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Album | CocoRosie - Tales of a Grass Widow

CocoRosie was only ever meant to be a project that existed solely in their own circle of friends but, about a decade on from their debut album, La Maison De Mon R

Album | She & Him - Volume 3

We're guessing it wasn't a long meeting between M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel before they settled on the title Volume 3 for this, their, uhm, third collection of 60s-tinged pop. But it wasn't just the title that was inevitable about this record. You could a

Album | Nancy Elizabeth - Dancing

Nancy Elizabeth is a true musical artist. There are few acts around in 2013 who have mastered the craft of making music like she has. Listening to Dancing, her third album and the one of which she says she is most proud, is like strolling through an exhib

Album | Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost

The sixth album of Iron & Wine, the pseudonym of all American Samuel Beam, opens with the industrial sounds of a construction works, only then to jump into a gorgeous guitar intro reminiscent of previous albums.

Album | Tom McRae - From The Lowlands

Tom McRae's fifth album, The Alphabet Of Hurricanes, received a decidedly lukewarm critical response upon its release in 2010, making the decision to release a follow-up billed as a second part of the project, and containing a song of that name, a surpris

Album | William Tyler - Impossible Truth

William Tyler will be familiar to fans of Lambchop and Silver Jews, having toured with both of those bands as a guitarist.

Interview | John Smith on new record Great Lakes

With first two albums, Matchbox Man and Map or Direction, John Smith (no more comments on the name, please god) built up a quiet but devoted following.

Album | Laish - Obituaries

Obituaries are quite clearly the best part of the newspaper. Why? Because you get a short and easily digestible bit of history, written by a person with actual knowledge of the topic, and you always learn something new.