The Take Off And Landing of Everything is elbow’s sixth studio album. Following on from the platinum selling build a rocket boys! and the million copy selling The Seldom Seen Kid, Guy and the gang had a hard act to follow. This album was created in a different way to their previous releases, with certain members…
Despite their unpolished aesthetic, Frankie Cosmos’ latest album is ten tiny, perfectly-formed tracks. It’s not trying to be anything ground-breaking, but it’s cute, it’s enjoyable, and it’s 17 minutes well spent.
Their début became an indie hit thanks to their distinctive sound – can Foster the People match this success with their second album?
Atlas, in the end, is a refreshingly unassuming and elegant record, with a well-crafted, human sound.
Pharrell Williams’ return shows us why G I R L is set to be a release as big as his hat.
Mark Kozalek, currently the only member of Sun Kil Moon, pours his heart out into this hour long venture into the mind of a middle aged man. Benji features contributions from Sonic Youth‘s Steve Shelley and various other indie artists, Kozalek reveals his insecurities through simple chord sequences, beautiful fingerpicking and his signature vocal style. ‘Carissa’…
Beck, one of the most artistically mercurial and prolific alternative artists of the last two decades, has finally released Morning Phase; his self-professed follow up to 2002’s expertly restrained and utterly beautiful Sea Change. Esoteric and arcane are two things this album is not, much like Sea Change, the themes explored on this album pertain…
Since her last album 100 Miles from Memphis released in 2010, Sheryl Crow has split from the record label Interscope Records and in 2013 signed with Warner Music Nashville to create her first country album. Feels Like Home, Crow’s newest album is another top-ten hit to add to her collection, and although a complete change…
Eagulls’ self-titled debut is the result of four years hard work, following a string of EPs and 7” singles. The band formed in 2010 at Leeds University, where four of the members studied. The band were stuck practicing instrumentally in a basement, until, in true punk rock fashion, drummer Henry Ruddell invited his old friend…
Annie Clark has managed to continuously mesmerize me for several years. Apart from her startlingly competent football control and presence on quirky shows such as Portlandia, she utilizes her phenomenal guitar prowess to weave joyfully experimental music. Every LP Clark releases observes St. Vincent exuding a certain personal trait. Frailty seemed to prevail on her…
Skaters debut album, ‘Manhattan’, is soon to be released, Annabelle Asker got an early listen to what the native New Yorkers have been up to.
Cheshire based rockers Blitz Kids have had a busy 2013, what with slots at Download and Radstock festival, and support tours alongside the likes of Mallory Knox and Lower Than Atlantis. In addition to this they managed to find time to go on their own headline tour in September and record their third full length…
Four years after the release of their self-titled debut, Broken Bells are back with After the Disco. The duo, comprising of two of the most inspiring and brilliant artists of our generation, take a break from their respective main projects to bring us this album. James Mercer, legendary frontman of The Shins, lends his chiseled…
We Are Scientists show that getting to album number four was not just ‘Dumb Luck’.