
In the midst of a record industry becoming extinct, Radiohead managed to make the unveiling of an album a genuine event by announcing the rush-release of their eighth LP The King of Limbs on Valentiness Day. The shock of a group of Radiohead’s ilk releasing an album at such short notice created a media buzz…

The debut album from London five-piece, Chapel Club, is by no means an immediate grabber. It first strikes you as being rather dull, with the minimalist sound that the band adopts feeling too empty to produce anything remotely interesting. But first impressions aren’t everything. With a bit of patience, it soon becomes clear exactly how…
A step up from Iron & Wine
Is the hype justified for these new rock sensations, who are supposed to blow the genre wide open in 2011?

Pretty. Odd was a shocking musical composition, there is no doubt about that. It was dull, derivative and the complete antithesis of everything that endeared listeners to them in the first place – you wondered if PATD had lost their musical marbles. But thankfully, following the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker in July…