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album | Canine Records
5 June 2005
Deep Sea Diver opens this album with a collection of submerged, static drones and muffled vocals reminiscent of Can’s Future...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Chocolate Fireguard
7 June 2005
Afro-French hip hop outfit La Cedille's debut communicates a devoted belief in music and language.
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Ninja Tune
3 July 2005
Martial drumming, huge, pulsating waves of melody and brazen disregard for your eardrums. Yes, Jaga are now a post-rock outfit.
by Ed Chamberlin
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
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 | 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 | 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 | Planet Mu
31 October 2005
Toddler investigates Manchester's foray into bimma-shaking grime.
by Demented Toddler
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 | 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 | 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
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