‘Congratulations’ is a disappointing record, but then it was always going to be.
Continue readingAlbum Review: John Butler Trio ‘April Uprising’
‘April Uprising’, due for release tomorrow, is John Butler’s fifth album, and the first with his new lineup of bassist Byron Luiters and drummer Nicky Bomba. It is also John’s most satisfying, complete, and diverse work to date.
Continue readingAlbum Review: Spoon ‘Transference’
It will come as no great surprise that ‘Transference’ feels very familiar upon first listen.
Continue readingAlbum Review: Delphic ‘Acolyte’
Delphic, one of the buzz bands of 2009, have produced an album which, more than living up to the hype, is the first great album of 2010.
Continue readingAlbum Review: Vampire Weekend ‘Contra’
Time to alienate people.
Continue readingAlbum Review: Leader Cheetah ‘The Sunspot Letters’
I first was introduced to these guys when I saw The Middle East (whose song ‘Blood’ inspired the title of this blog) play live a few months ago. After the encore, The Middle East said that they had been touring for a while with these longtime mates of theirs, who were also in a band, […]
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March 29, 2010 
