ALBUM REVIEW: Taylor Swift ‘1989’

Rating: “It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat” is a line from ‘Welcome To New York’, the opener to Taylor Swift’s new album 1989. For me this sentence epitomises the record in its entirety. Gone are Taylor…

Singles Reviews: Released 24.10.14

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…

ALBUM REVIEW: Thurston Moore ‘The Best Day’

Rating: Where would music be without Sonic Youth? Founder Thurston Moore made the uncool cool with detuned guitars and trauma-filled vocals that anywhere else would be laughed at – alternative wasn’t the thing to do yet.  For his fourth solo…

ALBUM REVIEW: Jessie Ware ‘Tough Love’

Rating: South- Londoner Jessie Ware’s debut album Devotion was beloved by fans and critics alike back in 2012; two years later the expectation for her follow up is extremely high and leaves Jessie Ware in an extremely daunting position. However…

ALBUM REVIEW: Slipknot ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’

Rating: I grew up with Slipknot, as many a hormone riddled, angsty teen did, seeking some sort of ear-splitting relief from vacuous production-line number ones: ATB’s ‘Till I Come’, Fragma’s ‘Toca’s Miracle’ and…save me, Jebus…Vengaboys’ ‘Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom’. Disgusted,…