Category: Albums

The King Blues are fighting back, and they’re f**king angry; at least that’s the claim on their third full length album, Punk & Poetry. The band return with a line up change and a more mainstream sound as the acoustic feel of previous albums is replaced by electric guitars and keyboards. The opening track ‘Last […]

A rich, Cambridge graduate releasing a blues album called Let Them Talk; it doesn’t seem right, does it? A genre of music based on having nothing or losing everything isn’t supposed to be played by someone who is the highest paid actor in US TV drama. Yet Hugh Laurie pulls it off. And if you […]

After the disappointment of Panic! at the Disco’s previous album Pretty.Odd and two members departing from the band, the rock pop duo had to return with a new and exciting sound, and they certainly don’t disappoint with their new album Vices and Virtues. Since their last album, lyricist and guitar player Ryan Ross and bass […]

Perhaps a surprising concept for such an enjoyable album, droning blues with overtones of necrophilia suits Canadian band Timber Timbre very well on their fourth album Creep On Creepin’ On. Led by Taylor Kirk’s deep, nostalgic croon reminiscent of the likes of Nick Cave, the trio fashion an eerie version of blues. With its mixture […]

The Lonely Island return to the forefront of comedy music with their second album.

Jamie Woon releases his long anticipated debut album Mirrorwriting.

  Now on their fourth album, Anglo-American raggedy rock and roll band The Kills are in danger of becoming famous for everything but their music. Having always been an oddity since the 2003 release of their début album Keep On Your Mean Side due to their lack of a bassist or even a drummer onstage, […]

Ornaments from the Silver Arcade is an impressive effort, full of catchy and unpredictable pop songs.

Hayley Taulbut gets a sneaky listen to The Wombats new album, out April 25th

The Blackout are back. Having changing record company to Cooking Vinyl, the band seems to have a new passion and enthusiasm which really shines through on this latest offering, Hope. The Blackout have honed their post-hardcore sound and this record really shows *cliché alert* the signs of a band coming to maturity. Hooks, catchy riffs […]

Toy Horses play it safe rather than creating something new and exciting.

Rather than Ghosts, these lads from Sheffield appear to be chasing the style of the 80s and recognition for the future

Released April 4th The Pigeon Detectives haven’t been away for long. Since 2008’s release Emergency they were meant to take some time out, but just over two years later, they return with their third studio album and a rather hotch-potched sound. At first, The Pigeon Detectives knock you clean off your feet. Opener ‘She Wants […]