The Q Daily / July 22, 2008

July 22, 2008

Alex Turner from Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane from Wirral-based band The Rascals, both aged 22, collaborated to form The Last Shadow Puppets. The Age Of The Understatement was produced by James Ford, who also worked on the Arctic...

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 03:54PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

19 is the debut album from 19-year-old Londoner Adele Adkins. The album, on XL Recordings, went to number one on its release in January 2008 and has since gone platinum in the UK. 19 features the hit singles Hometown Glory,...

Adele - 19

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 03:52PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Released in October 2007, Raising Sand is a collaboration between Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and multi Grammy Award-winning country singer Alison Krauss. The album – instigated by Plant – has gone platinum in the UK. What the judges said:...

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 03:50PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Formed in 2005, the four-piece group, all in their early 20s, were discovered after regularly busking outside the National Theatre in London and signed to the Vortex label in 2007. Portico Quartet make unique use of the hang, a recently-invented...

Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 03:48PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Reading’s Laura Marling, 18, released her debut album Alas I Cannot Swim on Virgin Records in February 2008. She learned to play guitar at an early age and her talents have led to recent collaborations with The Rakes and tours...

Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 03:46PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Neon Neon features Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals and producer Boom Bip. Guests on the album include Welsh singer Cate Le Bon. Stainless Style, released in March 2008 on Lex Records, is a conceptual album based around the...

Neon Neon - Stainless Style

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:57PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Brothers Yan and Hamilton Wilkinson, along with Matthew Wood and Martin Noble, formedBritish Sea Powerin 2000 in Cumbria, later relocating to Brighton. Their third album for Rough Trade, Do You Like Rock Music? features the singles No Lucifer and...

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:54PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Shine is 28-year-old Londoner Estelle Swaray’s second album and was recorded with John Legend as executive producer. Shine also features contributions from artists such as Kanye West and Wyclef Jean. The album includes the single American Boy, which was...

Estelle- Shine

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:52PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the band and was famously released as a download in October 2007 with fans allowed to pay what they wanted. It was later released as a CD through XL Recordings. Produced,...

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:49PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank grew up in the North-East of England and were born into a family tradition of sea and border songs. They formed their band in 2004, releasing a debut album The Cruel Sister a year later....

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:46PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Untrue, released in November 2007 on Kode9’s Hyperdub label, is the second album from South London artist Burial and follows his eponymous debut in May 2006. Burial is a pioneering dubstep maestro who prefers to remain anonymous... What the...

Burial - Untrue

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:43PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

The Seldom Seen Kid is Elbow’s fourth album since the band formed in Bury in 1991. Recorded at the band’s own studio in Salford and produced by Elbow’s Craig Potter, it was released in March 2008 on Fiction Records. The...

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 02:30PM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

Radiohead and Shadow Puppets for Mercury

But does the prize represent the greatest albums?

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 12:29PM | July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments

New track: Teddy Thompson

Wrap a Teddy in your arms ...

Posted by Anthony Barnes at 10:39AM | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments


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