Caribou – Our Love
October 17th, 2014 | by Neill Dougan
Most adults have, at one stage or another, suffered from a broken heart. A thoroughly miserable life experience, the majority …
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patten – Estoile Naiant
April 7th, 2014 | by Neill Dougan
Once, a long time ago, The Thin Air had reason to find itself upon a small boat, sailing around Australia’s …
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
March 20th, 2014 | by Neill Dougan
For myriad reasons, we are sadly unlikely ever to hear a collaboration between prime-period Bob Dylan and Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized …
Chequerboard – The Unfolding
October 10th, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
Back in 1993, Damon Albarn coined the phrase Modern Life Is Rubbish for the title of his band’s second album. …
James Holden – The Inheritors
July 1st, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
The Thin Air was always rubbish at maths (GCSE Grade B, y’all!). Frankly, we couldn’t see the point. Now, of …
Tieranniesaur – DIYSCO
June 10th, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
It’s a curious truth that there is no justice. For proof of this incontrovertible fact, consider the cases of Daft …
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
June 4th, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
Unlikely though it sounds, it is actually possible to simultaneously love and loathe something. A catalogue of things that The …
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
May 20th, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
Ten years on from their garlanded debut, and four years since their last album, much has changed for Yeah Yeah …
The Fall – Re-mit
May 3rd, 2013 | by Neill Dougan
It’s never easy reviewing a new Fall album, mainly because – in the experience of this reviewer at least – …