27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Though traditionally and lazily lumped in with other "kooky" female singer-songwriters (Amos, Bush, Newsom), the truth is that the Russian-born, New York-based Spektor has more in common with Rufus Wainwright.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
The onrush of summer couldn't be more serendipitous for the messiancially-styled Alexander Ebert and his hippyish West Coast brethren.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Scissor Sisters burst on to the scene as the biggest, best queer-straight disco party on earth, an all-inclusive gathering of a global Rainbow Nation.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Make my day, punk, and give squeaky Axl a miss
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Produced by Nellee Hooper and Jake Gosling, and co-written by Faith with some familiar names, this a big pop album full of big poppy hooks.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Soul Jazz continues its unending commitment to the recesses of CS Dodd's back catalogue.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Did "punk" offer a more loveable figure to posterity than Joey?
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
You couldn't move for bands like 2:54 in the early 1990s.
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
The second album seems a little soon for Rumer to be pulling the covers over her head.
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
It's hard not to feel slightly disappointed by PiL's first new studio album in two decades.
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
There's no surprises here – the usual Scissor Sisters mélange of sex, drug and disco tropes recycled over the usual hustling grooves, one eyebrow ironically raised throughout like a sonic emoticon.
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
The four years since their last studio album have found Sigur Rós in suspension while Jónsi Birgisson indulged his various side-projects.
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
Just when you think Regina Spektor is coasting into a song's shallower waters, she'll catch an outsized wave – like the gulping sound in "Open" – which yanks it back into the choppier swell.
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
Rumer's risky follow-up hasn't quite got it covered
26 May 2012 12:00 AM
Leaving behind the retro stylings of her debut, Paloma Faith has hooked up with producer Nellee Hooper to develop her undeniable talents in more modern directions.
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