Album Reviews

Change for a rock group can be good, especially around the fifth album. We can all name bands that have benefited from changing their musical direction. Gaslight Anthem has stated that their new disc “Get […]

Wirral 5 piece ‘By The Sea’ released their cult shimmering pop debut album of the same name in 2012.The gorgeous mix of melodic psychedelic pop has been my soundtrack of many of my days since […]

Exciting times for the band Violent Soho, supported by screaming hot popularity in Australia, their new disc, “Hungry Ghost”, will be released in early September. Produced by Moorhead, the Australian Steve Albini, and mixed by […]

On Everything We Miss, two of Scotland’s finest lo-fi singer songwriters Andrew Pearson and Lovers Turn To Monsters (or Kyle Wood as he’s known to those who know him) come together to produce an album […]

The doldrums of summer are upon us, with their usual dearth of quality new releases. Thankfully help is on the way, the band Spoon, hailing from Austin, Texas, comes to the rescue by releasing their […]

Solo albums are, more often than not, a strange proposition. A singer or musician in a band feels ignored and decides to let the world hear his or her own songs simply to get their […]

Here is installment two in my continuing series reviewing young indie bands from Seattle, WA, I ask your patience with my latest obsession. ‘Posse’ has released their second disc of exceptional tunes called “Soft Opening”.  […]

In Glasgow we are really lucky to have as exciting an electronic music scene as there is anywhere else and at the forefront of that are Machines In Heaven. Whilst they have been touted by […]

Let me start with a rhetorical question, why is it American music lovers do not know more about Manic Street Preachers?  This is a band that has been around for a long time and has put […]

Its been five years since Elly Jackson graced the airwaves with her self titled Grammy winning debut album, and what a tumultuous time it has been for the London born singer/songwriter since then. From starting […]

Well well, well, what a busy boy our Andy has been of late, first collaborating with US House producer Dave Audé back in April on the single “Aftermath (Here we go)” then recording with dance […]

With appropriate fanfare Morrissey has released his first recording in five years.  Following 2008’s ‘Years of Refusal’, with his latest dose of sardonic wit and despair. ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’ was produced […]

I missed seeing Husker Du, Bob Mould’s original band, by a whisker in 1988; the band was on a college tour for their excellent disc “Candy Apple Grey”.  The suicide of manager David Savoy and […]

Following up a recording as phenomenally successful as their sixth disc El Camino, could not have been an easy task for Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, the duo that makes up The Black Keys. The […]

For those of you unfamiliar with the multi-instrumentalist super composer Kaoru Ishibashi, this is his 2nd album, released on Joyful Noise Records. Hailing from Seattle WA USA, a classically trained violinist who has toured with […]

Ultraviolence is the third studio album from New York’s queen of sadcore – Lana Del Rey. Despite the success of Born To Die, Lana Del Rey hinted that there wouldn’t be a follow up album at […]

Based in Toledo, OH, Citizen, who has already amassed a good following in the US’s Alt-rock and underground punk scene, are ready to take on the world with their post/alt-rock Debut album “Youth”. I think […]

Damon Albarn, front man for Blur, Gorillaz, and numerous other permutations and groups, has released his first solo recording. Albarn has always come across as the friend you know who is never busy, yet does […]