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Ringo Deathstarr: Sparkler – review

5360 days ago
Guardian Music(AC30)Anyone growing old waiting for My Bloody Valentine's Loveless remasters to come out will find this compilation a diverting stopgap. Texans Ringo Deathstarr (ouch) released their debut album of homages to the Valentines and the Jesus and Mary Ch... more info

New band of the day – No 1,068: Echo Lake

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicDoes it matter if this London band's miasmic music is a retread of a copy of a facsimile? Not when it sounds this good ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Thom Hill (guitar), Linda Jarvis (vocals), plus band.The background: Echo Lake are a five-piece fro... more info

Dettinger - O4sis

5363 days ago
We Like it Lossless!Kompakt / 2000Difficult to know how to write about an LP that has sat in our player for quite a few weeks now and has simply refused to be removed...Yep, 'Oasis' is one of those albums that will absorb you to such great depths that your other CD's an... more info

We've heard enough cock rock, but what about ladies' parts in pop?

5368 days ago
Guardian MusicWe might have expected it of Prince or Jay-Z, but everyone from Nirvana to Chad VanGaalen has sung in praise of the mimsyOn paper, there's little that links Calgary lo-fi trouper Chad VanGaalen with Kanye West: one is Canadian label Flemish Eye's big... more info

The Horrors: Skying – review

5374 days ago
Guardian Music(XL)When they first skulked into the limelight in 2007, the Horrors did not appear to be built to last. Even fans of their scabrous, 60s-inflected debut, Strange House, imagined that, having made their grand nihilist statement, the amusingly named fi... more info

Grav3nhurst - Fl4shlight S3as0ns

5375 days ago
We Like it Lossless!Warp Records / 2003More diversifying from Warp here, this time extending their repertoire to the nether reaches of alt-folk with the debut album from Grav3nhurst, who's 7" for the "For Us" imprint brought them to the attention of a fast-widening audi... more info

Gravenhurst - Th3 W3st3rn Lands

5377 days ago
We Like it Lossless!Warp / 2007Gravenhurst are in fine fettle on The Western Lands, having expanded their sound considerably from their glum folksy beginnings. 'Saints' is a tempered enough beginning, presenting a slowly escalating space rock motif, providing a quietly ... more info

Jesu: Ascension – review

5383 days ago
Guardian Music(Caldo Verde)With their plaintive vocals backed by a churning, chiming multi-layered guitar drone that suggested My Bloody Valentine after a really, really bad day, Jesu were always one of the more intriguing prospects at the heavier end of the music... more info

Guardian young arts critic competition 2011: Our critics' picks

5394 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom an illicit Pixies gig to a Mesopotamian ziggurat, Guardian critics recall their biggest moment of inspiration in their respective fieldsPop: Alexis PetridisCan any gig you see as a critic ever match the ones you saw as a teenager? Bizarrely, goi... more info

Reading goes indie

5400 days ago
Guardian Music25-27 August 1989: Number 33 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicWith new promoters Mean Fiddler keen to erase memories of everyone from Meat Loaf to Bonnie Tyler getting bottled the year before, in 1989 the Reading festiv... more info

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