A strong, diverse and enduring collection of singles
The title of Portland-based electro band Starfucker’s reissued and reworked EP-sort-of-album Jupiter sets the listener’s expectations sky high. What the band have created, however, does not wholly represent the planetary level promise that they give. I think the main problem I had with the album is that each song is good, but it just doesn’t…
When listening to lo-fi for the first time, a lot of people disregard it as overdone distortion, inaudible vocals and just general noise. Sadly, with Odonis Odonis’s Hollandaze, they may be right. Hailing from Canada, Odonis Odonis were originally formed as a solo project for songwriter and frontman Dean Tzenos, and only recently became a live…
After the band’s outstanding headline set at this year’s Reading Festival, The Edge looks back at the album which kicked off The Strokes’ career and set the tone for many indie bands to follow. Ten years ago, the music scene was littered with pop bands from the likes of S Club 7 to N Sync,…
‘The Fear’ is the newest single from 23-year-old Devon surfer Ben Howard. Following on from upbeat summer sizzler ‘Keep Your Head Up’, ‘The Fear’ takes a more relaxed and – if people actually still did this – singalong ‘round the camp fire’ vibe. With Howard’s skillful acoustic guitar playing and tender vocals, this track shows his real…
You would have had to have been living under a rock to be unaware of The Wanted’s presence in the UK charts, after their debut single ‘All Time Low’ hit the top spot last summer and launched them into the pop stratosphere. The follow-up to their self-titled album hit the stores recently and is sure…
In these dark, gloomy times there’s nothing like a bit of upbeat, happy pop-punk to lift you up. Which is why it’s a bit of a drag that former party rockers like You Me at Six, Blink-182 and Four Year Strong have chosen 2011 to start getting serious and release darker, more ‘mature’ albums. It’s…
Nicki Minaj becomes Roman Zolanski for the lead single for her second album.
One Direction are the latest in a line of hate-to-love and love-to-hate boy bands of the modern pop music scene, along with the likes of JLS and The Wanted. Their debut release ‘What Makes You Beautiful‘ was the fastest-selling single of the year in the UK, but had people cringing far and wide at the…
“You’ve changed” would be my words to Kele Okereke since the break-up of his previous band Bloc Party. The guitar-based roots of the seminal band were left at the gym doors as Kele decided it was time to try something different, which also happened to be the same something that everyone else had already tried.…
The Franco-Finnish two-piece make one of the records of the year.
He’s the third highest-selling artist of all-time. He is the creator of the best-selling album ever. He is probably the most widely known name in music history. You don’t get much bigger than Michael Jackson. And while most will refer to his 1982 effort Thriller as his best work (his magnum opus, if you will),…
The 20th anniversary of Nevermind by Nirvana has just passed, with a re-release and radio and television programmes dedicated to the best loved album by the trio. Earth’s debut Extra-Capsular Extraction has also been around for two decades now, but its own anniversary slipped by without a mention. Perhaps it is time that this is…
After months of excitement and intrigue surrounding the record, Snow Patrol have released their sixth studio album Fallen Empires. Acclaimed as a step away from their well-established roots to a sound that better showcases their supposed secret love of techno, first impressions live up to expectations. The opening track ‘I’ll Never Let Go’ kicks off…