Album Reviews

INTERPOL – EL PINTOR

INTERPOL – EL PINTOR

In 2010 the odds were long on there being another Interpol album. Carlos Dengler, bassist and major contributor to the…

10 years ago

COLD SPECKS – NEUROPLASTICITY

Cold Specks second album, Neuroplasticity, by Montreal based Al Spx is a fairly unsatisfying beast. Debut album I Predict A…

10 years ago

ROBYN HITCHCOCK – THE MAN UPSTAIRS

Let the fanfare play, Robyn Hitchcock that storied psychedelic troubadour has released his 20th album “The Man Upstairs”.  A hybrid…

10 years ago

MANIC STREET PREACHERS – THE HOLY BIBLE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Can it be 20 years since Manic Street Preachers released The Holy Bible? Is it possible some American gal could…

10 years ago

SKINNY DIPPER – MASKS EP

Skinny Dipper are the newest addition to the impressive Olive Grove Records roster and, on 8 September, their Mask e.p.…

10 years ago

MERCHANDISE – AFTER THE END

Tampa Florida five piece Merchandise are one of the most exciting bands to come out of America in years, musically…

10 years ago

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM – GET HURT

Change for a rock group can be good, especially around the fifth album. We can all name bands that have…

10 years ago

BY THE SEA – ENDLESS DAYS CRYSTAL SKY

Wirral 5 piece 'By The Sea' released their cult shimmering pop debut album of the same name in 2012.The gorgeous…

10 years ago

VIOLENT SOHO – HUNGRY GHOST

Exciting times for the band Violent Soho, supported by screaming hot popularity in Australia, their new disc, “Hungry Ghost”, will…

10 years ago

ANDREW PEARSON & LOVERS TURN TO MONSTERS – EVERYTHING WE MISS

On Everything We Miss, two of Scotland's finest lo-fi singer songwriters Andrew Pearson and Lovers Turn To Monsters (or Kyle…

10 years ago

SPOON ‘THEY WANT MY SOUL’

The doldrums of summer are upon us, with their usual dearth of quality new releases. Thankfully help is on the…

10 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Owl John – ‘Owl John’

Solo albums are, more often than not, a strange proposition. A singer or musician in a band feels ignored and…

10 years ago

POSSE – SOFT OPENING

Here is installment two in my continuing series reviewing young indie bands from Seattle, WA, I ask your patience with…

10 years ago

MACHINES IN HEAVEN – BORDERSBREAKDOWN

In Glasgow we are really lucky to have as exciting an electronic music scene as there is anywhere else and…

10 years ago

MANIC STREET PREACHERS – FUTUROLOGY

Let me start with a rhetorical question, why is it American music lovers do not know more about Manic Street…

10 years ago

LA ROUX – TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Its been five years since Elly Jackson graced the airwaves with her self titled Grammy winning debut album, and what…

10 years ago

ANDY BELL – TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

Well well, well, what a busy boy our Andy has been of late, first collaborating with US House producer Dave…

10 years ago

MORRISSEY – WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

With appropriate fanfare Morrissey has released his first recording in five years.  Following 2008’s 'Years of Refusal', with his latest…

10 years ago

BOB MOULD – BEAUTY & RUIN

I missed seeing Husker Du, Bob Mould’s original band, by a whisker in 1988; the band was on a college…

10 years ago

THE BLACK KEYS – TURN BLUE

Following up a recording as phenomenally successful as their sixth disc El Camino, could not have been an easy task…

10 years ago