CD Reviews

6/10 Blurred lines. Bands traditionally bristle at the idea of being “put in a pigeonhole”, the very prospect of not only denting their self-image as deathless

6/10 Half asleep. The third album from Britain’s favourite surfing folkie starts off promisingly enough with the aptly dreamy “Nica Libres At Dusk”; a swirling, gentle

8/10 “I know my way round a tune/there won’t be a single dry eye in the room” states Josh Tillman – full to bursting with

8/10 Just Super. Gaz Coombes’ third solo album since shedding the skin of Supergrass back in 2010 marks the completion of his transformation from mutton-chopped

4/10 Cool mining. With the release of his first proper solo album – 2012’s Blunderbuss – Jack White confirmed what we’d known all along; that

8/10  Charting the rise and tragic fall of coal mining in industrial South Wales would never be an easy story to tell – much less

7/10  Five years on from 2013’s “Warp & Weft” and it’s business as usual for the Oregon-based siren Laura Viers. Thanks to its breezy acoustica