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Guido Farnell, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bjorn Again
"There is hardly a hipster trying to be ironic in sight and not too many dancing queens either."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: New Gen - New Gen
"Plenty of young guns for hire here with fire in their bellies and something to prove."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The xx - I See You
"...shrugs off the cloud of drifting, subdued dreaminess associated with their previous work."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Austra - Future Politics
"It's the '80-styled electro hooks that make the earworms."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bonobo - Migration
"...gentle listening pleasure for contemplative moments spent staring at a flickering flame."
Features / Music
The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Guido Farnell
Reviews / Live
Live Review: BadBadNotGood, Sampology
"Their mission, to make jazz relevant to their generation, succeeds tonight."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sheila E.
"Choking up and not quite managing to hold back the tears, Sheila E pays her respects to Prince with 'Girl Meets Boy'."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3
"The trance and ambient techno sequences have a very familiar and well-worn feel."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: John Legend - Darkness And Light
"...A modern pop spin on Legend's natural tendency towards soulful sincerity."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Rumer - This Girl's In Love (A Bacharach And David Songbook)
"A delightful collection of saccharine love songs of the best sort."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tasseomancy - Do Easy
"Beautifully crafted experimental pop that's wilfully elusive but rewarding."