The Uranus Music Prize is a true alternative to the Mercury’s, the idea being to bring to the fore some artists that do not get the column inches they deserve. We pick the 12 records we think everyone should hear beyond the mainstream.
David Sylvian

TLOBF Albums of 2009
It’s what you’ve all been waiting for folks… The year’s best albums according to us, The Line of Best Fit…
[Video] David Sylvian – Small Metal Gods
View the stunning video for the new David Sylvian track ‘Small Metal Gods’.
David Sylvian – Manafon
An album to immerse oneself in, accepting and embracing the slow, painstaking pace, and allowing the words, sounds, ideas to seep in: Jude Clark gets lost in Manafon.
HEADLINES
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