Killian Fox
Deerhunter: Monomania - review
(4AD) Few musicians working today are more prolific than Bradford Cox, who records as Atlas Sound and, with four bandmates and a heavier rock set-up, as Deerhunter. For Monomania , his ninth album since 2005 (not counting two EPs and a glut of onlin
Kevin Parker: soundtrack of my life
The Tame Impala frontman on how grunge gave him a sense of identity, Cream turned him on to fuzz guitar, and Air opened his eyes to the art of production Kevin Parker is the driving force behind Tame Impala, the Australian psych-rock act whose second alb
Karl Hyde: Edgeland - review
(Universal) The uncertain zone at the margins of London, where city ends and countryside begins, is the preoccupation of this new album from Karl Hyde, on a break from his dancefloor-pumping, Olympic ceremony-scoring day job with Underworld. Like many th
Major Lazer: Free the Universe - review
(Mad Decent) Dancehall purists should probably steer clear of this Jamaican-flavoured music project from globetrotting DJ/producer Diplo that's designed for the dance music mainstream, more Ibiza than Kingston. The 2009 debut was silly and entertaining
Kurt Vile: Wakin' on a Pretty Daze - review
(Matador) "Making music is easy/ Watch me!" boasts Kurt Vile near the start of his fifth album, and by the end, after 70 minutes of languid, hazy retro-rock, the claim seems pretty convincing. In actuality, Vile is a self-confessed perfectionist whoPeace: In Love - review
(Columbia) Peace are a hotly tipped indie act from Birmingham who sound like a dozen different bands rolled into one (from the Cure to Foals via the Happy Mondays), whose lyrics, on their debut album, focus narrowly on the thrills and pitfalls of young l
Stornoway: Tales from Terra Firma - review
(4AD) It begins jubilantly with a marriage and ends with a calm reflection on death. In between, this rollercoaster of a second album from folk four-piece Stornoway shunts us from amorous ecstasy to heartbreak, dipping along the way to celebrate the vi
