Re*lent”less\, a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying. I first encountered Capricorns at All Tomorrows Parties last year. It was Sunday evening, I was feeling somewhat jaded by the time they came on. Not f …

Lackthereof is the solo side project of Menomena’s Danny Seim, although it seems that the day job doesn’t give him much time off as this is only his second album under this appellative since it’s conception in 1997 and the first in four years. While Se …

Another day and yet another Arcade Fire aping, instrument shop plundering, baroque pop album. However, Fleet Foxes have kind of ruined it for everyone by setting the bar so high. So, for the likes of Sea Wolf, Bodies Of Water and a whole plethora of bl …

I want to love this album, I really do. It’s absolutely bursting with ideas, humour and fun, but therein lies its downfall. ‘Life In The Bus Lane’ reminds me of one of those ‘Tigger’ people, brimming with energy but never seeing things through to the e …

Broadcast 2000 is essentially the vehicle for multi-instrumentalist and all round talented fellow Joe Steer. With a little help from a few friends, Joe makes perfect, quirky little summer’s day tunes. The music is essentially just acoustic guitar, a fe …

Japanese band, Nisennenmondai, make a kind of rhythmic industrial noise. They produce strange sounds by hitting various parts of guitars, or playing said instruments with a heightened amount of tone. There are stabbing, percussive guitar sounds and som …

Ever wondered what it sounds like in a serial killers head…? Well wonder no more, just whack ‘Acid Or Blood’ into your HiFi (that’s the name of the album not some sonic experiment), sit back and discover a world of schizophrenic, visceral, abrasive, …

Can Warp do no wrong at the moment? There was a time when you knew exactly what lay between the grooves on the labels’ release without needing to read a review or undo the cellophane wrapping. Gone are those days and replaced by a label that has a trul …

Iconic band of yesteryear releasing first album in x years (five in this case)? Dan’ll cover that. I don’t know whether it’s because I’m the oldest guy In the E&D office, but these records keep landing on my desk. However, unlike the recent comeback at …

It’s a critical moment for The Hold Steady. In the wake of their breakthrough 3rd album ‘Boys And Girls In America’ the pressure’s on to deliver a convincing follow up. From the moment the first bars of ‘Constructive Summer’ belt out of the speakers, w …

It seems a strange thing to say about a band that has been making records for well over 20 years now, but The Melvins’ time may have finally come. Historically best known for their association with the nascent Nirvana, perhaps the time is now right for …

Endless Boogie – Never will a bands name describe them so well, unless The Feeling changed their name to Insipid Gash. The main problem with the ‘Boogie’ is that they’re more endless than they are boogie. What starts of as a promising sound with the op …