Records

Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here

The idea of Gil Scott-Heron as some “godfather of rap” or revolutionary street poet and singer is, in 2010, perhaps...

Records

Owen Pallett: Heartland

With the release of Heartland, Owen Pallett’s first album for Domino and thus his first to receive serious international distribution,...

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Various Artists: Daptone Gold Comp

Like this could ever be bad. That rating above? Designed to draw your attention to the text though you already...

Records

Various Artists: MMX Comp

Sent back from 2278? Given ten seconds to take a definitive cutting of sounds from decade one, millennium three? Look...

Records

Vampire Weekend: Contra

There is no respectable position to take on Vampire Weekend’s Contra. The interminable cycles of praise and jeer that accompanied...

Festivals

Tomorrow Never Knows Festival

:: Photo by Will Rice

Got out of the apartment the other night to join some teenagers at an indie...

Tracks

Smashing Pumpkins: "Song for a Son” / “Widow Wake My Mind"

Billy Corgan first projected that the Smashing Pumpkins’ free online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope [sic, sigh] would be doled out...

Tracks

Four Tet: "Love Cry"

While the Four Tet/Burial collaboration Moth/Wolf Cub garnered a ton of (justified) acclaim last year, Kieran Hebden’s best track in...

Tracks

Paul Dougherty: "Zoe"

Father/daughter songs: some good, some boot-through-the-telly abominable. Paul Dougherty’s attempt lands gently left of centre, touching down smoothly thanks...