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Guido Farnell, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lee Fields & The Expressions, Zillanova
We can only hope that he continues to delight audiences for many more years to come.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: London Grammar, Vancouver Sleep Clinic
The band look shocked that almost everyone in the house chooses to sing along with Strong when they eventually return for a one-song encore.
Features / Music
Sount Therapy
"This disease doesn’t make me less of a human."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
he deals some sophisticated synthetic orchestral arrangements and delves deeply into laptop production, leaving trashy electro contemporaries in the dust.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pond, Doctopus, Mangelwurzel
It takes Fantastic Explosions Of Time for the crowd to start bouncing and the front rows recklessly moshing and crowd surfing with wild abandon.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Peter Murphy, Charlie Horse
Tonight’s gig is a blast from the past, reminding us that those old Bauhaus songs still sound fresh.
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Guido Farnell
Savages top 2013 for Guido Farnell.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Debruit & Alsarah - Aljawal
Aljawal will keep fans of Shangaan electro shaking.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: bEEdEEgEE - SUM/ONE
SUM/ONE brings an eclectic juxtaposition of styles and atmospherics together with a satisfying beat.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sumie - Sumie
Sumie’s breathy vocals, at once seductive and hypnotic, drift out of the stereo like a cool breeze on a hot summer’s day, songs bewitching in their simplicity.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Superhumanoids - Exhibitionists
Aiming for consistency, Superhumanoids have released an album of bright, feelgood pop.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, Markus Popp
Offering a mysterious and almost magical experience, Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory hypnotise with the glorious, celestial reach of their music.
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