"There’s no point getting anyone else to play": DiS meets Gaz Coombes
I’m talking to Gaz Coombes on the phone, meaning I can’t see him. But that’s okay, because my imagination has handily sorted me out with an image. »
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MarcBurrows has written the following articles:
Sun Airway - Soft Fall
Good rather than great, and enjoyable if rarely fully captivating, what’s clear is that Jon Barthmus has a talent both as a producer, arranger and writer that could well pay dividends a couple of records down the line, in the meantime we have Soft Fall and things could be a whole lot worse.»
Patrick Wolf - Sundark and Riverlight
A beautifully constructed, wintery heart-stopper of a record.»
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
All We Love We Leave Behind stands toe-to-toe with the best of Converge's canon, and that means the best of modern metal.»
Snowblink - Inner Classics
There are no bad songs on Inner Classics,, no painful moments, no dodgy production or misjudged directions. But there’s not much else either. »
John Cale - Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
An enjoyable offering from a genuine treasure.»
Green Day - iUno!
It’s a shame John Hughes isn’t around anymore, because most songs here could easily fit the smarter end of his output.»
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
Mirage Rock’ll probably sell by the bucketload but that doesn’t mean we have to love it.»
Gallows - Gallows
Gallows (the album) is the one we’ve been waiting for Gallows (the band) to make since their earliest shows. »
Bloc Party - Four
Sometimes it's like Bloc Party have accidentally made a Biffy Clyro album, but for the most part it's good. Very good.»
Blur - The Great Escape ('21' reissue)
Away from the Battle-of-Britpop hype on the one hand, and post-Gallagherisation whitewash on the other, The Great Escape reveals itself as flawed, melancholy, occasionally stunning and utterly bonkers.»