Reviews

Dutch Uncles - Out of Touch in the Wild, reviewed by Rocksucker

Review: Dutch Uncles – Out of Touch in the Wild

January 24th, 2013

Dutch Uncles don’t sound like your typical Manchester band, but then that’s probably because they’re from Stockport. This non-typically-Manchester-sounding-anyway troupe .

The Suicide Of Western Culture - Hope Only Brings Pain, reviewed by Rocksucker

Review: The Suicide Of Western Culture – Hope Only Brings Pain

January 23rd, 2013

This duo from Terrassa, on the outskirts of Barcelona, have come up with an early contender for electronic album of .

Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, reviewed by Rocksucker

Review: Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

January 22nd, 2013

Okay, come on; Foxygen are a piss-take, right? I mean, Los Angeles duo Sam France and Jonathan Rado are quite .

Ian Skelly - Cut From a Star, reviewed by Rocksucker

Review: Ian Skelly – Cut From a Star

January 21st, 2013

Ian Skelly is no longer merely the drummer of The Coral but, thanks to his splendid debut solo album Cut From .

Review: Plantman – Whispering Trees

January 21st, 2013

“Think Teenage Fanclub and The Go-Betweens and you’re somewhere close” informs the press release promisingly, but to Rocksucker’s ears this .

Review: Ulrich Schnauss – A Long Way to Fall

January 21st, 2013

Mysterious Berlin producer Ulrich Schnauss returns with a fourth solo album’s worth of shoegaze-informed electronica, and Rocksucker is happy to .

Review: Yo La Tengo – Fade

January 16th, 2013

Yo La Tengo’s minimal yet powerful aesthetic was portrayed most overtly on the sleeve to their 2001 masterpiece And Then .

Review: Everything Everything – Arc

January 15th, 2013

Everything Everything are a frustrating bunch. As with their 2010 debut Man Alive, Arc is chock-full of both its brilliant moments .

Review: Four Tet – 0181

January 15th, 2013

(Type type type…sip coffee…type type type…sip coffee…type type type…whistle jovially yet aimlessly in the manner of a cartoon character swinging .

Review: Comet Gain at The Lexington

January 14th, 2013

David Christian, ex-Huggy Bear and current Comet Gain maestro, is somewhat dismissive of his band’s impact and recurrent themes while .

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