Salisbury Journal

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

3:18pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

Artist - The Morning Benders Album - Big Echo Label - Rough Trade

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo

3:22pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

The Sub Pop label is some handy shorthand for high expectations from a debut album, and this album does not disappoint.

Suzanne Vega - Close-Up Vol 1: Love Songs

3:13pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

All the way back in 1985 (yup, 25 years ago), Suzanne Vega's honest, poetic debut album shocked many, as a reminder of how remarkable simple, largely acoustic music could be.

Tokyo Police Club - Champ

1:02pm Wednesday 16th June 2010

Tokyo Police Club's entry couldn't have been more exciting - A Lesson In Crime was an 8-song EP, full of high-energy punchy punky indie, tightly wound around bass, cheesy organ and bursts of spiky guitar.

Delta Spirit - History From Below

12:58pm Wednesday 16th June 2010

Delta Spirit almost define the can-do spirit of indie music.

Pernice Brothers - Goodbye, Killer

12:53pm Wednesday 16th June 2010

Once upon a time, Pernice Brothers were able to put together outstanding wit, lyric writing and punchy exciting music.

Band of Horses - Infinite Arms

3:54pm Thursday 3rd June 2010

It is hard to escape the view here that, as so often, Band of Horses gave us their best on their first record, and struggled with the follow-up.

Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett

3:57pm Thursday 3rd June 2010

Damien Jurado is one of those songwriters that all songwriters know and love, but who is all-but-unknown to the public here in the UK.

Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill

3:50pm Thursday 3rd June 2010

No-one can say I didn't try. Having heard so many glowing reviews of this band, it was hard to go in not expecting the saviours of British music.

Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy

3:08pm Thursday 27th May 2010

Phosphorescent is based around main man Matthew Houck, and on this fifth studio album they enter a rather lovely indie folk space.

Surfer Blood - Astrocoast

3:03pm Thursday 27th May 2010

Surfer Blood are a band from West Palm Beach, Florida, and follows the new movement in bands that hark back to a 70s sound.

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JBM - Not Even In July

1:14pm Thursday 27th May 2010

Let's face it - even the hardest critic of hippy folk would find a lot to like in Fleet Foxes. Well, those same parts make up most of what makes Not Even In July special.

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