Author Archives: Allan Nersessian

About Allan Nersessian

Despite English being his second language Allan has mastered the art of joined-up writing and stringing sentences together. He's proud of these feats. Whilst in the day he works for a Film company at night he dives majestically into a pool of music, writing and profanity. When he grows up he would like to hear in the street "That's that Armenian lad who sure can write

Top 10 WU-TANG CLAN Songs

On the day that their sixth studio album is released (just the twenty one years since their debut…), here are ten songs that you really should get to know by the Wu-Tang Clan. PLEASE NOTE: This article has swear words…

Album Review: Warpaint ‘WARPAINT’

If Warpaint’s first album, ‘The Fool’, felt like the band were swimming in a dazzlingly mystical lagoon then their self-titled follow-up feels like they’ve found their feet and are marauding through an enchanted forest. Their blend of shape-shifting guitars, flowing…

M.I.A. ‘Matangi’ ALBUM REVIEW

You either “get” M.I.A. or you don’t. There seems to be very little middle-ground with the often contradictory artist hailing from Hounslow via Sri Lanka. Her fourth studio album, ‘Matangi’, does little to appease non-fans and delivers an abundance of…

Neo-Soul magic from THE INTERNET

In a world where artists seem not to mind being used as puppets by their record labels, it’s a breath of fresh-air when the music is controlled and distributed by the artist themselves. This DIY approach to one’s art usually…

Babyshambles – Sequel to the Prequel – ALBUM REVIEW

“Babyshambles aren’t back, this band has always been here”, so says Pete Doherty following the release of Sequel to the Prequel, the band’s third studio album which comes six years after Shotter’s Nation. In the intervening years between albums Doherty…