Rating: When breaking out as a solo artist after years of providing guest vocals, it is essential to sever the links and emerge as an artist in your own right. Despite clearly being a very talented singer with several delightful…
Rating: It seems the recession somehow managed to affect the rock industry, with precious few rock bands emerging out of the UK for well over five years. Turbowolf, along with countless others including Marmozets, Slaves and Wolf Alice, however, are testament that this…
Rating: We knew this was going to be big, didn’t we? The Prodigy are a band that are happy to take their time and keep plugging at an album until the sound is not only uniquely theirs, but something that…
It was the first time I’d been in the ‘Sessions Studio’ rather than the main area but as we delved into the studio, we were greeted by the venue resident, Kaity Rae who delivered several well performed country esc tracks….
Rating: With a band such as Billy Talent, who has been on the scene for well over twenty years, a greatest hits is well overdue. Usually I tend to criticise artists for an album such as this, but when you…
Rating: Keeping to his traditional formula, Mark Ronson’s new album, Uptown Special ,provides delightful renditions of classic genres and re-imagines them for the modern music industry. Whilst the hit ‘Uptown Funk’ has grabbed all the headlines, it would be a shame not…
The Yorkshire band, Pusher’s distinctly grungey, psychedelic sound made the Dalston venue, The Shacklewell Arms, the perfect venue for their gig. The murky and intimate venue provided a great setting for Pusher’s distorted sound, which has an almost ’60s feel….
Rating: Eminem’s never shied away from controversy but the Shady XV album, a celebration of the 15th anniversary of his label, Shady Records, wasn’t necessarily supposed to be about him. A few nasty comments from Eminem spoils a great album and cheapens some…
This weeks singles were scrutinised by Keir’s ears and his verdict is as follows… Pitbull ‘Fireball’ Like the creepy uncle he is, Pitbull has crept onto our airwaves once more with ‘Fireball’ . This time, he has brought it upon…
Rating: Foxes In a pop music generation which thrives off shock value and mildly pornographic music videos, seldom do we find a singer that cuts back to simplicity: a pretty girl with a phenomenal voice. Foxes fits the criteria perfectly…