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Beth Orton – Daybreaker

by John Murphy

Norfolk’s biggest export since Bernard Matthews’ frozen turkeys, Beth Orton, appears to be on the verge of something very big in America right now. Whether…

The High and Lonesome – From The Playground

by John Murphy

It’s clear just from looking at the cover of the debut album from The High And Lonesome that main man David Blayze sees himself as...

The High and Lonesome – From The Playground

Mixed by Jo Mills and DJ Cirillo – Sorry ...

by Daniel Mumford

Circo Loco at DC-10 is Ibiza’s most legendaryall-dayer. Officially the after-hours party of theisland, it’s the first club to open and the last clubto close...

Mixed by Jo Mills and DJ Cirillo – Sorry ...

Darren Emerson / Tim Deluxe – Underwater ...

by Daniel Mumford

It’s been two years since his departure fromUnderworld and, far from taking it easy, DarrenEmerson has been hard at work, running the successstory that is...

Darren Emerson / Tim Deluxe – Underwater ...

Ben Kweller – Sha Sha

by Michael Hubbard

It is with some disbelief that we read of Sha Sha being 20-year-old Ben Kweller’s debut album, for from end to end this sounds like...

Baha Men – Move It Like This

by Michael Hubbard

Let’s get one thing clear. Baha Men are not a new phenomenon. They’ve won a Grammy. Who Let The Dogs Out took the novelty record...

Wilt – My Medicine

by Michael Hubbard

An album that starts with a song as instantly memorable and full of hooks as Distortion has a lot in its favour early on. They...

The Devils – Dark Circles

by Rob Jackson

Every now and again in music you get a blast from the past. The surprise return of someone that, in their own time, was a...

The Shining @ T in the Park, Balado, Kinross

by Claire Simpson

Bassists rarely find themselves in the spotlight. Yet bass player Simon Jones, previously of The Verve, along with rhythm guitarist Simon Tong, of the same...

The Shining @ T in the Park, Balado, Kinross

Iggy Pop @ Brixton Academy, London

by Rose Dennen

A man leaps onto the stage at Brixton Academy without fanfare. Lightsdim, the crowd screams and Iggy Pop is with us. The first couple of...

Eileen Rose @ Borderline, London

by Michael Hubbard

Being signed to the same record label as The Strokes can’t harm anyone right now, especially someone as talented as Eileen Rose. She may look...

Easyworld @ Underworld

by Sarah McDonnell

Tonight’s bill is absolutely band-packed full with artists on Easyworld’s former indie label Fierce Panda, giving the punters more new music than they could have...

The Vines – Highly Evolved

by Nick Dawson

In the 19th Century, Brits thought it was a very clever idea to send all those petty criminals to Botany Bay so they weren’t a...

Wyclef Jean – Masquerade

by Simon Evans

The creative force behind The Fugees, Wyclef Jean’s two solo albums to date, Carnival (1997) and The Ecleftic (2000), were rich aural tapestries reflecting the...

Oasis @ Finsbury Park, London

by Claire Simpson

Liking Oasis stopped being fashionable a long time ago. Criticisms of the band are now as recycled as Noel Gallagher’s three-chord anthems from the Status...