The electronic intro to Two Door Cinema Club’s new single ‘Next Year’ sets it apart from singles of TDCC past. It makes it instantly distinctive and I’m sure will be instantly recognisable in the future as the start of one of their best tracks yet. Following the success of Tourist History, where literally every track is…
With Devlin, the question for me is what came first: his infiltration of the mainstream, or him visibly distancing himself from his roots in underground grime? The very fact that A Moving Picture is considered to be his second LP kind of says it all, ignoring at least two hefty mixtapes that came before 2010’s…
“My main qualms with Anthems though is the intense average-ness of the entire affair.” Christopher Mifsud reviews Frank Carter’s new band Pure Love’s debut album Anthems.
Electronic producer James Blake has premiered a brand new song on Zane Lowe’s weeknight BBC Radio 1 show, and announced a new album. ‘Retrograde’ is the first single to be taken from Blake’s sophomore record, entitled Overgrown, which will be released on April 8th in the UK. On the show, Blake discussed the progression of his…
Believe Acoustic is (would you have guessed it?) the acoustic version of teen heart-throb Justin Bieber’s chart topping album Believe. It features 8 ‘fan favourite’s’ with 3 new songs. I’ve never really seen the point of acoustic albums; they just seem like an opportunity for the artist to squeeze every penny out of their records.…
After the release of the King Krule EP in 2011 this 18 year old singer songwriter has gone from strength to strength. Following his nomination for the BBC’s Sound of 2013, it’s no surprise Krule’s scatterbrained, venturous single ‘Octopus’ is the latest of his songs to be made into a video. The single itself swings…
The Bronx return with their fourth self-titled album and Sam Welch tells us what he thinks.
After going through a series of name changes, the band finally settled on the year in which Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Bohemian Rhapsody were released. Hailing from Manchester, this brash group of lads may be the final piece in the puzzle for the much lauded ‘revival’ of guitar music. Instead of the psychedelic, math-rock vibe produced by…
Andy Davies reviews the first major recording effort of Southampton Uni’s home grown, indie/math rockers Triassic, with their EP A Thousand Leagues Down
When I first heard about this track, I had to wonder what had possessed Macklemore to write a song about thrift shopping; it’s not a subject usually incorporated into rap songs. I was a huge fan of his earlier single ‘Can’t Hold Us’ (AKA that song from the beer advert), so wondered how a song…
White noise isn’t something you’d often find yourself wanting to listen to; most of us would actively avoid it forever if we could. But when the current UK electro-powerhouses Disclosure and AlunaGeorge get together—‘White Noise’ ends up becoming far more appealing. The two duos have brought their strengths together and balanced out one another’s weaknesses…
It’s been two years since Miles Kane first flew solo releasing Colour of the Trap. In the space of those two years guitar music has died, been reborn, died and is in the process of getting saved again—and ‘Give Up’ is definitely one of the tracks that will be able to breathe some life back…
With a denser and more polished sound, do the LA quartet expand their sonic palette laterally or horizontally?
Creating a song with a balance of fun, meaningfulness and a hint of psychedelia proves San Cisco to be in contention for grabbing the attention of a worldwide audience in the near future.