Album Reviews

REVIEW: RESERATE ‘INTROSPECT’

Fast-rising Singaporean metal outfit RESERATE release their debut LP, ‘Introspect’, a hard-hitting, no-holds barred affair that pays homage to the alternative music of the past, whilst still succeeding in pushing the genre of metalcore forward. Opening up the album is the…

REVIEW: Paul Weller Fly On The Wall reissue

REVIEW: Paul Weller Fly On The Wall reissue

Paul Weller’s career has seen more triumphant highs and lows than a Mary Quant mini skirt. Delving back into his fresh 90’s tentative solo beginnings before travelling onto early 00’s futuristic mod struts, Fly On The Wall is a glimpse…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Rifles “Love Your Neighbour”

Just shy of eight years since the release of their last album ”Big Life” and a lifetime ago since the sizzling debut “No Love Lost”, The Rifles return with an album that is filled with enough Brit Pop nostalgia to…

REVIEW: Keane Hopes and Fears 20

REVIEW: Keane Hopes and Fears 20

20 years ago Sussex trio Keane released a brittle yet startling debut album in Hopes And Fears. The album echoed the Pet Shop Boys mixed with Carol King and a splash of The Human League with the sort of anthemic…

REVIEW: Paul Weller 66

REVIEW: Paul Weller 66

The year 1958; Sweden held the FIFA World Cup, Sputnik 1 re-entered the atmosphere & burnt up, whilst Gibson patented the Flying V Guitar. Other significant musical appearances included the release of All I Have To Do Is Dream The…

REVIEW: Bad Sounds – Escaping From A Violent Time

Rating: Bad Sounds release their latest album, ‘Escaping From A Violent Time’, a brilliant selection of summer-soaked pop excellence. Opening up the album is new single, ‘Lovers’, which quickly establishes the records tone. It leads in with a distinctly lo-fi,…

REVIEW: Flowered Up A Life With Brian reissue

REVIEW: Flowered Up A Life With Brian reissue

Flowered Up sprouted up gloriously like an award winning Chelsea Flower Show bloomer for a few years back in the early 1990’s. Formed on the back of meetings with original members, brothers Liam Maher vocalist and guitarist Joe Maher joined…

ALBUM REVIEW: Ian Skelly ‘Lotus And The Butterfly’

Evoking images of adventures in a Californian desert landscape this album immediately struck me as the perfect backdrop to scenes from ‘Sons Of Anarchy’. It’s the kind of sound I would sink into whilst driving the surrounding areas between Palm…