John Murphy and Tim Lee
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, San Cisco, Darwin Deez, Pissed Jeans, Jamie Lidell, Roots Manuva, Fryars, Jonny Pierce
John Murphy and Tim Lee
FAYE, Frightened Rabbit, Big Deal, Bonnie Prince Billy, Dragonette, Pitbull featuring Afrojack & The Wanted
John Murphy and Tim Lee
Jim James, Björk, Azealia Banks, Blur, Willy Mason, Scott Walker and David Guetta.
John Murphy and Tim Lee
Foals, Haim, Raime, Stereophonics, Nadine Shah, Ed Harcourt, Sally Shapiro and many, many more...
John Murphy
Fionn Regan, Kate Nash, Street Party In Soho, The Cast Of Cheers, Melody's Echo Chamber, D/R/U/G/S, Villagers, Little Nicki, Jade Hopcroft.
Christopher Monk
Holy Ghost, Chromatics, Christopher Owens, DaVinci, Sylver Tongue, Jedward.
John Murphy
Scott & Charlene's Wedding, Girls Aloud, King Creosote, Kanye West, Indians.
John Murphy
Tindersticks, PINS, The Rolling Stones, Wu-Tang Clan, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Funeral For A Friend, James Yorkston, We Are The Physics, Bromheads.
John Murphy
Solange, Adele, Little Mix, Why?, Alt-J, Jessie Ware, Major Lazer & J Cole, Linnea Olsson.
Tim Lee and John Murphy
This Many Boyfriends, Lana Del Rey, Tracy Thorn, Kylie Minogue, Benjamin Gibbard, Coves, Vitalic.
Tim Lee and John Murphy
CHVRCHES, Tu Fawning, AlunaGeorge, Robbie Williams, Ellie Goulding, Martin Rossiter, Trust, Ruby Goe, Wendy James.
Tim Lee and John Murphy
Atoms For Peace, TOPS, Martha Wainwright, Rachel Zeffira, Swim Deep, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean, Tim Burgess.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Muse, David Byrne & St Vincent, Charlotte Church, Deptford Goth, Tori Amos, Wintersleep, Papa Roach.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Jens Lekman, TOY, Grimes, Keston Cobblers' Club, Beth Orton, Factory Floor.
Tim Lee, John Murphy and David Welsh
Following a short break, this week's tracks column is a bumper harvest, led by Egyptian Hip Hop, Cat Power and Tom Waits.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Paul Banks, Biffy Clyro, Euros Childs, John Cale, Kiasmos, Halls, Darren Hayman
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Crystal Castles, Bat For Lashes, Tulisa feat. Tyga, The Killers, Alanis Morissette, Dizzee Rascal, Tame Impala, Hot Chip, The Mountain Goats.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
The xx, Delphic, The Vaccines, The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, PINS, Hopsin, and Lemar.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Night Works, Bloc Party, Beth Orton, Ellie Goulding feat Tinie Tempah, Mothlite and Noisettes.
David Welsh and John Murphy
Frank Ocean, Plan B, Wye Oak, Childish Gambino, The Tea Street Band, Stars
David Welsh and John Murphy
Muse, The Touré-Raichel Collective, Little Mix, Calvin Harris feat Example, George Michael, Jessie Ware, La Shark, Elton John vs Pnau
John Murphy and David Welsh
Cat Power, Poliça, Yeasayer, Twin Shadow, Kindness, Born Blonde, Larry Tee.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Pet Shop Boys, Dirty Projectors, Azealia Banks, Nguzunguzu, Slow Club, Summer Camp, Ultraísta.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Haim, Little Boots, Road To Roy, Van She, Hey Sholay, Two Wounded Birds.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Will Young, The Irrepressibles, Calexico, Julia Holter, Advance Base, FAYE, A Place To Bury Strangers.
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Ahead of the Victoria Park one-dayer, a compilation of new cuts from bands playing, including Savages, Chairlift, Liars, Spector, Gold Panda and When Saints Go Machine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Our 2011 tracks round-up, with the best and worst of the year's offerings.
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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 .
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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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 31 October - 6 November 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Mazzy Star, R.E.M., Worship, Friends and Modestep.
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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 3-9 October 2011
David Welsh
MGMT, Cloud Control, Zola Jesus and a fare-ye-well from Dananananaykroyd.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 22-28 August 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Brett Anderson, Feist, The Rapture... and Tori Amos goes to Craggy Island.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 18-24 July 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Cults, Blanck Mass, Teeth, Blitzen Trapper and Little Green Cars.
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.
Track Reviews: 4-10 July 2011
Tim Lee
Radiohead, Yuck, iLiKETRAiNS and David Guetta get into the festival spirit.
Track Reviews: 27 June - 3 July 2011
David Welsh
Apparat, Beastie Boys feat. Santigold and Washed Out step up to the plate.
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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 30 May - 5 June 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
The return of Kaiser Chiefs, plus some vaguely Primavera-related references.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Track Reviews: 21-27 Feb 2011
Tim Lee and David Welsh
Remember The Kills? We do. But then we also remember Danny Dyer.
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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