Category: Records
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Duffy’s back, but was it worth the wait?
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Linkin Park try a different approach to making music, and the result is sophisticated and interesting to say the least.
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Enter Shikari are an act that seemingly divide opinions – often their sound is too diverse, encompassing so many varying styles that it’s difficult to classify them, and new release, ‘Destabilise’, is no different. Pushing the definition of what it means to be a post-hardcore act to a greater degree, ‘Destabalise’ draws upon dubstep, pop,…
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Jools Holland is back. Bigger, better and brassier than ever, Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra deliver a superb brand new 19 track album, ‘Rockinghorse’.
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After months and months of hype (mainly fuelled by the man himself), Liam Gallagher’s first post-Oasis offering has been released. Lyrically, it is exactly what one would expect from Liam, but the music is closer to 50s rock ’n’ roll than the mix of ‘Lennon and Lydon’, the younger Gallagher’s former blueprint. And it’s… quite…
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At last two of Britain’s best loved Comedians and impressionists have teamed up to produce The Trip, a comedic masterpiece which I know will go down in British sitcom history. The series stars Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge and Saxondale) and Rob Brydon (Gavin and Stacey) as fictionalised versions of themselves who carry out a restaurant…
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‘Lay Me Down’ is the debut UK single from Huntington Beach’s The Dirty Heads. The track is psuedo-reggae, sounding like ‘Billonaire’ by Travie McCoy, in so far as it shares the same pre-packaged, feelgood summer vibe. What it doesn’t share is a strong hook or any kind of re playability value. By no means a bad track, but…
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Black Gold‘s ‘Shine’ is a passable pop song with a catchy, pretty melody that I can easily picture scoring the background to one of those “walking quickly towards each other after realising they’re meant to be” scenes in a romantic comedy. The lyrics are meaningless; I have no idea what they’re getting at. Perhaps a…
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Hotly tipped to be the biggest band of 2011, The Vaccines burst onto the scene with a volatile début single.
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This is like a slightly darker, robotic twist on current chart music in the vein of Taio Cruz. The pulsating rhythm will surely see this installed as a club favourite, and the whole vibe is perfect for that kind of setting. It manages to sound right on trend without falling into copycat territory, and that’s…
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Back with a superb third single, Hurts are set to soar.
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In a world that is unavoidably privileging the internet mediums of Spotify, Youtube and the like, The EDGE ask how, and why, radio still exists.
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In a world where some music has become stagnant and boring, with fewer bands really exploring their sound and with more albums that not only sound the same, but have nothing meaning to say either, Turisas are a breath of fresh air. The Finnish folk metal six-piece are not only truly epic, a word that…
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Although this may be the debut Album by Violens, they’ve been creating sound waves for quite some time, and been claimed and classified by various groups since 2008. They went on to produce several mix tapes which immediately showcased their diversity of sounds, effortlessly swinging from some captivating drum beats, to some more dreamy, yet disturbing…