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Interview: Whitney
A year on from the release of their debut album Light Upon The Lake, Whitney are still on the road. Joe Casson speaks to singer Julien Ehrlich about tour vans, Elton John, and…
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Album: Mac DeMarco — This Old Dog
Mac DeMarco finally grows up, delivering a low-key album full of his most introspective and accomplished songwriting to date
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Album: Diet Cig — Swear I'm Good At This
Personal and political blur together in an infectiously energetic debut album that appropriately develops the pop-punk duo's sound, writes Joe Casson
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Album: Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
A devastating tribute to his dead wife, Phil Elverum's reflection on love and grief still feels raw. It is his most powerful and complete work yet, and it is a tearjerker
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Top 5: Album closers
All good things must come to an end — it's our last print issue of the year! Let Joe Casson's selection of album closers help you to wipe the tears away
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Review: City of Glass
Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions' hi-tech stage adaptation of the Paul Auster novella combines detective drama with postmodern mania to impressively confusing effect
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Review: It's Only The End of The World
Xavier Dolan's brutally honest and claustrophobic new work shows us "home is where it hurts", but its emotional disconnection makes it hard to relate, writes Joe Casson
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Tracks of the Week: 13th February
Death, aging and loss: grim subject matters make for compelling songs in a strong week for new music
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Tracks of the week: 16th January
Geographical metaphors abound in a strong selection of tracks released in the last week, by Joe Casson
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Record Reappraisal: Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Twenty years on, head music editor Joe Casson revisits the Glaswegian indie darlings' high watermark, a singular work of delicate loneliness and wry observation that demands your…
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Live: The Front Bottoms
A poor choice of songs gives an unflattering impression of the folk-punk fourpiece — but they play with unbridled, endearing energy to an enthusiastic crowd, writes Joe Casson
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Live: Arab Strap
After ten years out in the cold, Arab Strap's comprehensive reunion show retains everything that made them great the first time around, writes Joe Casson