In League With Paton

Partikel - Partikel (F-IRE) Amazon has the official release date for this debut album from London jazz trio Partikel as October 2010, but so...

James Blake - James Blake In some quarters of the media, the blogosphere and on twitter, James Blake has become a victim of cynicism. It...

Here's the first selection of the new year - new and old material. I wonder if the new Decemberists album might transpire to be a better...

A few days ago, I was lucky to have a brief telephone conversation with the incredible Richard Thompson. The results of that chat can be fou...

100. Phantom - Smoke and Mirrors (La Nausee) Hardly anyone in the mainstream media noticed this wonderful download-only album from Canadian-...

In part thanks to streaming services such as Spotify, and in part thanks to taking up a reviewing role for musicOMH, I heard more new music ...

Before I move on to the inevitable albums of the year list, it's worth briefly drawing attention to the year's best short form relea...

The Roots - How I Got Over Given their committed work ethic and prolific output, I can probably be forgiven with having lost touch with The ...

Nina Nastasia - Outlaster (FatCat) Nastasia seems to have become one of those artists quietly taken for granted by a critical fraternity unw...

I've not been writing that much here lately - instead devoting myself to the lovely people over at musicOMH. I thought I'd publish l...

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (4AD, 2010) Ariel Pink is a name many will be familiar with thanks to his series of home-re...

New Pornographers - Together (Matador) Kathryn Calder - Are You My Mother? (File Under: Music) The fifth album from Canadian supergroup New ...