Album Reviews

Annie : Anniemal

Treble is a helpless fool for Annie.

Turin Brakes : JackInABox

A funkier third release from UK duo.

Dolour : New Old Friends

Contradictory name for a sunny pop group.

Temper Temper : Temper Temper

Ed Kowalczyk, where are you now?

Diamond Nights : Once We Were Diamonds

I have a fever, and the only cure is…more cowbell!

Despistado : The People of and Their Verses

Badass post-breakup album from Canadian rockers.

Son Volt : A Retrospective: 1995-2000

Farrar and Co. are given the best of/rarities treatment on new comp.

Van Morrison : Magic Time

Reliable, yet enjoyable set from Irish legend.

Apes : Baba’s Mountain

Ain’t monkeyin’ around.

Four Tet : Everything Ecstatic

Everything ecstatic in its right place.

Johnathan Rice : Trouble is Real

Glaswegian’s debut shows maturity beyond his years.

ZZZZ : Palm Reader

All the way at the end of the alphabet.

The Evens : The Evens

It’s the small things that matter most.

Belle and Sebastian : Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

A history of singles from Scotland’s wittiest indie popsters.

Youth Group : Skeleton Jar

Aussie Bred, Walla Approved!

Maxïmo Park : A Certain Trigger

They’re British, they’re good-looking and they rock.

Shout Out Louds : Howl Howl Gaff Gaff

A good argument for a singles collection as debut.