Dear Warner Music; it was really rather irresponsible of you to allow the release of ‘Small Bump’. ‘Small Bump’ is the sort of song that will someone will name as the motive after going on a killing spree, it’s the sort of song that will cause people to crash their cars deliberately when it comes…
The Geordie boys are back with their best album yet.
Has there ever been a more fitting front sleeve? The photo shoot of A Vulgar Display of Power‘s cover-art apparently consisted of some lucky extra getting punched around thirty times in the face for $10 a whack. Even after having gazed upon this photo on my iPod screen for what must have been a hundred times…
Motion City Soundtrack were my favourite band when I was 15 (I went to see them for my birthday), so I was filled with nostalgic glee when I discovered that their fifth album, Go, was released on 12th June. When I finally got around to listening to it, the album didn’t disappoint. The 15 year…
The pop-rock quartet from Leeds strikes again with a brand new release Souvenir: The Singles 2004-2012. Well, its not technically brand new as it is in fact a collection of their singles and one new song. Formed just 16 years ago the Kaiser Chiefs have been a unique landmark in the pop-rock landscape. Their unmistakable…
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs release their debut album just in time for summer. But will it be a dance record to stand the test of time?
There aren’t many things more pretentious than naming your band after a Mac keyboard shortcut but that is exactly what Alt-J (∆) have done. Their debut album An Awesome Wave was released on May 28th and features ‘Matilda’, ‘Breezeblocks’ and ‘Tesselate’ which have been floating around on the internet for a while, alongside some brand…
In Magic Hour, the fourth album from Scissor Sisters, the band returns to their roots, with catchy glam rock songs and funky music.
Pendulum are off the radar. For the unenlightened, this is because its two production powerhouses – Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen – have derailed the electronica train into hiatus while its front two carriages plough off the UK chart and straight through Skrillex’s fanbase. This runaway locomotive is referred to as Knife Party and Rage Valley…
This week, the new hot girl on the rap/hip-hop scene, Azealia Banks, released her debut EP and to be honest, it’s a bit of a disappointment. After uploading a budget video for ‘212’ last September, Azealia has been voted top of NME’s Cool-List, and was also placed third on BBC’s Sound of 2012. Ever since the…
Another Silversun Pickups album and another slating received for sounding like the Smashing Pumpkins (Carnavas), or for trying to sound less like the ‘Pumpkins (Swoon). They do, but then Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most acclaimed rock bands of the ‘90s. Neck Of The Woods’ opener ‘Skin Graph’ starts mellower than Pickups fans may be…
Like everything on their collaborative effort Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s latest single ‘No Church in the Wild’ aims for the epic. The song opens with a brilliantly tension-raising bassline, quietly accompanied by soulful and moving vocals about “gods” and “non-believers” from Odd Future member Frank Ocean, who is quickly becoming the latest soul…
Coxon’s latest single hits the sweet spot
‘Princess of China’ is the latest single from Coldplay’s new album Mylo Xyloto. This song is an exciting addition to the album because it features a vocal appearance from Rihanna, but unfortunately that’s where the excitement stops. Having had this song on a CD in my car for a few weeks it’s a track I…