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Johns Flansburgh and Linnell currently knock out new material at such a pace one wonders whether they have gambling debts to pay. This year they’ll revive their Dial-A-Song website, but…
The Go! Team – Semicircle review
Ah, the sound of youth. We’re not talking about The Go! Team themselves, of course. The project – essentially the brainchild of Brighton’s Ian Parton – has been around a…
Wild Beasts – Last Night All My Dreams Came True review
Always quit while you’re ahead, they say, and Wild Beasts were doing pretty much that when they called last orders late in 2017. There will be some who argue they…
Janice – Fallin’ Up review
Sweden’s Janice Kavander recently stated that: “I don’t make super commercial music”. That claim is open for debate, and may surprise her major label advocates, especially since she’s apparently been…
Bahamas – Earthtones review
Don’t be fooled by Afie Jurvanen. While the wittily rhymed Show Me Naomi may begin with producer (and Feist manager) Robbie Lackritz’s studio chatter – “Think how I feel having…
De Lux – More Disco Songs About Love review
When De Lux’s debut, Voyage, was released in 2014, Classic Pop’s own Paul Lester pointed out elsewhere that, though it shared qualities with Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, it would…
Alexander O’Neal – Hearsay30 review
Questions, questions, questions… Is this celebration of 80s soul legend O’Neal’s second album a reissue or re-recording? Did the 1987 version seriously go three times platinum in Britain? And why…
Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac review
This is a reissue of the band’s 1975 second eponymous album, their first to feature the duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It signalled the end of Fleetwood Mac the…
Rhye – Blood review
As the soothing sounds of Rhye’s second album float past, plenty of comparisons come to mind. Take The xx, whose disdain for unnecessary ornamentation can be heard in Blood’s comforting,…
Craig David – The Time Is Now review
Remember when, a decade ago, Craig David was the punchline to a joke on a Channel Four TV show? You may need a reminder: the programme’s title came from David’s…