Can the two French producers fuel dance clubs for another few years?
This is a core indie-folk song from Bombay Bicycle Club, who have shown their wide range of abilities yet still stay strong in their traditional territory of calm song-writing
‘Amor Fati’ is the newest chill-wave offering by American singer-songwriter Ernest Greene, otherwise known as Washed Out. The song is a slight deviation from the very mellow and pristine album Within and Without, and has just about enough spirit and rhythm, especially in the chorus, to be picked up and noticed as a single. The…
Ed Sheeran has clearly struck a chord with British youth in the last year. With a number-three single in ‘The A Team’ and a number one album in +, the irritatingly young singer-songwriter has achieved an unprecedented level of national fame and adoration in the last year or so. Needless to say, this widely awaited…
YMAS grow up, with mixed results
Endlessly energetic, pioneering, and intelligent
Harkback psychedelic rockers Radio Moscow return with their third album, which continues their trend of mixing layers of phased guitars, drum solos and acid vocals into a huge trip.
A care-free, yet well refined album from this Los Angeles band.
Southampton local lads SomaHigh seem to have sensed the worrying decline in successful guitar bands around at the moment, and have cleverly infused their south coast rock with a touch of electronica to prove those who assumed “rock is dead” to be very much mistaken. With their debut album Secrets That Didn’t Happen, SomaHigh have…
Braids return with harmonies and synths aplenty, but it’s not enough of a progression.
Derivative, whiny and forgettable: The Drums have returned
VVOLVES are a four-piece alternative/indie/industrial band from Cardiff who this week have released their second EP When I’m Down. A clear change in direction from their self-titled electropop EP released in January, When I’m Down, released on Peski Records, has more of a melancholic, alternative vibe with a stronger focus on lead singer Tom Winfield’s (a…
All Mankind tread no new ground, but create a decent and enjoyable pop-rock record.