glasgow School Of Art’s basement instead of Midtown Manhattan? …
ART BRUT ** Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! (Alcopop!) “Close your eyes and hold on tight / Everything’s gonna be alright”, Eddie Argos reassures us on chipper horn-heavy opening …
ALBUMS ALICE IN CHAINS **** Rainier Fog (BMG) Alice in Chains’ third album with singer Will Duvall, the same number they released with the late Layne Stayley, hints at an …
Albums BC CAMPLIGHT ***** Deportation Blues (Bella Union) For an album recorded in total darkness, following deportation and a bout of mental illness, there’s a lot of hope to …
ALEXIS TAYLOR *** Beautiful Thing (Domino) Alexis Taylor is the de facto frontman of Hot Chip. What do you reckon his fourth solo album sounds like? A bit like Hot …
ALBUMS ANDREW WK ***** You’re Not Alone (Music For Nations) From his early days in noise experimentalists Wolf Eyes, to his current role as the most positive man on the …
BARDO POND **** Volume 8 (Fire) Astral travellers Bardo Pond return with their latest batch of introspective songs wrapped in a gauze of fuzz and echo. It feels like business …
BEANS ON TOAST ***** Cushty (Xtra Mile) Beans On Toast – aka Essex folk singer Jay McAllister – covers, in poetic fashion, a wide range of subjects from mobile phone …
ANJA SCHNEIDER *** SoMe (Sous Music) It’s Anja Schneider’s regeneration and no genre is safe from a forced merge. The opening two tracks seemed to be straight from Detroit with …