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NickSouthall has written the following articles:

41306

Bloc Party - Intimacy

Review by Nick Southall

Intimacy gets pretty close to achieving Bloc Party's ultimate goal of aligning their different directional desires, and while imperfect the band's third is also hugely invigorating»

41248

Polar Bear - Polar Bear

Review by Nick Southall

For those that don’t know, Polar Bear are a jazz band, and in 2005 were the token jazz nomination for the Mercury Music Prize. If»

39022

N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds

Review by Nick Southall

NER*D's problem is that crunchy, eclectic, hip-hop and rock melding post-millennial pop just doesn’t sound like the future anymore»

36358

Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends

Review by Nick Southall

Coldplay's fourth album might be their best, but it's still far from being the epochal classic that Chris Martin seems so desperate to create»

34396

Portishead - Third

Review by Nick Southall

Can it really take 11 years to make a record? Of course not; if anyone thinks even for a single moment that all Portishead have been doing since 1997 is writing this LP then their grasp on reality is tenuous at best»

35231

The Dø - A Mouthful

Review by Nick Southall

A Mouthful is a resolutely pop album, in the old-fashioned sense; eclectic, characterful, audacious, addictive and irresistibly sexy. You've probably not heard anything like The Dø in a long time»

33810

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Review by Nick Southall

The achievement of The Seldom Seen Kid is that Elbow manage to be both incredibly consistent and perpetually improving. It’s an easy phrase to utter, but they are one of the finest bands in the world right now»

29607

Patrick Wolf at Exeter Phoenix, Thu 22 Nov

Review by Nick Southall

Following his announcement earlier in the year that he’d never play live again, and his occasional prima donna tendencies, you never know quite what to expect from Patrick Wolf»

29353

Statehood - Lies and Rhetoric

Review by Nick Southall

For the most part ex-D' Plan outfit Statehood's Lies And Rhetoric is pretty straightforward DC post-hardcore with lashing guitars, but it still raises a mighty riot»


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