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Peaches is primarily known as a purveyor of transgressive, sex positive anthems that have no room for shame whatsoever. This is just as it should be, although her music might not be for the easily offended, and her seventh album is not only one of her best, but possibly her most audacious too.
Kieron Tyler |
In November 1975, UK music weekly New Musical Express included an article by Charles Shaar Murray titled “Are You Alive To The Jive Of The Sound Of '75.” Recently in New York, he was revealing what he had discovered.
Sebastian Scotney
It’s been a long wait. More than five years have passed since Maria Schneider’s most recent "magnum opus", the double album Data Lords came out. That…
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The first time I heard Wuthering Heights I felt a bit like I’d walked into the wrong room – one lit by firelight rather than LEDs. Is this the sound…
Joe Muggs
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Thomas H. Green
Brett Anderson and co. deliver energy, sing-alongs and punk-tinted kicks
Guy Oddy
Jill Scott’s first album in over a decade is an absolute gem
Jonathan Geddes
A slick show from the duo offered vibrant stagecraft and varied genres
Ibi Keita
A boom bap return that feels as personal as it is timeless
Kieron Tyler
Explosive collection of the Sheffield stylist’s favourite singles
Sebastian Scotney
A look back at the long-gone world of the original songs
Thomas H. Green
Ten tracks that revel furiously in distortion and boundary-pushing
Joe Muggs
International stars flip art-pop classics into highlife, dub, Detroit electro and more
Kieron Tyler
Forethought, formal precision and the odd dive into linear rock
Tim Cumming
Powerful debut set of Anglo-Irish tunes and songs
Kieron Tyler
Double-CD set tracing the thread linking pub rock and punk rock
Thomas H. Green
10 tracks of offbeat sounds that bubble with percussive heft
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A sprawling epic of Arabic gothic ambition
Guy Oddy
French electro-hipster lays down pop hooks, woozy head-spins and mellow folktronica
Ellie Roberts
A slightly clunky but impressive effort
Kieron Tyler
Thrilling auteur-driven album celebrates its 15th anniversary
Thomas H. Green
Deep-dipped in 1970s riffery but very much its own thing
Joe Muggs
The One Directioner's fourth album risks drowning out personal charm with 'woah woah's
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Blue-collar righteousness from the Texas troubadour
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The former Grant Lee Buffalo singer was on relaxed form on his solo tour.
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Fun, gritty and… jazzy?
Kieron Tyler
Spellbinding Ethiopian jazz-inflected soul
Sebastian Scotney
A magnificent listening ethos and flow
Thomas H. Green
More melodic than of old, but Eighties Essen metallers still hammer hard
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