![The Seldom Seen Kid [Digipak]](http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/catalogs/defaultpic_1277_70x70.gif) | Grown Ups' Music 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
The horns of the opening track `Starlings' seem to ring out as a fitting fanfare to the world announcing the arrival of this excellent record. What impresses me most about `The Seldom Seen Kid' is the... read full review |
 | Beautiful Sound Scapes Yes, ‘Fixed Context’ by Labradford is recorded by Steve Albini and released on Blast First but this is the opposite to a rock noise-fest. Using the sparsest of guitars, percussion so minimal it sound... read full review |
 | Stunning Godspeed You Black Emperor! enjoy a pre-eminent position in the post-rock field, proved by the fact that the majority of other bands in this genre are compared to them in reviews. Most pale by comparison/ ... read full review |
 | Pop Joy! I am very much into clever-clogs ‘Post Rock’ and electronica at the moment, so I was primed to sneer at ‘Twelve Stops From Home’ when my mate insisted I give it a listen. Just goes to show how wrong you can be... read full review |
| It's a Blast!! If you like Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky but get bored by the quiet bits, then 65 Days of Static could be the band for you. At just under 45 minutes long ‘The Fall of Math’ crackles with restless... read full review |
 | Genius at Work ‘Rounds’ is certainly not an album for hardcore musos only, but neither does it give up its treasures immediately. On the first couple if listens it sounds like a bit of mess. You hear a collage of ... read full review |
 | A Dark Gem Low’s career spans about 15 years to date but they remain one of America’s most consistently interesting and engaging ‘underground’ rock groups. This feat is achieved in no small part due to their willingness ... read full review |
 | The End of Music I will cut to the chase here – ‘F#A#ooXxx’ is a fractured, flawed, apocalyptic album of outstanding reach and vision, particularly for a debut release. Yes, it lacks cohesion, the beginning and end o... read full review |
 | Dark Star Where does the newcomer begin with the multi-faceted and multi-named world of Will Oldham? I decided to take the plunge with ‘I See A Darkness’ and I was mighty glad that I did. This is a tremendous... read full review |
 | Ecstatic Again! Kieran Hebden follows up the glorious folk-tronica whimsy of ‘Rounds’ with a more energetic, beat-driven album in ‘Everything Ecstatic’. The opener, ‘A Joy’ sets the tone with its low, intense bass g... read full review |
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