Reviews

Much has been written about the singer/songwriter Lana del Rey (born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant) since the much-acclaimed release of her second album “Born to Die” in 2012. (She had previously released a self-titled debut album […]

It’s mid September and getting autumnal, but that doesn’t stop London’s Camden from thriving day and night. It’s late by the time I get here, but Billy Bibby (former Catfish and the Bottlemen Writer and […]

Following on from 2013’s ‘Where the Heaven Are We’, indie-pop five piece Swim Deep from Birmingham are back with their most electronic and frenzied material yet. With the addition of percussionist and keyboard player James […]

New Bermuda comes after a two year studio album silence from the American Black Metal band. Deafheaven took the world by surprise in 2013 with their sophomore record, Sunbather, topping many end of year lists […]

Gold comes in many carats, but rarely as noble as Band of Gold’s eponymous debut album. Because, what began as a pile of homemade demo recordings by singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Nina Elisabeth Mortvedt, now […]

There are many perils for young bands on their sophomore outings. Usually the songs that have been reworked and trialed on tour have been perfected and then placed on the debut record. Often this leaves […]

If you have never heard of Sexwitch, you might be forgiven for thinking that this album is full of lyrics like, “kill your parents and drink their blood,” etc. But the name aside, Sexwitch’s self-titled Album […]

Mr David McCarthy and Mr Anthony Malzard are Salford Sorcerers and their first white label promo received airplay from Nemone on 6Music and quickly became the station’s ‘Beat Of The Week’. A swift bidding war […]

‘Lost In These Machines’ is the first taster from Butterfly Child’s new album ‘Futures’, to be released on Dell’Orso Records on vinyl, CD and digital formats late November. Like many of Butterfly Child’s past recordings […]

THE ORDINARY BOYS – NEW ALBUM IS RELEASED ON 2ND OCTOBER 2015, we have 2 x CD albums (signed) of the album to give away to lucky winner’s. For a chance to win, simply LIKE, […]

Traditionally around late Autumn time the waft of ‘Greatest Hits’ and ‘Best Of ‘ Albums start to flood into record stores in anticipation of a Christmas stampede and hopefully bringing a welcome boost of yearly […]

Having released two EP’s earlier this year teasing of their return, ‘Signs To Lorelei’ from Cheatahs is a welcome introduction to the next chapter. Reminiscent of a 70’s Sci-Fi soundtrack, easing into view before evolving […]

Scotland’s The Twilight Sad share their Òran Mór version of ‘Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave’ for the first time. It’s drawn from the band’s Òran Mór Session LP. The sparse, […]

The constant hit maker that is Kurt Vile follows up his fantastic Wakin on a Pretty Daze with a collection of songs that sees him going back to basics somewhat. With less of the experimentalism […]

I can hear the elitist critics up in arms now; “This is not Youth Lagoon!?” In many ways they’re right. If you’re expecting the same spacey, synth heavy, dream pop that the Boise raised, one-man-show […]

What I would call the french George Ezra mixed with Vance Joy, Broken Back has displayed emotions in a fun child like astronaut themed music video. The ‘Happiest Man On Earth’ singer Jérôme Fagnet has […]

Chvrches arrival on the music scene in 2013 was a wonderful thing. Their debut, The Bones of What You Believe, was one of the finest electronic pop albums since the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Behaviour’, and […]

This writer was first made aware of Barns Courtney at The Hotel Café in Los Angeles when he played an early set on July 2, 2015, the day after opening for Elle King at the […]