Release date 5 November 2007
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“Barzin’s self-titled debut album is a gorgeous marriage of mood, minimalism and melancholia. Imagine Slint’s quieter moments or Hayden’s more gothic opuses and you’ll have an idea of Barzin’s approach… This is a morose masterpiece, an exercise in understatement that leaves the listener wanting more…" "… a sad beauty ... [more]

Release date 7 May 2007
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After more than a decade of constant touring, Stinking Lizaveta has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and dynamic live bands on the American and UK circuit. Armed with crisp compositions that infuse crunching metal with shots of jazzy Balkan madness, this instrumental trio commands the stage ... [more]

Release date 30 April 2007
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2006 was an amazing year for 65daysofstatic. After releasing their second album One Time For All Time late in 2005, the Sheffield quartet set about touring relentlessly. They re-visited many of the UK cities they had played in before, and also ventured abroad for the first time, taking ... [more]

Release date 2 October 2006
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It's been a year since the resignation of Lily Wolfe closed the books on critically acclaimed NYC dream-pop quartet Parker & Lily , and six months since the reconfiguration of the remaining members into the Georgia trio named (after Parker & Lily's third and final album) The Low ... [more]

Release date 2 October 2006
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For most, it takes a lot of effort to pull off an impression of effortlessness. Somehow you get the feeling this isn't the case with Aaron Stout. 'Queens Live In Caskets' is the Indiana-born, Brooklyn- based folk-rock artist's debut album, and it brims with the easy, understated confidence of someone ... [more]

Release date 1 May 2006
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Close your eyes tight, and open your ears and mind wide.

Cerberus Shoal are named after a sandbank off the coast of Massachusetts known for being calamitous to sailors, and if you’re not concentrating you’re going to run aground too. It’s going to be a hell - and a ... [more]

Release date 10 April 2006
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With their latest album, 'Apertures', the band have further solidified their identity, creating their most accomplished album to date. 'Apertures' is a personal and sometimes harrowing account of human conflict and moral struggle, set to music that is heavy and intense, but also beautiful and melodic; a skillful fusion of ... [more]

Release date 3 April 2006
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Its warm autumnal tones conjure up images of waves ebbing back and forth, its slow pulse creating a sense of intimacy whilst remaining expansive and cinematic in scope. Whilst the melancholic nature of Barzin's music is clearly influenced by artists such as Tindersticks , Sparklehorse and ... [more]

Release date 3 April 2006
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Thee More Shallows are from San Francisco and their debut album, 'A History of Sport Fishing', was released in summer 2002. A second, More Deep Cuts , followed in 2004 with the Cuts Plus Two EP in May of last year. The current line-up is Dee Kesler, ... [more]

Release date 20 March 2006
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Following 2003's Kite vs Obelisk , San Francisco's Ral Partha Vogelbacher return with a third album, 'Shrill Falcons'.

Ral Partha Vogelbacher are a they, not a he: frontman and founder Chadwick Bidwell is once again joined by friends and collaborators Thee More Shallows . Tearing up the usual template, ... [more]

Release date 2 January 2006
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Their eclectic style of music incorporates post-rock, metal, sludge, prog', stoner and doom with jazz stylings and eastern influences. RockDetector's book, ' History of Stoner, Goth, and Doom ', categorises their music as 'doom-jazz', a label that the band have taken to citing when asked to describe their music.

Stinking Lizaveta's ... [more]

Release date 24 October 2005
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Following the release of their widely acclaimed debut album ' The Fall of Math ' in 2004, 65daysofstatic spent several months touring the UK, playing to packed venues and festival tents. They recorded three radio sessions for BBC Radio 1 - for the late John Peel, Zane Lowe and a ... [more]

Release date 10 October 2005
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Their 2004 debut album, 'City of Dis', received critical praise for its dynamic and eclectic blending of heavy musical styles. In 'Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness' The Mass continue to stretch the boundaries of heavy music as they further solidify their collective vision of skewed melody and crushing brutality.

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Release date 22 August 2005
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Picastro are a quintet hailing from Toronto, Canada, and their mournful, abrasive, string driven sound appears cut from the same cloth as Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Guitarist and vocalist Liz Hysen has appeared with Cerberus Shoal and Tigerbeat6 artist Dwayne Sodahberk who guests on Skinnies.

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Release date 9 May 2005
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The opening track, Two AM, is perhaps an unusual choice of subject matter, dealing as it does with noise-disturbance. However Two AM and the other tracks on this EP capture the themes of More Deep Cuts the album from which it is taken - madness , guilt, ... [more]

Release date 27 September 2004
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"More Deep Cuts" is the second album by the San Francisco band Thee More Shallows. Their debut album "A History of Sport Fishing" received glowing reviews likening them to a diverse host of bands, including Yo La Tengo, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse and GSYBE, yet lauding them for being more than ... [more]

Release date 29 March 2004
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Following its sell-out success in the US, Picastro's debut album, Red Your Blues, will get its UK release through Monotreme Records.

Some of these tracks may be familiar to fans of 24 . Those paying close attention to early episodes of the hit Kiefer Sutherland series will have heard ... [more]

Release date 6 October 2003
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The Mass play dynamic, stop-on-a-dime music that gallops through a variety of styles, incorporating math-rock, punk/jazz saxophone and crushing guitar with grindcore vocals that range from high-pitched screams to deep guttural growls to unearthly howls.

Despite the varied nature of their music, the songs somehow remain cohesive and even melodic. ... [more]

Release date 6 October 2003
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From the hyper-kinetic opener, 'If I Dare', to the thundering finale title track, Skin Failure maintains a driving energy throughout, transiting through numerous tempo changes, careering from melodic to frenzied, and punctuated with explosive outbursts of guitar. Front man Andrew Lund's impassioned vocals and often-politicised lyrics add a further edge ... [more]

Release date 17 March 2003
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Listening to Ral Partha Vogelbacher’s latest album, Kite vs Obelisk, one can’t help but wonder how the world must appear through the eyes of Chadwick Bidwell, the impishly creative driving force behind the San Francisco band. If his recordings are anything to go by, you might try twisting everything and ... [more]