Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Vile Assembly – ‘Fattened By the Horrors of War’

ALBUM REVIEW: Vile Assembly – ‘Fattened By the Horrors of War’

The Punk genre has always been renowned for calling out the corrupt excesses of our society. In the genre’s glory…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Palace Winter – ‘Nowadays’

Palace Winter are Copenhagen-based Australian Carl COLEMAN and Dane Caspar HESSELAGER. Having played in bands separately for years, a mutual…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Slow Readers Club – ‘Build A Tower’

Having formed in 2011 Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club could be renamed The Slow Burners Club as their candle has…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Wood Burning Savages – ‘Stability’

Derry punks ‘The Wood Burning Savages’ have provided us with a statement full of anger and political frustration on their…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Guided By Voices – ‘Space Gun’

As some might say, "another day, another Guided By Voices record," and it's something I don't fault them for. Since…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Brand New Friend – ‘Seatbelts for Airplanes’

The young, upcoming Northern Irish band Brand New Friend is capturing the attention of many influential music industry movers and…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Pritchard – ‘The Four Worlds’

Electronica visionary Mark Pritchard released his latest incarnation of magnificent noise, “The Four Worlds” on March 23. This release is…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: MANIC STREET PREACHERS – ‘Resistance is Futile’

After over 30 years together the Manics are back with their 13th album Resistance Is Futile. There were some delays and…

6 years ago

REVIEW: GANG OF FOUR – ‘Complicit’ EP

From their inception in 1977, taking their name from a Chinese Communist political faction associated with Mao Zedong's widow, Andy…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: EELS – ‘The Deconstruction’

I’ve always had a soft spot for Eels ever since Susan’s House blasted out from the radio back in 1996.…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Preoccupations – ‘New Material’

A number of indie aficionados are familiar with the contretemps the Canadian band Preoccupations encountered with their original band name…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Frankie Cosmos – ‘Vessel’

"Vessel" is the new album from established New York Twee outfit Frankie Cosmos and their first on famed Indie label…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW – Henry Green – ‘Shift’

Bristol-based electronic artist and producer Henry Green releases his debut album, “Shift” on 30th March via Akira Records. So far…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Mastersystem – Dance Music

The story of Mastersystem began when Scottish band Frightened Rabbit recruited a couple filmmakers: The Lockey brothers (Justin Lockey (Editors…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Decemberists – ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’

The Decemberists new release, “I’ll Be Your Girl” evinces a notable departure from their trademark Folk infused Alternative sound. Their…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: – Sunflower Bean – ‘Twentytwo in Blue’

Brooklyn rock trio Sunflower Bean are back with the follow-up to their 2016 debut album, Human Ceremony, and this time…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Levellers – ‘We the Collective’

When the Levellers announced that they were going to release a new acoustic album and that eight of these songs…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: DMA’s – ‘For Now’

When Oasis was cited as a key influence on this trio’s sound; it became yet another issue that would divide…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Gengahr – ‘Where Wildness Grows’

Following the release of their 2015 debut album, A Dream Outside, London indie rockers Gengahr are back with their second…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Cabbage – ‘Post Nihilistic Glamour Shots’

Despite self-describing their sound as “Indie rock’s lowest common denominator”, in their short existence, Cabbage became the Glastonbury Emerging Talent…

6 years ago