Album Reviews

The self-titled EP from Portland based quintet Rare Monk is only the band’s third outing, following their own self released Death by Proxy EP in 2012 and 2014’s Splice/Sleep Attack 7-inch the band return with […]

There are few bands from the 90’s Neo Psychedelic era still active and fewer still who are as prolific as Brian Jonestown Massacre. Much of the credit for this goes to band’s founder and musical […]

It’s been almost 20 years since we’ve heard anything from the inimitable indie band Lush. Not since their split in 1998 following on from the tragic death of their drummer Chris Acland in 1996 they […]

Since first breaking into the music scene in 2000 with the widely acclaimed Parachutes Coldplay have gone from strength-to-strength breaking markets world wide and managing massive success without selling out. Something very few artists manage […]

For those too young to have been there and for those of us getting too old to remember, I want to pause a moment and go back to a time when U2 was not only […]

One would have to be living in an unknown galaxy far far away to be unaware of the media hype surrounding the release of Adele’s third album – “25” – released on 20th November 2015 […]

Some might argue that the Doors Morrison Hotel album was not their best as no hit singles came from it. But for me, I think it will always be my favourite as it spawned the likes of […]

There are few who would contest that Jonny Greenwood has a true appreciation for music in all of its forms and genres. Renowned for his imaginative work on his day job in Radiohead, he also […]

Toronto’s Beliefs release their second album Leaper on 13 November on the ever impressive Hand Drawn Dracula label. Leaper is an album of shoegaze influenced indiepop that pays homage to the likes of The Pixies, […]

Fans of the duo The Gravity Drive are in for a treat. On December 4th the pair is releasing a remix of their stellar debut album Testament. The remix was produced by Elusive, a husband […]

Simple Minds’ masterwork Once Upon a Time reaches a noteworthy milestone turning 30 in October of this year. Where does time go? In many ways that question is appropriate when considering the album. Time, its passing and […]

The Deadline Shakes are a Glasgow based sextet whose debut album Zealots is released on Flowers In The Dustbin records on 29 November. Quite simply, it’s an album that you want, no, have to hear. […]

Oneohtrix Point Never is one of the many pseudonyms of electronic music producer Daniel Lopatin. Garden of Delete is his 8th full length release under the Oneohtrix Point Never name. Following a series of fantastic […]

Rodney Cromwell’s Age Of Anxiety album is one of the finest electronic records of the year and, without spoiling any surprises, is pretty much a shoo in for a highly placed finish in this blog’s […]

At their best, side projects are an appealing prospect for both artist and fan. They offer glimpses of a songwriter’s vision outside the confines of their primary group. In the case of an act like […]

I was introduced to Car Seat Headrest by a friend around this time last year, mainly the Twin Fantasy album; he kept going on about how it was one of the best things he had […]

Courting The Squall, the debut solo album by Guy Garvey is an album full of variety, the song’s ‘don’t fit the Elbow template’, instead bringing the singer to new ground, with its quietly experimental approach. […]

It has been a busy year of recording and touring for the Cheatahs. In February 2015, the band released their EP, Sunne, and followed it up with Murasaki in late March. The band ended the year with their second full-length […]