Delilah may be behind her contemporaries in terms of time, but from the evidence of debut LP, From The Roots Up, is miles ahead with quality and talent; producing a trip-hop laced sensual album full of pop gems.
Brash, pacey and talented; The Cast of Cheers’ Family is a excellent, hectic return.
Dirty Projectors are an outfit that have a reputation for experimentation and polarization but will whatever direction they’ve chosen this year be worth your while? Dirty Projectors never were my cup of tea/coffee (to all you fellow tea abhorrers, alas in England we might be a small group), not because I despise experimentation but because…
Every single article that refers to Brighton’s Conor Maynard speaks of his frustration with the comparison to the Canadian ‘heart-throb’ Justin Bieber. I for one feel his frustration. Yes, there are some similarities, especially with their targeted demographic being almost identical, but I can safely say that I very much like Conor Maynard and I very much dislike Justin…
After a two year wait, The Gaslight Anthem return with Handwritten. The record has been in the works for a year, with ‘Biloxi Parish’ having been written this time last year. With single, and opening track, ‘45’ launched by none other than Zane Lowe, there was the feeling of a special album on the way.…
George Lewis Jr. (AKA Twin Shadow) is most certainly very confident. That being said does this trait allow for the enigmatic front man/multi-instrumentalist/producer/badass to dazzle and entertain us for a full 40 minutes once again? If there’s one thing 2010’s Forget did is entertain. I always felt as if a sumptuous hook was waiting for…
The theme of Ashes is clearly heartbreak. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Kyla La Grange, who is a Cambridge Philosophy graduate, said she wanted to “tap into that feeling of being really fucked up”, but sadly, Ashes doesn’t quite deliver. In fact, the dramatic love songs make this seem more like a Twilight…
Championing the genre of ‘future pop’ just as 4AD label mate Grimes did with the release of Visions earlier this year, Montreal duo Purity Ring’s debut is brimming with throbbing synths and dreamy vocals. Consisting of vocalist Megan James and everything else-ist Corin Roddick, the pair have created one of the most exciting, critically acclaimed…
Electro-pop outfit Passion Pit has created an album that is infectious, upbeat and mesmerising; at times though, its just far too much…
Alexander Green reviews The View’s fourth effort, Cheeky For A Reason and finds a band that probably should have disappeared a while ago
By now we’ve all uttered the words “Oh, have you heard that Azealia Banks chick? You know the ‘212’ one?” to countless people and usually received an acknowledged nod in return or an enthusiastic “I LOVE ‘212’!” followed by chants of “Ima ruin you cunt!” to the nearest person. However, despite ‘212’ being the track…
What a year for Lianne La Havas. Signed to Warner Bros, she bounced onto the scene with her Lost and Found EP, released last year, which led to her being shortlisted in the BBC Sound of 2012 poll in January. By February she had released another EP, Forget. She climbed her way up the music ladder getting evermore…
Channel Orange is an album of true depth, musical and lyrical talent and is refreshingly different.
Foals are not your average indie rock five piece. A unique sound, often described as ‘math rock’, involving rhythmically complex guitars and experimental elements has, however, secured them a place in the metaphorical indie hall of fame. The Oxford band’s debut was Antidotes, a huge record which was suddenly everywhere, and produced gems such as ‘Cassius’…