http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-on-vine-street-the-early-songs-of-randy-newman-807362.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-on-vine-street-the-early-songs-of-randy-newman-807362.html?r=RSS <p> Before getting round to releasing records of his own, Randy Newman served an apprenticeship as in-house songwriter at Liberty Records, which was run by his chum Lenny Waronker's father Simon. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:14:18 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-more-dirty-laundry-trikont-807360.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-more-dirty-laundry-trikont-807360.html?r=RSS <p> His record company, so legend has it, blew a gasket when Bobby Womack wanted to release a country album titled <i>Black In The Saddle Again</i>; and when it eventually appeared as <i>BW Goes C&amp;W</i>, they simply ignored it, hoping nobody on either side of America&rsquo;s racial divide would notice. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:12:33 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-tapes-n-tapes-807358.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-tapes-n-tapes-807358.html?r=RSS <p> Sometimes, it's hard to see what all the fuss is about when an unknown band suddenly becomes flavour of the month. Take Minnesota's Tapes 'n Tapes, whose 2006 debut <i>The Loon</i> drew unaccountably rave reviews for its routine alt.rock exercises. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:10:34 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-son-of-dave-o3-kartel-807357.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-son-of-dave-o3-kartel-807357.html?r=RSS <p> Benjamin Darvill&rsquo;s performances as one-man-band Son Of Dave have probably made him a cooler prospect now than when he was in the charts as part of Canadian alt.rockers Crash Test Dummies. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:08:35 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-the-move-looking-on-salvo-807356.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-the-move-looking-on-salvo-807356.html?r=RSS <p> <i>Looking On </i>was a transitional album in The Move&rsquo;s career, with Jeff Lynne drafted in to replace the cabaret-bound Carl Wayne and share some of Roy Wood&rsquo;s songwriting burden, en route to ELO. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:51:53 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-thomas-leer-contradictions-cherry-red-807355.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-thomas-leer-contradictions-cherry-red-807355.html?r=RSS <p> Thomas Leer was the original one-man bedroom band, his pioneering 1978 own-label underground hit &ldquo;Private Plane&rdquo; prefiguring many subsequent developments in synth-pop. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:47:00 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-daniel-lanois-here-is-what-is-red-floor-807352.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-daniel-lanois-here-is-what-is-red-floor-807352.html?r=RSS <p> <i>Here Is What Is </i>is the soundtrack to a documentary in which the acclaimed producer of Dylan, U2 and Peter Gabriel tries to reveal &ldquo;the source of the art, rather than everything that surrounds the art&rdquo; &ndash; an impossible task, but one he comes close to fulfilling at various points here, most notably in enabling &ldquo;Lovechild&rdquo; to blossom into a complete song from the initial root of Garth Hudson&rsquo;s piano improvisation. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:45:12 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-deus-vantage-point-v2-807349.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-deus-vantage-point-v2-807349.html?r=RSS <p> The accolade of being Belgium&rsquo;s Top Band sounds like something of a back-handed compliment &ndash; and following the recent rise of Soulwax, indie-prog outfit dEUS may not even have sole claim on that distinction. And to be honest, Vantage Point doesn&rsquo;t quite merit it, either. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:42:46 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-clinic-do-it-domino-807344.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-clinic-do-it-domino-807344.html?r=RSS <p> Few bands are either as prolific or as eclectic as Liverpool&rsquo;s masked marauders Clinic, whose fifth album DoIt! features much the same uncategorisable mix of influences as their first. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:40:05 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-new-folk-routes-revola-807343.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-new-folk-routes-revola-807343.html?r=RSS <p> The punning title of this splendid compilation of tracks from the revitalised British folk-music scene of the late Sixties and early Seventies neatly captures the creative dialectic at the heart of its vitality: on the one hand, a fascination with traditional roots, and on the other, a determination to find fresh routes in which to take it. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:36:39 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-cajun-dance-party-the-colourful-life-xl-807341.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-cajun-dance-party-the-colourful-life-xl-807341.html?r=RSS <p> &ldquo;Pick up the pace and enjoy the race,&rdquo; suggest Cajun Dance Party on the title-track of their debut album, and it's obviously advice that they have taken to heart. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:42 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-dan-bowskill-more-than-music-inner-circle-universal-807340.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-dan-bowskill-more-than-music-inner-circle-universal-807340.html?r=RSS <p> &ldquo;Reggae is my brain food,&rdquo; claims young north Londoner Dan Bowskill, a claim borne out by his mature, thoughtful attitude. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:03 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-barry-adamson-back-to-the-cat-central-control-807339.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-barry-adamson-back-to-the-cat-central-control-807339.html?r=RSS <p> Barry Adamson&rsquo;s first album for his own label continues in much the same vein as his earlier Mute releases, with a series of dark-side ruminations on human frailty set to meticulously-crafted jazz-noir arrangements. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:32:54 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-cassius-clay-i-am-the-greatest-revola-807338.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-cassius-clay-i-am-the-greatest-revola-807338.html?r=RSS <p> It's clear that the producer of these spoken-word pieces, recorded in the first flush of Cassius Clay&rsquo;s meteoric rise in 1963, regards the Louisville Lip more as comedy entertainer than serious pugilist. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:29:36 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-thank-you-friends-the-ardent-records-story-big-beat-807337.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/album-previews/album-various-artists-thank-you-friends-the-ardent-records-story-big-beat-807337.html?r=RSS <p> The musical history of Memphis leans heavily on R&amp;B, rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;roll and soul, but in the late Sixties, Ardent Studios was a lone outpost catering to the region&rsquo;s burgeoning wave of Anglophile groups. </p> Album Previews Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:35:18 +0100