Michael Hann
Deerhunter: Monomania - review
(4AD) At this point, complaining about any of Bradford Cox's musical choices seems pointless: he does what he wants , and if you don't like it, you can go and listen to something else. You might as well suggest that oranges are all very well, but they'd
Primal Scream: More Light - review
(1st International) As ever, the ghosts of the past haunt Primal Scream; the pleasure this time is that they are not the ghosts of other bands' pasts. More Light drips with echoes - some faint, some booming - of Screamadelica, be they moods, specific sou
Charlie Fink: 'I've accepted who I am'
It's been five years since 5 Years Time, and Charlie Fink of Noah and the Whale is enjoying his time in the sun The problem with having a hit album is that it takes over your life. And so when Noah and the Whale's third album, Last Night on Earth , we
John Murry: The Graceless Age - review
(Rubyworks) John Murry's would be a compelling story had he never made a record - grandson of William Faulkner, an addict who lost his wife and child and home, and almost his life, before cleaning up. And then you get to the record. The Graceless Age isJohn Murry: The Graceless Age - review
(Rubyworks) John Murry's would be a compelling story had he never made a record - grandson of William Faulkner, an addict who lost his wife and child and home, and almost his life, before cleaning up. And then you get to the record. The Graceless Age is
The Phoenix Foundation: Fandango - review
(Memphis Industries) Samuel F Scott of the Phoenix Foundation has described their fifth album as " Test-match music ", and he's notwrong: Fandango changes mood and style seamlessly, like a five-day cricket match moving through its phases, so the songs
Willy Moon: Here's Willy Moon - review
(Island) Last year, Jack White's first solo album offered a cover of Little Willie John's I'm Shakin' . This year, Willy Moon's does the same - and offers a microcosm of their differing approaches. White's version was jumping but respectful; Moon's pu
Harper Simon: Division Street - review
(Pias) Two albums into a solo career and Harper Simon is staking a claim for the title - not that hotly contested, if we're honest - of most talented child of a major artist. Not that Paul Simon's 40-year-old son is much of child any more. His 2010 debu
The House of Love: after the bust-ups they're back
The band were, for an electrifying 18 months in the late 80s, ready to conquer the world. They didn't - but as Guy Chadwick and Terry Bickers recall, on the eve of a reunion, perhaps that was just as well Guy Chadwick has a dedicated fanbase these days,