Tag: album

ALBUM: Kodaline ‘Coming Up For Air’

Rating: Kodaline, the Dublin-based rock quartet who have been compared to the likes of U2, Keane and Oasis, are set to release their second album, Coming Up For Air, following the success of their debut, In A Perfect World. With recording starting just after…

ALBUM: Björk ‘Vulnicura’

Rating: The amount of music Björk has wowed us with over the years means that her “mind-blowing” ninth studio album Vulnicura – released a full two months ahead of schedule after internet leaks – should come as no surprise to our ears. Björk’s albums are that…

ALBUM: The Charlatans ‘Modern Nature’

Modern Nature is the album that very nearly didn’t happen at all. Following the untimely death of drummer and founding member Jon Brookes in 2013, the 11-tracked record is finally set for release at the end of this month. It…

ALBUM REVIEW: Nefew ‘Rise of the Antihero’

Rating: Swiss-American hip-hop group Nefew return with Rise of the Antihero, the sequel to their 2010 mixtape Antihero Begins and the duo’s first full length studio album since 2007’s Off the Cuff. Rise of the Antihero is a record about…

ALBUM: Azealia Banks ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’

Rating: “Why procrastinate girl?” Azealia Banks asked herself in her debut single ‘212’ and 3 years later we’re still asking the same question. You can’t forget it wasn’t all down to her, with her label pushing the release back from…

ALBUM REVIEW: Fuse ODG ‘T.I.N.A’

Rating: Fuse ODG is currently one of the leading lights in new British Afrobeat. His debut album T.I.N.A. consolidates the rapid progress he has has made over the last eighteen months and features no less than four top 10 singles…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Coral ‘The Curse of Love’

You can’t exactly call it a ‘new album’, because that’s a bit of a lie. Recorded back in 2006, The Coral set about recording 12 tracked album The Curse of Love, and eight years later have decided now is the…

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…