"If The Coral were your thing, put down this record and go away. This is not a Coral record."
"X-fucking-Factor it is not, and with such a realised and singular vision she should be applauded" - Dara Higgins on Liz Green's new album O Devotion.
Dara Higgins checks out Bill Wells' Lemdondale, the product of a single day's recording in Tokyo with 14 disparate musicians.
Watchingcattle on Take Shelter & Snowtown (plus vampires, werewolves and horror movies in general).
"Together they tackle a few of the classics in a way Dean Martin might have done if he were just waking up from a coma." - Not much festive cheer from Dara Higgins for She & Him's A Very She & Him Christmas.
Thumped's Random Dvd trip: Wherein Hector Grey enters the Xtravision across the road and grabs the first couple of things that appear in the shelf. This week: The Last Seven & Suckerpunch.
"...unsettling, paranoia inducing chamber music for a wet afternoon when you're too tired to actually check if you're being stalked." - Mike Patton puts the frighteners on Dara Higgins.
Tied To Machines release a three track, seft titled, Rocky O'Reilly-produced EP this week.
More Than Conquerers new EP Boots & Bones is out now on Smalltown America. Dara Higgins took a listen.