ALBUM REVIEW: Karen O ‘Crush Songs’
Rating: When the rock goddess that is Karen O revealed some months ago that she was going it alone, it raised more than a few eyebrows of music fans around the globe. What did that mean for Yeah Yeah Yeah’s?…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Star.One ‘Elements’
Rating: Sibling radio hosts, producers, and DJs Adam and Joe started their Star.One project back in 2011, being hailed as ‘one of the most exciting producers’ by the Red Bull Music Academy. Since then they have gone on to perform…
Album Review: U2 ‘Songs Of Innocence’
Rating: Its been a seemingly impossible thirty-four years since U2 debut album ‘Boy’ hit our ears for the first time and its been a solid five years since we last heard Bono’s unmistakable voice via album ‘No Line On The Horizon’. U2…
ALBUM REVIEW: Jaws ‘Be Slowly’
As Peace move towards a change of style – and not a good one – and Swim Deep seem to have slipped out of the public eye, that revered ol’ ‘B-Town’ scene finds itself with a new flag bearer. Sure,…
ALBUM REVIEW: The Flies ‘Pleasure Yourself’
Rating: Having moved from a major label to their friends from Library Music Recordings, The Flies were free to release their second LP – Pleasure Yourself – in their favourite format, a limited edition octagonal gatefold vinyl, alongside its online…
ALBUM REVIEW: Death From Above 1979 ‘The Physical World’
Rating: Rock duos are everywhere. It’s like an invasion. A fuzzy, groove filled invasion…World War two turned up to eleven. It would be easy to right off the influx of these acts in one full sweep, I mean how different…
ALBUM REVIEW: Farrago ‘All Beginnings are Illusions’
Rating: Farrago is the result of Ian Bennett’s endless meanderings along musical desire lines, flying from the face of “proper jobs” for the appealing and endlessly more fascinating life of a musician. Bands put together with school friends soon disbanded,…
ALBUM REVIEW: Catfish and the Bottlemen ‘The Balcony’
Rating: If you haven’t heard of Catfish and the Bottlemen by now, I mean, where’ve you been? Even if you’ve literally been under a rock there’s no excuse. Catfish have been anywhere and everywhere – making it to almost every…
ALBUM REVIEW: Field Report ‘Marigolden’
Rating: Album artwork, in purpose, provides the listener with a vision to the symbolic meaning of the composition they are about to absorb. With that in mind, a searchlight pointing in the opposite direction from its missing suitor sets a…
ALBUM REVIEW: Afrikan Boy ‘The ABCD’
Rating: South-East London Afro-Grime artist Afrikan Boy is no newcomer to the music scene. Although The ABCD marks his first official album, he has been an artist with a cult following since he shared the genius and now notorious ‘One…