Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk Pennyblackmusic online magazine: new album and single reviews en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6888 Fascinating compilation of the work of under-rated and forgotten late 70s French pioneers of electro dance, Space Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6866 Extreme, but totally compelling second album from New York-based post rock act, A Place to Bury Strangers Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6863 Darkly poetic Gothic rock on first-rate debut alabum from Southampton-based rock band, RazorBladeKisses, which is fronted by two Iranian sisters, Layla and Azadeh Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6865 Not entirely satisfactory reissue of under-rated London-based indie pop band Spearmint's 1999 debut album Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6873 Fantastic electro pop on second album from Mercury Prize nominee Maps, the porject of Northampton-based musician James Chapman Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6869 Spirited live CD/DVD recording of first gig in eighteen years from influential 70's punk band X-Ray Spex Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6877 Occasionally gruelling, but ultimately riveting latest album from improvisational New York-based act White Out, which includes contributions from Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6879 Upbeat latest album from Florida-based group the Mojo Gurus, who combine diverse musical style with a fiery rock and roll attitude Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6878 Excellent third album of distorted rock from Philadelphian genius singer-songwriter Kurt Vile, whose seeming amateurish exuberance does not conceal his ability to write a sharp tune Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6880 Perfect latest album of 50's-tinged rock from Danish two-piece, the Raveonettes Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6886 Fantastic debut album from boundary-pushing hardcore act, Nephu Huzzband, who seem destined for a very bright future Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6876 Effectively performed free jazz from pianist John Blum, which nevertheless seems out of context and out of time Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6867 Superb second album from much acclaimed My Bloody Valentine-inspired Californian-based shoegazing duo, Fleeting Joys Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6861 Spirit and upbeat collection primarily of pop and rock reworkings on debut mini-album from jazz outfit Brassroots, the new band of acclaimed Texas-born and now London-based trombonist and musician, Jerome Haper Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6889 Gloomy, but meditative and compelling stoner rock on fourth album from stoner rock duo, OM Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6838 Promising debeut mini-album from dark sounding Cambridge post punks, the Raudive Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6883 Almost unlistenable political punk on debut album from all female British trio, Pens Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6874 Superb second album from outstanding and much acclaimed Country Wicklow nine piece country outfit, Bray Vista Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6885 Enjoyable latest album from Carribean reggae star Levi Roots, who in recent years has become known for his Reggae Reggae sauce and as a television cook Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6875 Striking combination of country, folk and pop on forceful debut album from Dallas duo the O's, who use the banjo as their main instrument Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6831 Improvisational, but ultimately captivating debut album from North London-based free jazz/drone rock quartet, Debbie Leggo Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6887 Unpredictable, but totally convincing latest album from experimental French hardcore band, We Insist! Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6857 Often dull set of remixes of M's clssic 'Pop Muzik', few of which compare to the 1979 original Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6850 Exceptional fourth album from New Orleans-based duo Jeff and Vida, with a unique and unusual interpretion of bluegrass Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6870 Excellent double CD collection comprising of everything which the Reegs, the 90s band of Chameleons guitarists Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding, ever recorded Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6842 Fine compilation consisting of tracks from the four albums that the Canadian blues-woman and singer-songwriter Sue Foley had recorded at different parts of her career for the Antones label Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6868 Electrifying first single in three years from versatile West London-based act, the Bitter Springs, which consists of five different versions of the same song Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6882 Stunning comeback single from the recently expanded Tender Trap, the latest project of Talulah Gosh and Heavenly's Amelia Fletcher Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6884 First rate debut EP from completely uncompromising Leeds-based hardcore outfit, Chickenhawk Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6891 Ham-fisted satirical punk on debut EP from Wigan-based four-piece, the Dead Shores Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6834 Emotionally-packed and immediate-sounding double A-sided single from Glaswegian indie rockers, Vegas Nights Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:03 GMT http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6890 Wistful, but unassuming debut EP from the Boy Who Trapped the Sun, the project of Isle of Lewis-born, but now London-based folk artist, Colin MacLeod