It fills in little gaps of his musical history while creating more unanswered questions, and this is weirdly more satisfying than having the whole story parked in front of us.

Meg Baird has barely put a foot wrong in her career and once again she delivers. A superb album highly recommended to lovers of classic rock and psych. – By Martyn Coppack

Shearwater never once falter and stay completely true through this quite wonderful album. Emotional, exciting and simply beautiful, Jet Plane And Oxbow may yet be regarded as their classic. Miss this at your peril. By Martyn Coppack

This one’s been a while coming, but finally Sub Pop has gathered together the first five albums of then-Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan for release as a vinyl boxset/download collection. The records he made for Sub Pop are among the finest that the label produced, and it’s right that these are once more celebrated. By Si Forster

Low are beyond special, the music they make is truly enchanting and Ones & Sixes is one of their finest albums. By Geoff Topley

A glorious mix of analogue and digital, guitars and keyboards/synths, sadness and euphoria; Mogwai are masters of their art. Album of the year in January? Seriously? Rave Tapes is going to take some beating. By Geoff Topley

“Whilst it would be easy to sit back and claim that this is a record that has had its influence vastly overstated by legions of critics in the years since its release, in fact it’s nigh on impossible to do so seriously…” – by Benjamin Bland

Growing old disgracefully with Mudhoney…

On hearing that a member of Modest Mouse was in this band, I was quite excited looked forward to hearing it. How could someone from that great band not make anything bad? Well, I’m not saying ‘Negotiations’ is bad, far from it. It’s just so damn twee a …

Having been away for 11 years, the anticipation of a new Beachwood Sparks’ album reaches its peak with the brushed symbols that start album opener ‘Forget the Song’. Then Chris Gunst’s soft vocal meanders in, and then the guitars amble into the scene; …

For a band with a relatively long name, Retribution Gospel Choir play short songs. So short in fact, that this EP clocks in at under 12 minutes. For fans of Low who have picked RGC up due to the fact two of its members also play in this band, any quest …

So, what can be said about Low that hasn’t already been written chapter and verse? For nine albums over nearly twenty years now Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and a selection of bass players have been ploughing their truly unique furrow through the music b …

I whooped with joy when I heard Dinosaur Jr’s front man had plans to release his first ever solo album.  The celebration continued when I heard it was going to be acoustic – nothing I love more than a man and his guitar. J Mascis has been heading the l …

This, Wolf Parade’s second album, inhabits the same realm as fellow Canadians Islands, but makes more of the sound, with more experimental keyboards and a few killer hooks. It could be argued that it is derivative of Arcade Fire but Wolf Parade were to …

As a precursor to their full length debut in June, Washington States’s Fleet Foxes have released this five track EP ‘Sun Giant’. Even after a number of listens how to describe Fleet Foxes remains a problem. They describe themselves as Baroque Pop, but …

The fourth album from the Portland duo sees them introduce a new sound to their oeuvre. Gone is the obsession with My Bloody Valentine atmospherics in favour of a Bob Dylan folk leaning and a pop sensibility that could be on an earlier Shins recording. …