Monthly Archives: November 2008

Death Vessel ‘Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us’

Death Vessel ‘Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us’

A dude who sings like a girl and a band that plays Sigur Ros through Tom Waits’ old gramophone - This is most likely the …

 

Ghetto Mullet ‘Sunday Morning Hangover’

Ghetto Mullet ‘Sunday Morning Hangover’

Ghetto Mullet make instrumental Hip Hop with some squelchy acid lines thrown in. Their debut EP features slow to midtempo jams with a cinematic touch. …

 

Arthur Russell ‘Love Is Overtaking Me’

Arthur Russell ‘Love Is Overtaking Me’

Primitive Americana, Country Soul and pre-Punk by one of the great unsung heroes of pop. This is the first time that Arthur Russell’s recordings from …

 

Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid ‘NYC’

Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid ‘NYC’

This is a Jazz album. It’s cosmic, spiritual and heavy. ‘NYC’ is also a damn funky album. But most of all, it sounds more physical …

 

The Week In Music - 3rd November

The Week In Music - 3rd November

Woolfy is top dog this week with an album full of Ibiza sunset music. Alternative outfit Deerhoof and ageless chanteuse Grace Jones round off the …

 

Woolfy vs Projections ‘The Astral Projections Of Twilight’

Woolfy vs Projections ‘The Astral Projections Of Twilight’

Unless you are a die-hard crate digger, you would stear clear of any album with that title, by a band with that name or with …

 

Deerhoof ‘Offend Maggie’

Deerhoof ‘Offend Maggie’

The opener ‘The Tears And Music Of Love’ is pure genius: Imagine a deranged garage band in deepest Newfoundland trying (and failing) to cover the …

 

Best Albums - October 2008

Best Albums - October 2008

Hip Hop duo Yo Majesty take the crown for ‘Futuristically Speaking’, our Album Of The Month. Gang Gang Dance, James Jackson Toth, Keziah Jones and …

 

Grace Jones ‘Hurricane’

Grace Jones ‘Hurricane’

This is Jones first new album in almost 20 years. The choice of musicians and material suggests that she is trying to re-connect with her …