Articles by Vincent Pollard

Jessie Ware

Devotion

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

Having spent several weeks at number five in the UK album charts and received significant critical acclaim, including a Mercury Prize nomin...

Greg Dulli Talks the Return and Future of the Afghan Whigs

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

As the frontman and principal songwriter for '90s alternative rock band the Afghan Whigs, singer Greg Dulli has spent the past decade or so...

Ricardo Donoso

Assimilating the Shadow

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2012

Boston-based Ricardo Donoso's official debut album, Progress Chance, this time last year, slipped under the radar for far too many people....

Deadbeat

Eight

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012

Ex-Montrealler and MUTEK-affiliated Deadbeat (aka Scott Monteith) recently made the inevitable move, like so many North American electronic...

LV

Sebenza

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

Sebenza, which means "work" in Zulu is the second album by London, UK outfit LV and features three South African rap acts as collaborators:...

Holy Other

Held

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

Often the most affecting albums are those you put on as background listening, intending to do something productive, and then all of a sudde...

Matthew Dear

Beams

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

Beams is the fifth album proper released under Matthew Dear's name and is also his least electronic-sounding record to date. Over the cours...

Matthew Dear Talks the Songwriter Motivations of 'Beams'

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2012

Matthew Dear's music has always been an inventive hybrid of techno and pop, but Beams, his forthcoming album, is his most indie-friendly re...