Wilko Johnson
The Best Of (Cadiz Music) Sad that it took terminal illness to remind the UK that Wilko Johnson was a national treasure who had been ignominiously shuffled onto the sidelines, still better late than...
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J Mascis
Tied to a Star (Sub Pop) Unlike his Dinosaur Jr. band-mate Lou Barlow J Mascis has seldom found the need to unleash his acoustic side, which is a bit sad as even a cursory...
Tricky
Adrian Thaws (Republic Of Music) Like many an artist whose debut calling card is such a game changer (some might argue no Tricky, no dubstep) Adrian ‘Tricky’ Thaws has spent the last, almost, 20...
Adam Cohen
We Go Home (Cooking Vinyl) Despite the obvious advantages in life Julian, Sean, Dhani, Baxter, Nora, Rufus, Martha, Ziggy, Damian and Jakob will all know about the weight of expectations having a famous dad...
Red Planet Orchestra
States Of Space (Paths Of Action) The first time this writer experienced the slowly unfolding textures of ambient music (and we’re not talking about the pan pipe/didgeridoo drivel that some people assault your ears...
Daevid Allen
Bananamoon Obscura 1 & 2 (Floating World) Remastered versions of albums 1 and 2 from Allen’s huge, and currently largely unavailable Bananamoon Obscura series (hopefully suggesting there’s more to come), the first being rehearsal...
Animal Collective
Oddsac (Plexi Film) How do you follow an album that more or less swept the board in last year’s best of 2009 roundups – although to be fair this is actually the culmination of...
Rory Gallagher
One of the UK ’s great unsung guitar heroes Rory Gallagher’s badges of office were his plaid shirts, his weather-beaten Fender Stratocaster and his lifelong addiction to touring. Gallagher was so well regarded by...
A Guy Called Gerald
Influenced by his Jamaican roots, his father’s reggae record collection and the sound system parties he frequented in Manchester’s Moss Side area where he grew up before moving onto jazz fusion, electro, hip hop...
