Album Reviews

You may have noticed that since we launched our new improved Rhythm Online, we've been including reviews for lots of new releases. These come courtesy of our friends at The Line of Best Fit blog (see the link on our 'About Us' page). We don't necessarily always agree with the opinions, or the scores given, but they are always interesting and informed. See 'Featured' below.

2007 Live Music Retrospective

Gigs of the year: Shellac, Battles, Band of Horses, Clinic at the ATP Festival; Shy Child at Club Goo; The Shins and Hadouken! at Reading, Sunburned Hand of The Man and Broken Family Band at Cambridge's Portland Arms. Click here for photos, or see 'Featured' for some of these artists' releases. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>

SHELLAC, A.T.P. vs The Fans, 19 May 07:



BATTLES, A.T.P. vs The Fans, 19 May 07:



BAND OF HORSES:, A.T.P. vs The Fans, 20 May 07:



CLINIC, A.T.P. vs The Fans, 19 May 07:



SHY CHILD, Club Goo, 31 May 07:



THE SHINS, Reading Festival, 24 August 07:

HADOUKEN!, Reading Festival, 25 August 07:

THE SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN, The Portland Arms, 6 November 07:



THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND, The Portland Arms (Ciarafest), 14 December 07:

Rhythm's Top Ten of 2007

Heads scratched, pencils sharpened, arguments resolved: here is Rhythm Online's (by no means definitive) list of 2007's top releases. These are the albums (or compilations, or EPs) that soundtracked *our* year. 2007 was pretty fine - here's wishing you all a great 2008 too.

Seasonal Buys!

Featured, below, are a selection of seasonal Christmas records, for those of you who may be getting into the festive mood. We've also now produced RHYTHM ONLINE GIFT VOUCHERS - a great last-minute present idea ... Enjoy!

Vital's "Very Best of 2007"

Now available: some great discounts on a range of top titles representing Vital's picks of the best releases of the year gone by. A few of these are featured below, but there are loads of others available, including ENTER SHIKARI, THE GO! TEAM, UNDERWORLD, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, MUM, KID ACNE, FIERY FURNACES, JOAN AS POLICEWOMEN and more. Coming soon: Rhythm's own pick of favourites from 2007...

Our Bloody Valentine!

To celebrate the upcoming reunion gigs from the legendary My Bloody Valentine, we are this week highlighting some of their releases in our 'featured' section (look! below!). You can also use our 'search' box to get a complete list of everything that we stock by the band, including various compilations on which they appear. Enjoy, and if you managed to get tickets for their gigs - lucky you!

Thrill Jockey Special Offers

To celebrate 15 years of the THRILL JOCKEY label, this month we can offer some pretty tasty discounts on some of their classic titles. A few of these are shown in our 'Featured...' section below, and there are plenty more where that came from: Angela Desveaux, Arboretum, Bobby Conn, Califone, Chicago Underground Duo, Freakwater, Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake, Howe Belb, Ooioo, Oval, Pit er Pat, Pullman, Sea and Cake, Tortoise, Trans Am, 8 Bold Souls, A Minor Forest, Adult., Aki Tsuyoko, All Natural, Anderson / Barry, Andrew Coleman, Archer Prewitt, Arizona Amp and Alternator, Band of ... Blacky Ranchette, Brokeback, Califone, Catherine Irwin, Daniel Higgs, David Byrne, Daviv Boykin, Directions in Music, Eleventh Dream Day, Exploding Star Orchestra, Extra Golden, Giant Sand, Grey Market Goods, Isotope 217, Janet Bean / Concertina Wire, Jeff Parker, Jimmy Martin, John Parish, Lithops, Lonesome Organist, Microstoria, National Trust, Nerves, Nobukazu Takemura, Pullman, Radian, Sam Prekop, So, Sticks and Stones, Thalia Zedek, The Eternals, The Lonesome Organist, The National Trust, The Zincs, Town and Country, Tom Verlaine, Transchamps, Trapist, V - A)