After the success of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ everyone must be wondering whether Belgian-Australian Gotye is just another one hit wonder here in the UK. Having been around for a significant amount of time, and with three albums under his belt, it’s surprising that it’s taken this long for a song to break…
It’s been 3 years since Maxïmo Park have released a single, but ‘Hips and Lips’ does not disappoint. The track takes a more techno approach than their previous efforts, but it’s just as catchy. This is the first single from their fourth album, The National Health, and it promises a new approach to their sound…
The year was 1976. David Bowie had recently starred in his first feature length film, The Man Who Fell To Earth, a weird cross between Doctor Who and Citizen Kane with the surrealism cranked to eleven. It’s not hard to look back at the film’s themes of decadence and disconnection and not see a link to the star’s…
‘Ghost Lit’ is the latest track to be released off of Diagrams‘ fascinating debut album Black Light. Whilst the single’s melancholy sound is reminiscent of an Arctic Monkeys indie rock style crossed with the chilled, beat driven sounds of Bonobo, the singles deep and minimalistic sound is truly individual; an important but rare quality when…
With their 4th album, Beach House have truly Bloom-ed and may have produced the most mesmerising album of the year.
‘What’s a Baio?’ were my immediate thoughts when I stumbled across this EP. Well it turns out a Baio isn’t an anything actually; it is in fact the name under which Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has begun releasing solo material, Sunburn EP being his debut offering. The Vampire Weekend brand name instantly draws to mind…
Sampling Swedish duo Icona Pop’s ‘Manners’ the track begins with upbeat pop vocals, followed by one of Chiddy’s shallow raps which includes lyrics such as “now my vocal perfected / this is audio breakfast”. In fact, the entirety of the song is basically just Chiddy saying how the song is amazing, then saying that haters…
The Maccabees return with the second single from the long awaited third album Given to the Wild. ‘Went Away’ appears to me as a very natural second single. It has the pace of first single ‘Pelican’ whilst incorporating Orlando Weeks’ haunting vocals on the lulls. The guitar riffs and chant-like backing vocals help to build up the…
Marina & The Diamonds is back with sophomore effort ‘Electra Heart’; a confused-concept with eurotrash beats and Katy Perry all mashed into one.
Want a little more indie rock, after being surrounded by pop tunes and synthesised bass? Keane’s Strangeland is the album for you. Keane have been around since Hopes and Fears was released in 2004, and are probably best known for ‘Somewhere Only We Know,’ the first single to be released from the album. Since then…
Why Cheryl’s comeback is like a bollard.
This is the smartest album ever made. It’s a fact. I don’t mean thematically, necessarily, and it lacks the pretension of many of the more obvious candidates, none of which spring immediately to mind, but this album, this glorious Technicolor collage of an album, is more densely packed with clever shit than anything I can…
Poliça embrace electronic haze and production to produce a stunning and exquisite début album.
Following on from ‘What the Water Gave Me’, ‘Shake It Out’, ‘No Light, No Light’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’, ‘Spectrum’ is Florence’s latest single off her second album Ceremonials. As the title suggests this track both glows and grows, I hadn’t noticed it on the album but now I’ve started listening to it I…