Reviews 
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2013-03-22
Understated Edwyn Collins
Knockout stuff that suggests Collins’ knack for melody remains intact.reviewed by Chris Parkin
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2013-03-18
The Chronicles of Marnia Marnie Stern
Playful, dizzying, cloud-busting and, perhaps more so than ever before, serious.reviewed by Chris Parkin
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2013-02-19
Zero Sum Leo Abrahams
Prized session guitarist teases with six tracks of graceful simplicity.reviewed by Wyndham Wallace
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2013-01-28
Santiman The Creole Choir of Cuba
Sophisticated singing that could make this choir one of the best known in the world.reviewed by Robin Denselow
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2013-01-21
Wash the Sins Not Only the Face Esben and the Witch
Brighton band eschews cliché, sounding sleek, fluid and effortlessly modern on album two.reviewed by Martin Aston
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2013-01-21
Centralia Mountains
An altogether entrancing experience from the New York-based pair.reviewed by Alex Deller
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2013-01-14
Fade Yo La Tengo
Several sounds turned into a single gorgeous one, Fade is YLT’s most settled LP for years.reviewed by Daniel Ross
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2013-01-10
Secret Soundz, Volume 2 The Pictish Trail
A spirited album converting life’s sadder aspects into music graced with humour and joy.reviewed by Jude Clarke
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2012-12-04
Lucifer in Dub Peaking Lights
An emotionally resonant, successful experiment from the LA duo.reviewed by Noel Gardner
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2012-11-29
Bish Bosch Scott Walker
Uncompromising, truly unique music from the experimental veteran.reviewed by Ian Wade
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2012-11-19
Accelerator Royal Trux
Fourteen years on, this still sounds like the undiscovered future of rock‘n’roll.reviewed by Garry Mulholland
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2012-11-12
The Violence Darren Hayman & The Long Parliament
A concept album about the 17th century witch trials of Essex? Yes please.reviewed by Ben Myers
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2012-11-02
Whatever Gets You Through the Night Various Artists
A collection of Scottish artists’ songs for the wee small hours.reviewed by Johnny Sharp
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2012-10-15
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed have once again created a challenging, intense, evocative work.reviewed by Jude Clarke
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2012-10-15
Machines of Love and Grace Martha Tilston
Tilston eloquently explores the relationship between technology and the human condition.reviewed by Jeanette Leech
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2012-10-11
These Walls of Mine Peter Broderick
An interesting, occasionally profound experimental collection from the Oregon artist.reviewed by Luke Slater
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2012-09-24
12 Bit Blues Kid Koala
Canadian turntablist goes to meet the devil down by the crossroads.reviewed by Stevie Chick
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2012-09-13
Runner The Sea and Cake
A 10th album which suggests the band’s autumn could be a long and productive one.reviewed by Chris Power
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2012-08-29
Algiers Calexico
Calexico have lost none of their power to evoke and enthral.reviewed by James Skinner
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2012-07-04
Buckeye Wussy
“The best band in America”? Perhaps not – but Wussy have an unmistakable identity.reviewed by Mischa Pearlman
