Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in 2006, Spannered has run in-depth interviews with globetrotting tastemakers Kode9, DJ Ripley and Maga Bo, tripped over to Barcelona's Sónar festival, fallen over at the first ever Bloc Weekend, toured New York's global music circuit and gotten tinnitus in Bristol and São Paulo.
 
Spannered's archive stretches all the way back to 2000, however. Have a dig about and you'll unearth interviews and features with Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power and Caribou gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo.
 
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Blockhead
ep | Ninja Tune   
19 February 2004
Blockhead
Insomniac Olympics
…must get through review without mentioning DJ Shadow, RJD2 or Nightmares On Wax… Aesop rock collaborator Blockhead...
by Demented Toddler
FBC Fabric & Reindeer
12 | Buttercuts Records   
17 April 2005
FBC Fabric & Reindeer
Soulsuck
High production values and stark social commentary from this unusual UK indie hip hop duo.
by Demented Toddler
Hypercondriacs
12 | Clever Looking Records   
20 April 2005
Hypercondriacs
Hook, Line and Sinker
Quickfire raps over funk beats on the debut release from this shipshape Brighton crew.
by Demented Toddler
Princess Superstar
12 | !K7   
20 September 2005
Princess Superstar
Perfect
This is an odd departure for the bad babysitter, Kool Keith collaborator and dirty-mouth darling of indie hip hop. Perfect is a breathless,...
by Demented Toddler
Bishi
ep | Brainlove Records   
5 November 2005
Bishi
Nitpop
Nary a degree of separation from the late Leigh Bowery, Bishi has a penchant for costume. A key figure in Matthew Glamorre’s dressing-up box,...
by Demented Toddler
Blak Twang
single | Wall of Sound   
21 November 2005
Blak Twang
Travellin'
Tony Rotten's first single from The Rotten Club was the cringe-inducing G.C.S.E (Ghetto Children Sex Education)
by Demented Toddler
Roots Manuva
ep | Big Dada   
11 February 2006
Roots Manuva
Awfully De/Ep
Rodney's back to show us the swaggering bastard child of Witness (1 Hope) - here's your chance to down ten pints of bitter and throw yourself around with rowdy glee.
by Demented Toddler
Cursor Miner
single | Uncharted Audio   
24 January 2004
Cursor Miner
Library/Our Day Will Come
Cursor Miner (aka Rob Tubb) is nothing if not original. Released at the end of 2002, Tubb's Explosive Piece of Mind LP, managed to come off...
by Ed Chamberlin
LJ Kruzer
12 | Uncharted Audio   
25 January 2004
LJ Kruzer
Bitch Owes Money
LJ Kruzer once cited Abba, Def Leppard and Rick Astley as influences in an interview. Thankfully these inspirations are scarcely apparent on his...
by Ed Chamberlin
Normal Position
ep | Deep Water Recordings   
16 February 2004
Normal Position
Boyfriend's Car
Hyperfast breakbeats and complex electro-acoustic clicks and pops are the hallmarks of today's cutting-edge electronica. But, while impressive, this...
by Ed Chamberlin
Múm
single | FatCat   
28 February 2004
Múm
Nightly Cares/Once A Shiny Morning Puddle
It's been two years since we've heard from glitchy Icelanders Múm, with their superb Finally We Are No-one album. This is their...
by Ed Chamberlin
Sketchie
single | Lumenessence   
22 March 2004
Sketchie
Rifles of the 1900s
I'm actually feeling kinda dizzy right now. Sketchie's latest release will do that, you know. Despite his age (as far as I can make out, he's barely...
by Ed Chamberlin
Guitare Brothers
7 | Kitchen   
6 April 2004
Guitare Brothers
Remix Moi
As the title suggests, this release is a set of remixes. Transistor 6, Bumpy, Waverunner and DJ Ordeal get their greasy mitts on tracks from the...
by Ed Chamberlin
L Pierre
7 | Melodic   
8 June 2004
L Pierre
Total Horizontal Part 1
L Pierre (formerly Lucky Pierre) is Adian Moffat, the vocalist of Scottish miserablist duo, Arab Strap. Despite crediting his cohort Malcolm...
by Ed Chamberlin
Baikonour
ep | Melodic   
28 May 2004
Baikonour
Hot Milk
The last I heard of Baikonour was lending the opening track, Lick Lokoum, to Melodic's Tracks For Horses compilation. As John...
by Ed Chamberlin
The Go! Team
single | Memphis Industries   
17 June 2004
The Go! Team
The Power Is On
General summer hyperactivity that would make a great theme tune to a cartoon aimed at crackheads about a bunch of cutesy superheroes...
by Ed Chamberlin
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