Album Review: Little May – For The Company
For The Company Released 9th October 2015 Words: Julia Grantham Have you ever wondered if folk music can be cool? Didn’t realise it can get Radio 1 airplay or come in the form of a trio of super cool Australian girls? Read on, dear music fans. You might be in for a very pleasant surprise. … Continue reading
Album Review: Nothing But Thieves – Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves Released 16th October 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Buy this album. If I could get away with it those three words, that would have been my review of the eponymous debut album by Nothing But Thieves. It is not going to change your life, but it is going to improve your music library. … Continue reading
Album Review: Nova Heart – We Are Golden
We Are Golden Released 2nd October 2015 Words: Gary Lambert I had never heard of Nova Heart prior to volunteering to review this and upon seeing three attractive Chinese women on the album cover shot I was clueless as to what to expect. I had decided it was going to be ethereal vocals, weirdness and … Continue reading
Album Review: Editors – In Dream
In Dream Released 2nd October 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Musicians baffle me they really do. Why when gifted by the fortunes of DNA with talent and then be able to spend their lives using that natural talent do they then hide behind technology and effects? Take, for example, the wonderful British darkness of Tom Smith’s … Continue reading
Album Review: BATTLES – La Di Da Di
La Di Da Di Released 18th September 2015 Words: Jimmy Gallagher When you are practically willing to snap your colleagues quills in efforts of shameless sabotage and beg the editor in undignified desperation for a chance at reviewing this album. It is outlines the importance of the band in question. When I heard Battles were … Continue reading
Album Review: The Ordinary Boys – The Ordinary Boys
The Ordinary Boys Released 2nd October 2015 Words: Gary Feeney The Ordinary Boys, it’d be fair to say, have had something of a chequered past. Rising to fame back in 2004 with their excellent debut Over the Counter Culture, the band followed it up in style with Brassbound – two albums bustling with confident, swaggering … Continue reading
Album Review: Broken Hands – Turbulence
Turbulence Released 9th October 2015 Words: Greg Arthur For the uninitiated, Broken Hands are a five piece rock outfit from Kent. Dedicated to the intimation of flight, their intense live shows have earned them a loyal following, and praise such as “like Ashcroft fronting Sabbath”, from the Head of Music at the now rebranded Radio … Continue reading
Album Review: The Dead Weather – Dodge And Burn
Dodge And Burn Released 25th September 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Well hello blues music. Welcome to the future! This is an album which is going to excite people and hopefully widen the tastes of the current music fanbase. From the opening track I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) through to the finale of Impossible Winner … Continue reading
Album Review: Cristobal And The Sea – Sugar Now
Sugar Now Released October 2nd 2015 Words: Nick Jaques “I guess it fits with is being sweet and tender!” João suggests, to which Ale adds, “The title is playful and naïve, which is just who we are, and how we are with the music.” The above is an excerpt from an interview with the band … Continue reading
Album Review: The Libertines – Anthems For Doomed Youth
Anthems For Doomed Youth Released September 11th 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Prior to listening to an album eleven years in the making, I decided to write the opening paragraph of my review and state my view on The Libertines. For me The Libertines are the most frustrating band of an era. Famed more for tabloid … Continue reading
Album Review: Gold Celeste – The Glow
The Glow Released September 11th 2015 Words: Nick Jacques Gold Celeste are a threesome from Norway. Their name is inspired from by the beautiful play of colours and lights in the sky during the golden hour, right after sunrise or just before sunset. And as the name of their band suggests, they couldn’t be further … Continue reading
Album Review: Paul Smith and The Imitations – Contradictions
Contradictions Released August 21st 2015 Words: Julia Grantham Contradictions is the second solo album from Maximo Park front-man Paul Smith. Five years since releasing his debut, Smith has retained the lyricism and energy in his music that he is known for, all the while remaining committed to the band that saw his rise to fame … Continue reading
Album Review: Rhodes – Wishes
Wishes Released September 18th 2015 Well it’s been a good while since I got to write an album review for my own blog and when this little beauty landed on my desk, in actual physical format, I knew it was a sign. Write something substantial god-damn it and do it for someone who you’ve loved … Continue reading
Album Review: The Black Tambourines – Freedom
Freedom Released September 4th 2015 Words: Nick Jacques The Black Tambourines are part of the “Kernow Wave” (a term coined by NME) this is a scene which has emerged out of the sandy beaches of Falmouth, Cornwall which is also where TBT are from too. They play blissed out, scuzzy surf rock with underlining charm … Continue reading
Album Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats Released August 21st 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Every so often you come across an album that has such an immediacy that you feel like you’ve heard and loved it before. Nathaniel Rateliffe and The Night Sweats’ brilliant eponymous debut is exactly that. Although strongly influenced by bluegrass, soul and … Continue reading
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