Album Reviews

This month R.E.M. reissue Automatic for the People, their landmark album to celebrate its 25thAnniversary. The album will be available in a variety of formats, the most extensive of which is the Deluxe Anniversary Edition, […]

Today is a very special day for London- based, electro-pop duo Empathy Test – made up of childhood friends Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf who formed the band in 2013. Sharing a mutual love for […]

French-British singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is back with her fourth studio album and her first new album in seven years. She’s the daughter of British actress, singer/songwriter, and model Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, […]

Frank Turner began his music career as vocalist in the post-hard-core, late John Peel endorsed band, Million Dead, has been on Celebrity Mastermind (Iron Maiden, not T. S. Eliot was his specialist subject), the Eton […]

In November 2007, unknown and unsigned four-piece east London band, Lahayna, entered the singles charts at number 33 with their compulsive indie tune, In the City. Considering Lahayna received no airplay, their fan base was […]

Since their inception in 2008, Lonely the Brave has been raved about. Black Saucers, taken from their 2014 debut album, The Day’s War, premiered on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show as the ‘Hottest Record in […]

Britpop veterans Shed Seven are back with their first new album in 16 years. The York five-piece is best known for their 90’s guitar pop hits like “Chasing Rainbows” and “Going For Gold.” Though they […]

Side projects and collaborations can often be a hit or miss affair. They can range from the smaltzy record label created supergroups of the 80’s to the sublime combinations of gifted artists who generate luminous […]

The revitalization of Michael Head’s career has been a work in progress for over a decade. Head has often been hailed as one of the most woefully overlooked but brilliant UK songwriters to come out […]

What can you write about Robert Plant that hasn’t already been said? His career has spanned an impressive almost 50 years beginning life as rock icon in Led Zeppelin. Carry Fire is his 11th solo […]

In the last couple of years, Glasgow four-piece band, Catholic Action have been hyped as “a band to watch” and they’ve been repeatedly name-dropped alongside fellow Scottish bands like Neon Waltz, Baby Strange, and WHITE, […]

Beck has always been one of the ultimate musical genre chameleons, swerving from genre to genre from album to album while making it all looks so effortless. Each manifestation throughout his now storied career has […]

As Lou Reed wrote about his native New York, so Sugarmen pay tribute to the city of Liverpool to create a storyboard narrative of their hometown. Liverpool has an impressive back catalogue of bands throughout […]

Some might argue that what makes a song political is the message that lies within in its lyrics; it must be a clear call for change, a clear mockery of the establishment, of a corporation, […]

There is no escaping that Dhani looks exactly like his late father, George Harrison. Furthermore, Dhani’s vocals are also identical. Footage of Dhani covering his father’s songs is haunting. This may explain why Dhani has […]

After two sub-par Beady Eye records and a messy divorce, former Oasis frontman, working-class hero, and the voice of a generation, Liam Gallagher thought about quitting music for good. After his post-Oasis band, Beady Eye, […]

There are duel occurrences that inform the band Wolf Alice’s second release “Visions of Life”. The first being the disorienting effect of success that their debut LP 2015’s “My Love is Cool” brought to the […]

It is always exciting to catch a young band on their way up the ladder to musical success. Otherkin has the potential to be one of those bands. They are releasing their first full-length LP […]