Album review: Prince – Piano & A Microphone 1983
Prince’s people have finally opened his famous Vault for the first of surely a long line of posthumous releases. But, as Piers Barber writes, this first effort – an intimate, tantalising stripped […]
Prince’s people have finally opened his famous Vault for the first of surely a long line of posthumous releases. But, as Piers Barber writes, this first effort – an intimate, tantalising stripped […]
It’s time for the annual round-up of the our favourite full-length albums of 2017, this year picked by Buster Stonham and Piers Barber. The rundown this year is punctuated by unexpected returns to […]
The charismatic Actress returns with AZD, his fifth album apparently inspired by the material of chrome and obscure outsider art. But look past the lofty theorising, advises Piers Barber, and you’ll […]
After five years of waiting, we finally have a new Radiohead album to enjoy. Here’s Buster Stonham on whether it was worth all the fuss. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool (XL) After five […]
Kowton’s debut full-length, the first by an individual artist on the pioneering Livity Sound label, is an unsurprisingly potent selection of pulsing techno rollers and expertly crafted DJ tools, writes […]
Piers Barber checks out Fatima Al Qadiri’s characteristic take on protest music and discovers a record often stunning in its relevance and condemnation of authoritarian state violence. Fatima Al Qadiri – […]
Here it is, another edition of the Music Factory’s world famous List Of Some Albums We Liked Most Out Of The Ones We Had Time To Listen To This Year: 2015 edition. […]
So then – that’s your lot for 2014. It’s been a year we’ll remember for James Rodriguez, Alex Salmond and completely futile iPhone launches, but it’s also been one that’s seen the seen […]
So then – that’s your lot for 2014. It’s been a year we’ll remember for James Rodriguez, Alex Salmond and pointless iPhone launches, but also one that’s seen the seen the release […]
The Drums’ third album showcases a band that, despite rapidly losing members, is finding an impressive potency and maturity as they grow into indie elder statesmen. Adam Terris listens to a true album of the […]