Reviews
Swans – The Seer
The sheer ferocity of the album's opener 'Lunacy' creates the perfect atmosphere for everything following it - the perfect opener for an album of this stature.
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Grizzly Bear's highly anticipated album misses the high mark we all were waiting for. Is it bad? No, certainly not. It does introduce us to a new Grizzly Bear.
Karine Polwart – Traces
Fifth studio album from BBC Folk Awards winner Karine Polwart. A fine mix of story and song and quiet protest.
Various Artists – Electric Eden
Excellent 2CD compilation to accompany Rob Young's book, which documents folk rock's high watermark.
LIVE: Woods @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 04/09/12
Previewing material from their forthcoming album Bend Beyond, Woods show that the go-to adjective of "consistency" isn't just restricted to their albums.
Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Taking the tendency toward hooks and poppy songwriting of Merriweather, Centipede Hz exists within a rougher production framework and leans on the hyperactive rock-isms of 2007’s Strawberry Jam.
JJ DOOM – Key to the Kuffs
So it might not be the DOOM collaboration that the world is most anticipating, with the Ghostface Killah collaboration album still little more than a wish, but in 2012 any Daniel Dumile release is an event.
Green Day @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 23/08/12
One of the biggest bands in world return to the UK for an intimate performance in Shepherd's Bush.
