Music

This is deep. Like bottom of the sea deep. Texan-based producer Matthew Dear (who has a different name for each sub-genre, including False, Jabberjaw and, in this case, Audion) has made slick a...

Since its inception in 2003, Freestyle has pretty much lived up to its name, skipping across modern funk, soul, hip hop and broken beats in search of quality records to release. With a staggering...

Taking their cue from jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, perhaps, this tribute LP sees 14 artists reworking the music of Radiohead from an electronic jazz perspective. Best is Mark Ronson’s big-band...

Last year’s Grammy-winning album with Ali Farka Touré (RIP) saw Diabate unplugged and hauntingly minimalist; this album takes his harp-like kora into a big band context, with Pee Wee...

In 2006, people will mainly be influenced by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. They’re this year’s Gang Of Four. Last year’s adjectives of choice were ‘angular’ and...

Even the really crap things about the ’80s are upon us again. Not that U2 ever really went away but this deeply unpleasant chunk of celebrity therapy rock has been wheeled out again and...