Reviews

Album review: Laura Veirs, Warp and Weft (Bella Union) The Independent With Warp and Weft, Laura Veirs delivers her most satisfying  set of songs since Carbon Glacier, but here, the arrangements  devised by Veirs and her ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Justin Currie, Lower Reaches (Endless Shipwreck ... The Independent Justin Currie is one of the more engaging personages in pop –  his website is, hands down, the quirkiest and most articulate  of any celebrity – which makes his ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Bloc Party, The Nextwave Sessions (Frenchkiss) The Independent The Nextwave Sessions is a five-track EP continuing  Bloc Party's development from indie guitar band to a  more exporatory outfit equally capable of drawing from ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Sylvano Bussotti, Four Pianos (Stradivarius) The Independent The score for Quattro Pianoforti, by contrast, is relatively restrained  in simply appearing more like choreography than music, an indication  of the importance of ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Travis, Where You Stand (Red Telephone Box) The Independent Travis's last album, 2008's Ode to J. Smith, disappeared virtually  without trace, and it's hard to imagine Where You Stand faring  much better, despite their ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Annibale Padovano, Missa a 24 (Harmonia Mundi) The Independent Annibale Padovano, organist at San Marco in Venice, was one  of the innovators of a new Venetian performance mode, incorporating  several vocal and ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Placido Domingo, Verdi (Sony) The Independent Having performed all Verdi's great tenor arias, Placido Domingo  has turned his attention to the baritone repertoire, usually  reserved for the more villainous ... See all stories on this topic »
Album review: Tired Pony, The Ghost Of The Mountain (Fiction) The Independent The alt-rock supergroup has come up with a loose narrative about  two characters dealing with an unspecified "unforgiveable act".  Thanks to Gary Lightbody's ... See all stories on this topic »
'Madras Cafe' boasts excellent compositions, depicts emotions ... Apun Ka Choice Eight tracks come together to form the album of director Shoojit  Sircars's political thriller Madras Cafe. Composer Shantanu Moitra  presents every emotion ... See all stories on this topic »