Part two of our five-day feature broadens the coverage of this year's finest albums.
Distinction will never be an issue for Wild Beasts. With a voice like Hayden Thorpe’s, it almost seems as if the English four-piece could
To successfully imitate a foreign musical tradition, there must be a regard for both the cultural relevance and stylistic composition of the music. I
by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 30. Air France – No Way Down EP This feature may be called the “Top 50 Albums of 2008”, but
Though his talented songwriting is worth considerable praise alone, fans of Antony Hegarty often find it easiest to distinguish the English singer/songwriter by his
Considering that the dates of anniversaries and birthdays vary from person to person, it would not be entirely unrealistic to deem Valentine’s Day as
No one needs to be told that a compliment and an insult are antonyms of one another, yet it remains ironic that politicians are
I am not going to take up much of your time with this, but I am sure many of you are aware of “I’m
Ah, musical child prodigies… how do they survive the pressure? Ask Patrick Wolf, who has recently finished up his third album, The Magic Position.
So what in particular labels a song as a ‘B-side’? We all know the technical terms… it’s basically a song that the band felt