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Tim Lee and John Murphy
Summer Camp, Halls, Dirty Projectors, Amanda Palmer, The Tallest Man On Earth, Hey Sholay, Afghan Wigs, Alanis Morissette.
Tim Lee and John Murphy
Animal Collective, Grimes, CocoRosie, Passion Pit, Ben Folds Five, Neneh Cherry & The Thing, DIIV, This Many Boyfriends, Jake Mattison.
Tim Lee and John Murphy
A Great Escape special featuring Friends, O Children, Theme Park, Foxes, We Were Evergreen, Chew Lips, Savoir Adore, Echo Lake and Aidan Grimshaw
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Santigold, Ty Segall Band, iamamiwhoami, Bullion, The Last Dinosaur, Jennifer Left and Cloud Nothings.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Jessie Ware, Scissor Sisters, Neneh Cherry & The Thing, Moonface, Bishi, The Leg, Graham Coxon, White Manna and Ren Harvieu & Karen Elson.
John Murphy and David Welsh
As it's Record Store Day on Saturday 21st April, here's a Record Store Day special, sidling past the big name exclusive Record Store Day releases in favour of a smattering of much smaller Record Store Day bands and artists.
David Welsh
Jack White, Rufus Wainwright, Keane, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, jj, Patti Smith
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Sigur Rós, Regina Spektor, Amanda Mair, Julia Holter, La Sera, Maxïmo Park, Ty Segall and White Fence, Deadbeat Echoes
Tim Lee, David Welsh and Michael Hubbard
Azealia Banks, Bright Light Bright Light, Garbage, Gabby Young And Other Animals, S. Carey, Toy, Simian Ghost, This Will Destroy You, O Children, The Cribs
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Gossip, Death Grips, The Horrors, One Little Plane, Plan B, Lemonade, The Chakras
Track Reviews: 12-18 March 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Beach House, Björk, Burial + Four Tet, Dexys, Gotye, Citizens, The Civil Wars, Marilyn Manson, Breton
Track Reviews: 5-11 March 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Sweet Billy Pilgrim, iamamiwhoami, Madonna, Spiritualized, Clean Bandit, AnnaGrace, Rufus Wainwright, School Of Seven Bells and The Enemy.
Track Reviews: 27 February - 4 March 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Carter Tutti Void, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Gorillaz, Santigold, 2:54, Benga, Summer Camp, Kiasmos, Screen.
Track Reviews: 20-26 February 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
The Futureheads, The Cribs, Lambchop, Stealing Sheep, The Mars Volta, The Wave Pictures, Fields Of The Nephilim, Nedry.
Friends Track Reviews: 13-19 February 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Friends, Deaf Club, Dry The River, This Many Boyfriends, The Knocks featuring Mandy Lee, Band Of Skulls, Wills Earl Beal, Veronica Falls.
Madonna Track Reviews: 6-12 February 2012
Tim Lee, David Welsh and Michael Hubbard
Madonna, Autoheart, Blood Red Shoes, Die Antwoord, Mark Lanegan Band, Jamie N Commons, La Sera, Laura Gibson and The Twang.
Jack White Track Reviews: 30 January - 5 February 2012
Tim Lee, David Welsh and Michael Hubbard
Jack White, Saint Etienne, M.I.A., Sinéad O'Connor, The Dø, Jess Mills, Cloud Nothings, The Cast Of Cheers, Sisterland.
Sébastien Tellier Track Reviews: 23-29 January 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Sébastien Tellier, Santigold, Jack Peñate, Ladyhawke, Dale Earnhart Jr Jr and Jagwar Ma get together and go bowling.
Track Reviews: 16-22 January 2012 Track Reviews: 16-22 January 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Dirty Three, Nada Surf, Stooshe and Sleigh Bells are among this week's includees.
Track Reviews: 9-15 January 2012 Track Reviews: 9-15 January 2012
Tim Lee and David Welsh
The return of the weekly round-up, starring Scissor Sisters and Azealia Banks' alter ego.
Tracks Of The Year 2011 Tracks Of The Year 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Our 2011 tracks round-up, with the best and worst of the year's offerings.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Track Reviews: December 2011 Track Reviews: December 2011
Tim Lee, David Welsh and Michael Hubbard
Rounding up the year in two parts (see above) wasn't enough. So here's a round-up of the month. If this reductive process continues on its present course, we'll soon be rounding up tracks of the day. Imagine.
Part 1 | Part 2
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler Track Reviews: 21-27 November 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler, Bastardgeist, WU LYF, Katy Perry, The Raveonettes, The Macabees, My Empire Of Sound, Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains, Abi Wade.
Little Boots Track Reviews: 14-20 November 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Little Boots, 2:54, Dot Rotten, Listing Ships, Texture Like Sun, Justin Bieber, Sway ft Kano, Mint Julep, TEETH.
Factory Floor Track Reviews: 7-13 November 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Factory Floor, Cloud Nothings, Field Music, Blood Orange, Slow Club, High Places, Molotov Jukebox and Foster The People.
Mazzy Star Track Reviews: 31 October - 6 November 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Mazzy Star, R.E.M., Worship, Friends and Modestep.
New Look Track Reviews: 24-30 October 2011
David Welsh
Lana Del Rey, Eleanor Friedberger, New Look, Big Deal and T Pain feat. Lily Allen and Wiz Khalifa.
Fingersnap Track Reviews: 17-23 October 2011
Tim Lee
An eclectic mix of Fingersnap, The Saturdays, Son of Dave, The Dø, PET, Ryan Adams and Boris.
Florence And The Machine Track Reviews: 10-16 October 2011
Tim Lee
Florence And The Machine prepares for album number two, Kate Bush prepares for snowfall and Noel Gallagher prepares to fly high.
MGMT Track Reviews: 3-9 October 2011
David Welsh
MGMT, Cloud Control, Zola Jesus and a fare-ye-well from Dananananaykroyd.
The Big Pink Track Reviews: 26 September - 2 October 2011
David Welsh
The Big Pink, Mondkopf, The Opiates, Manic Street Preachers and a parting shot from R.E.M.
Maverick Sabre Track Reviews: 19-25 September 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Maverick Sabre punches to win. How do Summer Camp, Professor Green, WATERS, Chris Brown, Coldplay and Cher Lloyd fare?
DRC Music Track Reviews: 12-18 September 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Damon Albarn gets an all-star cast together for some DRC Music, plus Niki & The Dove, Kasabian and SBTRKT.
Tom Waits Track Reviews: 5-11 September 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Tom Waits growls, MaJiKer spooks, Iceage present a video tour diary of sorts and Jack White just can't get enough of clowns.
Charlotte Gainsbourg Track Reviews: 29 August - 4 September 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Charlotte Gainsbourg returns, James Blake and Bon Iver get together and Lady Gaga gets remixed by Wild Beasts.
Brett Anderson Track Reviews: 22-28 August 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Brett Anderson, Feist, The Rapture... and Tori Amos goes to Craggy Island.
Label Love Track Reviews: 15-21 August 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
This week's tracks selection focuses on new material from labels affected by the PIAS warehouse fire. Dig deep...
Björk Track Reviews: 25-31 July 2011
Tim Lee, David Welsh, John Murphy and Michael Hubbard
Björk's various apps, videos and mirrorball transfigurations alongside Jay-Z And Kanye West, Noel Gallagher, Laura Marling, St Vincent, Joan As Police Woman, M83, Summer Camp, Loney Dear and even more. This is what you call an epic.
Jens Lekman Track Reviews: 8-14 August 2011
David Welsh and John Murphy
Jens Lekman heads up an august selection in August that also features Air France and Toddla T.
Will Young Track Reviews: 1-7 August 2011
Tim Lee, David Welsh and Michael Hubbard
Will Young takes to trapezing in white lyrcra, Ladytron create a white elephant, Wild Beasts get set for Field Day and, um... Whigfield returns.
Cults Track Reviews: 18-24 July 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Cults, Blanck Mass, Teeth, Blitzen Trapper and Little Green Cars.
Zola Jesus Track Reviews: 11-17 July 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Zola Jesus offers a first taste of a new album, plus Tasseomancy, Givers, Arctic Monkeys, Guillemots, The Strokes and Natalia Kills.
Radiohead Track Reviews: 4-10 July 2011
Tim Lee
Radiohead, Yuck, iLiKETRAiNS and David Guetta get into the festival spirit.
Apparat Track Reviews: 27 June - 3 July 2011
David Welsh
Apparat, Beastie Boys feat. Santigold and Washed Out step up to the plate.
Bon Iver Track Reviews: 20-26 June 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Bon Iver, Echo Lake, Ane Brun, Florrie, I Break Horses... and a poem dedicated to Brian Eno.
Hard-Fi Track Reviews: 13-19 June 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Hard-Fi, Memory Tapes, Stephen Malkmus, Katy Perry. One of these appears to you in mere trailer form.
Coldplay Track Reviews: 6-12 June 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Coldplay, Robyn, Nicola Roberts, Alex Clare, Mirrors, Is Tropical and The Horrors. This week we christen BUMPER.
Kaiser Chiefs Track Reviews: 30 May - 5 June 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
The return of Kaiser Chiefs, plus some vaguely Primavera-related references.
Cults Track Reviews: 23-29 May 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
A special edition: "Soundtracks to the summer", with Cults, Chilly Gonzales, James Blake and Avril Lavigne.
SBTRKT Track Reviews: 16-22 May 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Bonjay, Tall Ships and Dry The River mix and match it up with SBTRKT.
Justice Track Reviews: 9-15 May 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Justice, Fucked Up and Bruno Mars share a page. Perhaps for the first and final time.
Tinchy Stryder Track Reviews: 2-8 May 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Tinchy Stryder with Dappy in tow, the return of Frankmusik and some summery acoustica from Beth Jeans Houghton line up alongside Blue's Eurovision entry. We know which one's guilty.
Wye Oak Track Reviews: 25 April - 1 May 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Wye Oak, Friendly Fires, Dananananaykroyd and Beyoncé limber up for the wedding of the year. Er. What?
Arctic Monkeys Track Reviews: 18-24 April 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Completely ignoring Radiohead, our intrepid pair find some tracks released for Record Store Day that aren't by Radiohead and have nothing at all to do with Radiohead.
Alex Metric Track Reviews: 11-17 April 2011
David Welsh
Wild Beasts, Alex Metric and WhoMadeWho are subjected to forensic analysis. Watch/listen/giggle, why don't you.
Fleet Foxes Track Reviews: 4-10 April 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
This week's pick'n'mix smorgasbord, with headline names including Fleet Foxes, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Katy Perry feat. Kanye West and Example.
Thurston Moore Track Reviews: 28 March - 3 April 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
A Splash of Thurston Moore, a timely 6 Day Riot and a dash of Crystal Stilts are among this week's selection. A certain Rebecca Black is also mentioned.
Austra Track Reviews: 21-27 March 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Austra headline this week's slimline spring selection, with The Human League, The Joy Formidable and Joanna And The Wolf in on the action.
PJ Harvey Track Reviews: 14-20 March 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
This week's round-up of downloads, freebies, specials and even some singles, fronted up by a lady called Polly Jean.
Katy B Track Reviews: 7-13 March 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
tUnE-yArDs, Snorkel, Arctic Monkeys, Moby, Katy B and J.Lo get together for a sniff of spring.
Gabby Young Track Reviews: 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Gabby Young gets lively, J Mascis turns down the volume, Dr Dre faces indecision, and Lady Gaga cracks up in outer space.
The Kills Track Reviews: 21-27 Feb 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Remember The Kills? We do. But then we also remember Danny Dyer.
Lady Gaga Track Reviews: 14-20 Feb 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
After an absence of ages, tracks are back on musicOMH. A weekly column brought to you by some ex deputy editors we dug up in the garden is the way it's at these days. Thrilling, no?
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