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album | Planet Mu
10 February 2006
2005 was a fertile year for London’s post-garage panorama. From the polished jabs and rhymes of big guns Dizzee and Kano to the cold,...
by Alex Ward
album | Ninja Tune
11 January 2006
The second avant-rap political extravaganza from Nephilim Modulation Systems will either irritate or involve depending how much you like “apocalyptic dark and gloomy shit”... or Michael Moore.
by Demented Toddler
album | Monika
11 January 2006
Conceived as an updated version of seminal double LP compilations like No New York in which four separate...
by Vernon Crane
album | Anticon
23 November 2005
Anyone familiar with the big crunch theory? The one where the decreasing thrust of the big bang combined with ever present gravity means that, one...
by Richard Bold
album | Planet Mu
23 November 2005
Snares continues to show the electronic music world who's boss and grimly reaps where no man has reaped before.
by David Gunn
album | 679 Recordings
6 November 2005
The first instalment of Run the Road last year brought the urgent, abrasive sound of grime to the attention...
by Masta G
album | Greensleeves
6 November 2005
Bob Marley sang of the music which he popularised around the world that “we feel it in the one drop”. His term is now used to describe...
by Masta G
album | Highpoint Lowlife
6 November 2005
When is an orchestra not an orchestra? Why does ambient music suck? How many packs of Haribo can a hypoglaecemic eat before dying?
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Ninja Tune
4 November 2005
Skalpel tackle the difficult second album with a distinct change of tack.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Warp
4 November 2005
Jamie Lidell: a bit of an enigma wrapped up in a conumdrum, one might say if one was prone to spouting such shite. As the one half of...
by John Power
album | Planet Mu
31 October 2005
Toddler investigates Manchester's foray into bimma-shaking grime.
by Demented Toddler
album | Ninja Tune
19 October 2005
Treva's debut casts its net far and wide, but does is it suceed in creating new memories or just relive old ones?
by Demented Toddler
album | Domino
20 August 2005
Richard Bold envelops himself in the haunting world of Slint guitarist Dave Pajo's debut solo album.
by Richard Bold
album | Touch and Go
20 August 2005
Piercingly beautiful feral folk music, but are CocoRosie quite as original as they'd like to be?
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Polydor/Geffen
31 July 2005
Okay, I should begin by admitting that I really loved the soporific, heartbroken country of Beck’s last album Seac...
by Kate Andrew
album | VP Records
5 July 2005
Unmissable compilation showcasing Jamaica's new roots sound which eschews modern dancehall’s materialism and the trinity of guns, girls and ganja for more spiritual values.
by Masta G
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