Category: Albums
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Baddies take on brainless pop-punk
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Can the two French producers fuel dance clubs for another few years?
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Ed Sheeran has clearly struck a chord with British youth in the last year. With a number-three single in ‘The A Team’ and a number one album in +, the irritatingly young singer-songwriter has achieved an unprecedented level of national fame and adoration in the last year or so. Needless to say, this widely awaited…
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YMAS grow up, with mixed results
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Harkback psychedelic rockers Radio Moscow return with their third album, which continues their trend of mixing layers of phased guitars, drum solos and acid vocals into a huge trip.
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A care-free, yet well refined album from this Los Angeles band.
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Southampton local lads SomaHigh seem to have sensed the worrying decline in successful guitar bands around at the moment, and have cleverly infused their south coast rock with a touch of electronica to prove those who assumed “rock is dead” to be very much mistaken. With their debut album Secrets That Didn’t Happen, SomaHigh have…
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Derivative, whiny and forgettable: The Drums have returned
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VVOLVES are a four-piece alternative/indie/industrial band from Cardiff who this week have released their second EP When I’m Down. A clear change in direction from their self-titled electropop EP released in January, When I’m Down, released on Peski Records, has more of a melancholic, alternative vibe with a stronger focus on lead singer Tom Winfield’s (a…
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All Mankind tread no new ground, but create a decent and enjoyable pop-rock record.
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I’m With You merely attempts to evolve the style of the ageing LA rock band as they experiment with electro and piano-based rock.
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After the contrast between BBC’s first two albums, Max considers the direction they’ve taken in their latest release.
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Brett’s back on his own again
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A collaboration of rap’s biggest names; can two great minds think alike?