In League With Paton

Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky, 2008) A good friend has been raving about Deerhunter at me for some time. Their 2007 album ‘Cryptograms’ s...

Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol 8: Tell Tale Signs (Columbia, 2008) Various Artists – Take Me to the River: A Southern Soul Story (Kent, ...

Fyfe Dangerfield/Tom Rogerson – The Vortex, London 7th October 2008 It’s quite rare to see a shared improvised piano gig, particularly one w...

Wild Combination - A Portrait Of Arthur Russell (Matt Wolf, 2008) Documentaries about musicians can be tedious affairs, sometimes neglecting...

Curios - Closer (Impure, 2008) It’s probably testament to Tom Cawley’s talent and open-mindedness that his original writing and playing for ...

Emmylou Harris, London Hammersmith Apollo, 14th September 2008 It’s taken me a while to get round to writing up my thoughts on my first Emmy...

Yet another legend has passed away this week - Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield. Although Whitfield is less well known than S...

There's always a lot of fuss about a 'new' Bob Dylan release, however much it scrapes the barrel for previously unreleased recor...

Stevie Wonder, London O2 Arena, 11th September 2008 On one level, it seems completely churlish to complain about Stevie Wonder’s performance...

Kurt Wagner, Cate Le Bon, James Blackshaw - The Borderline, London 10th September 2008 Every so often London blesses us with a club night th...

Calexico - Carried to Dust (City Slang, 2008) Lambchop - OH(Ohio) (City Slang, 2008) If I see the words ‘return to form’ used in reference t...

R.E.M., Twickenham Stadium, 30th August 2008 When REM announced that the UK leg of their tour to promote ‘Accelerate’ would feature stadiums...

Bloc Party - Intimacy In this weekend’s Observer, Kitty Empire suggested that ‘Intimacy’ might eventually be remembered as the classic Bloc ...

School of Language – Sea From Shore The Week That Was – The Week That Was (Memphis Industries, 2008) It would be tremendously gratifying if ...

David Byrne and Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Download Only from http://www.everythingthathappens.com 2008) A new c...

Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins (Jagjaguwar, 2008) Sometimes I associate particular bands or specific albums with times and places. Okkervil ...

Noah and The Whale - Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down (Mercury, 2008) ‘Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down’ is not exactly the kind of enthusia...