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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VS_Price
album | Expanding   
9 March 2003
VS_Price
[Calin] Minette
Apart from Price’s rather irritating habit of over-punctuating everything (all we need now is another electronica artist with an icon fetish)...
by Elizabeth Wells
Spank Rock
album | Big Dada   
21 April 2006
Spank Rock
YoYoYoYoYo
Big Dada's energetic new kids meld bouncy East Coast hip hop with what sounds dangerously like Brighton Big Beat circa 1996. Is it successful though?
by Masta G
Gold Chains
album | PIAS   
27 June 2003
Gold Chains
Young Miss America
Having favourably reviewed a Gold Chains single earlier this year I was looking forwards to hearing this long-player. But within 10 minutes I wanted...
by Edward Blake
Robert Hood
album | Peacefrog   
4 June 2003
Robert Hood
Wire To Wire
Robert Hood must have hit some kind of production sweet spot just recently, as after his album for Logistic comes another long-player on Peacefrog....
by Miles Hawthorn
Kid 606
album | Tigerbeat6   
30 October 2002
Kid 606
Why I Love Life
I’m sure there are many reasons why Kid 606 loves life, being able to make music all day for a living, having picked a name that gets...
by Edward Blake
Empire State
album | Melodic   
1 May 2000
Empire State
Why Climb The Highest Mountain?
More sublime, forward-looking, folksy electronica from the Melodic label. This time the Yorkshire imprint turns to the Athens, Georgia-based Empire...
by Dave Stelfox
When, Upland, Bogus Blimp
album | Jester   
17 February 2005
When, Upland, Bogus Blimp
Whenever/Oblitorated/Rdtr
There are some record labels that become like old friends to you. You know the ones: they don't just spew out crap like someone who has mistaken the...
by Ed Chamberlin
Jaga
album | Ninja Tune   
4 July 2005
Jaga
What We Must
Martial drumming, huge, pulsating waves of melody and brazen disregard for your eardrums. Yes, Jaga are now a post-rock outfit.
by Ed Chamberlin
Various Artists
album | Irritant   
20 August 2002
Various Artists
Welcome To My World
I’ve been a big fan of Irritant ever since I heard their first (10”) compilation release and this, their latest (third) compilation...
by Motorboy
Smyglyssna
album | Vertical Form   
13 September 2002
Smyglyssna
We Can Fix It
There's a busker that regularly sits near London Bridge and bashes the hell out of various items of junk metal, such as pots and pans, buckets and...
by Miles Hawthorn
Soviet
album | Plastiq Musiq   
1 January 2002
Soviet
We are Eyes, We Are Builders
Sweet Jesus, the eighties have finally arrived! The nostalgia has been brewing and growing so much with all the bloody TV programs and big round...
by Edward Blake
Various Artists
album | The Leaf Label   
1 April 2002
Various Artists
Watch For Tsunami When You Feel Earth Quake
Leaf release another tasty taster album with artists old and new, but all very wigged out. The overall ambience behind the CD is drowsily rural. A...
by Edward Blake
Amp Fiddler
album | Genuine   
5 February 2004
Amp Fiddler
Waltz of a Ghetto Fly
Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler hails from Detroit – a hub of musical creativity – and that city's traditions of both electronic and organic soul...
by Masta G
La Cedille
album | Chocolate Fireguard   
8 June 2005
La Cedille
Vu Du Large
Afro-French hip hop outfit La Cedille's debut communicates a devoted belief in music and language.
by Benjamin Lehmann
Various Artists
album | Nascente   
23 November 2004
Various Artists
Urban Latino
This compilation from world music label Nascente (put together by salsa don DJ Lubi) combines Latin hip hop and R'n'B with reggaeton, the Latin...
by Masta G
Ty
album | Big Dada   
25 October 2003
Ty
Upwards
Upwards comes across as more thoughtful than those who've only come across Turn It Up Little and Get Over It might expect, with slow soulful tracks of introspection and social commentary in mutual complement with bouncing hip hop that you can't help but dance to, grinning like an idiot.
by Demented Toddler
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