Underrated Warp artist Clark turns out another killer, this time with an emotional centre
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Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaster (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label) VINYL LP REVIEW
Gary Steel gets swept up and swirled around in a whirling dervish by Mobile Fidelity’s double vinyl version of a great Dead Can Dance album.
Damon Albarn – Dr Dee (Parlophone/EMI) CD REVIEW
Former Blur and Gorillaz man does something preposterous
Home Brew – Home Brew (Independent) CD REVIEW
Home Brew? Tasty? Hmm, not bad, says Gary Steel.
Various Artists – Jazz Concert 1950 (Ode/Rhythmethod) CD REVIEW
Gary Steel soothes his ears with a historic 1950 NZ recording of the devil’s music, jazz
Kate Miller-Heidke – Nightflight (Sony) CD REVIEW
Australia’s answer to Kimbra? Uh, maybe not, but damn, she can sing.
Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden (Parlophone/EMI) VINYL LP Review
WHEN REVIEWERS WENT on about Radiohead being experimental around the time of Kid A – often as a criticism rather than a recommendation – I could never really see what they were going on about. There’s a history of quite radical experimentation and radical reversioning in pop music, and it […]
Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls (ATO) VINYL LP Review
Alabama has got the Shakes, on vinyl. Gary Steel dissects.