Reviews archives for XL Recordings
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
Published 8th April, 2008
The Raconteurs should be awarded Ten out of Ten for marketing this...
Be Your Own Pet - Food Fight! / Super Soaked
Published 3rd March, 2008
Two years after your debut album, just how do you make it known that...
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Published 14th January, 2008
Radiohead are starting to bug me as of late - not musically I might...
Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
Published 29th June, 2007
Success changes people, no matter where you are from and for Dizzee...
Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
Published 8th June, 2007
Sirens is not the forward-thinking, next generation of hip hop sound...
Thom Yorke - Analyse
Published 9th November, 2006
Thom Yorke's solo material has received nothing but praise since...
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Published 23rd August, 2006
Radiohead were always at their best when experimenting with...
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
Published 27th March, 2006
Holy shit! This is it, Be Your Own Pet's rip roaring,...
Be Your Own Pet - Adventure
Published 13th March, 2006
After their "blink and you'll miss it" 59 second long...
Be Your Own Pet - Let's Get Sandy (Big Problem)
Published 6th February, 2006
Youthful exuberance, shocking lyrical dousing, bolting bass lines and...
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
Published 14th November, 2005
Do The White Stripes ever not have a single out? Denial Twist is...
MIA - Galang 05
Published 7th October, 2005
Undoubtedly the career highlight for M.I.A. gets a new remix reissue,...
Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child
Published 1st September, 2005
Early reports of Devendra Banhart's new album Cripple Crow...
The White Stripes - My Doorbell
Published 9th August, 2005
After the overblown and pompous 2003 LP Elephant, The White Stripes...
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Published 18th July, 2005
Following on from the massive commercial and critical success of...
MIA - Bucky Done Gun
Published 14th July, 2005
Easily the standout moment from her genre twisting album Arular,...
MIA - Arular
Published 18th April, 2005
Those who were left suitably speachless by M.I.A.'s first single...
MIA - Sunshowers
Published 16th July, 2004
Second single from new XL Recordings artiste M.I.A. and it's a...
Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One
Published 20th June, 2004
After 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast', Damon Gough followed its...
The White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Published 1st September, 2003
The Stripes must have been playing this live favourite for years,...
The White Stripes - Elephant
Published 31st March, 2003
With The Strokes taking time off to record their new album, The White...
