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Kieran CurranReviewsAlasdair Roberts: The Wyrd MemeTraditional and untraditional folk combine for an intriguing, engaging EP from one of Scotland's most interesting songwriters [1 November 2009] 
Daniel Johnston: Is And Always WasOn his first album in 6 years, Daniel Johnston plunders his record collection but doesn't come up with all that much. [21 October 2009] 
Times New Viking: Born Again RevisitedFrom Columbus, Ohio ("where people drink beer and smoke cigarettes"), Times New Viking continue the war against fidelity on their fourth album. [25 September 2009] 
Soft Subversions by Felix GuattariAn anti-establishment political bent is evident throughout. The eclecticism is never boring, however, and Guattari would certainly have wanted it that way. Recommended. [21 September 2009] 
Pink Flag by Wilson NeateNeate's book encourages a discourse on LPs which could be lost but which stubbornly survives; the vinyl jostles with mp3s for (real and virtual) space in certain hipsters' record collections. [17 September 2009] 
The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan by Kevin Dettmar (editor)Aspects of Robert Zimmerman's oeuvre are pieced apart by mainly Englit minded mavens -- Dylan is very well read, it's well known, but what about the music? [31 August 2009] 
The Wave Pictures: If You Leave It AloneIt's a hard balance to strike between words and music, but when music becomes incidental to words that aren't really that striking, it's a little frustrating. [17 August 2009] 
Peter Broderick: Music for Falling From TreesBroderick is part of the field of popular music which embraces elements of modern classical, yet also crosses over with the artier end of rock, folk, and so on. [29 July 2009] 
We Were Promised Jetpacks: These Four WallsThere must be something in the water up there, as the debut by Fat Cat's latest signing from Northern Britain attests. [24 July 2009] 
British Animation by Clare KitsonKitson offers an account of some of the stranger characters behind the scenes at Britain's "alternative" programming station, in all their weird glory. [8 July 2009] 
History’s Greatest Heist by Sean McMeekinMcMeekin moves away from a more adolescent fascination with the excitement of revolution and points towards a more pragmatic, exploitative side. [18 May 2009] 
X Saves the World by Jeff GordinierChock-a-block with references to key Generation X formational moments, Gordinier attempts to define what it means to belong to that group, and where the boundary blurs with Generation Y. [23 March 2009] 
Radio Silence by Nathan Nedorostek & Anthony PappalardoA communal spirit shines throughout, with snaps of bands looking 'ordinary' for publicity shots and doing gigs directly in front of their audience, not looming down from a stage. [16 March 2009] 
The DC Comics Encyclopedia (Updated and Expanded)Superhero and supervillains' vital statistics are laid bare in D.C.'s newly updated glossy, hardback encyclopedia of comic book characters. [9 February 2009] 
The Guardian Book of Rock & Roll by Michael Hann (ed.)A little editorial intervention should perhaps have been included to challenge the legitimacy of having a member of the Kooks deride the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. [4 February 2009] 
Mixing It Up by Ishamel ReedReed's viewpoint is that of the seditionist, but as is the nature of such things, such fixation can narrow one's perspective. [15 October 2008] 
Paul Schrader by George KouvarosTaxi Driver is pioneering especially in relation to its unflinchingly contradictory anti-hero Travis Bickle, the character Schrader conceived who can perform noble deeds as well as insane violence. [14 October 2008] 
The Journey HomeThis Ireland is resolutely working class, bland, focused on the traditional pursuits of numbing the senses through alcohol, coping with the drudgery of dead-end jobs with an almost nihilistic escapism. [21 July 2008] 
100 Video Games by James Newman, Iain Simons”We rarely hear accurate descriptions about what it actually feels like to spend time in these virtual worlds." [27 May 2008] |
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