Music Reviews

Sweetheart
3 May 2011

Single Review - Sweetheart - The Avenue
Sweetheart are masters of deception. The name suggests swetness and light and the Southampton foursome look and sound like butter wouldn't melt, but 'The Avenue' suggests otherwise. The first collection of ...

Mother Mother
26 April 2011

Album Review: Eureka - Mother Mother
Out 16 May Eureka, the third studio album from Canadian avante pop quintet Mother Mother, is the band’s most tenacious and undaunted record to date. An eccentric, hook laden pop-meets-rock album, the ...

Alice Gold
26 April 2011

Album Review: Seven Rainbows - Alice Gold
Out 4 July Since being named as one to watch by The Observer in September of last year, we have waited in quiet anticipation to hear some recorded material from 20-something ...

Laki Mera - The Proximity Effect
25 April 2011

Album Review: The Proximity Effect - Laki Mera
The debut album from Glaswegian quartet Laki Mera follows Clutter the 2010 EP which earned them comparisons to the likes of the Cocteau Twins, Portishead, Blue Nile, Ryuichi Sakamoto and ...

Twenty Twenty
19 April 2011

Twenty Twenty - Small Talk
Small Talk by Boyband Twenty Twenty is the brand new mini album, a taste of their first full debut album out in Autumn. With help from Julian Emery of Mcfly and ...

Miles Kane
15 April 2011

Album Review: Colour of the Trap - Miles Kane
Out 9 May Seven months since he released his debut solo single Inhaler, Miles Kane is joining the current indie boom and releasing his first solo LP, Colour of the Trap. ...

Charlotte Church
15 April 2011

Single Review: Snow - Charlotte Church
Out 11 April Child prodigy come sultry singer Charlotte Church returns this Spring with Snow, the third single from her current album, Back to Scratch but fans of the album are ...

Austra
14 April 2011

Album Review: Feel It Break - Austra
Out 16 May Following a small string of UK dates, Toronto based electronic trio Austra (pronounced Owstra) are set to release their debut LP Feel it Break which sees a unique ...

Charlie Simpson
14 April 2011

Single Review: Down Down Down - Charlie Simpson
Out 11 April Last year Fightstar announced they would be going on hiatus to work on solo projects, less than a year later frontman Charlie Simpson has released his first debut ...

Horse Guards Parade - Ten Songs
8 April 2011

Album Review: Horse Guards Parade - Ten Songs
Horse Guards Parade have been garnering quite a following on the indie circuit, rising from their humble Hull beginnings in 2008 to supporting the likes of Jarvis Cocker and Pavement. ...

Asa - Beautiful Imperfection
4 April 2011

Album Review: Asa - Beautiful Imperfection
Released 4th April Asa stunned everyone with her debut album Asha back in 2007 but now she is back with her second offering Beautiful Imperfection as she cements herself as one ...

The Kills
1 April 2011

Single Review: The Kills - Satellite
Out 28 March British guitarist Jamie Hince and American vocalist Alison Mosshart, otherwise known as The Kills release Satellite, the introduction to their fourth studio album Blood Pressures. The track features Alison's ...

Anna Calvi
1 April 2011

Single Review: Anna Calvi - Blackout
Out 21 March Following a major buzz from her live shows, Blackout is the belated first single from Anna Calvi's self-titled debut album. Bursting into our consciousness as one of the top ...

We Are Enfant Terrible
31 March 2011

Single Review:We Are Enfant Terrible - Filthy Love
Out 28 March According to the French electro trio their new single Filthy Love, the first from the debut LP Explicit Pictures, is about contradictions and the stupidity of life and ...

The Joy Formidable
31 March 2011

Single Review: The Joy Formidable - Whirring
Out 28 March Whirring is the latest offering from three-piece indie outfit The Joy Formidable and is the third single from their already successful album, The Big Roar. The rise of The ...

The Blackout
31 March 2011

Single Review: The Blackout - Higher and Higher
Out 28 March Higher and Higher is the first single from The Blackout's forthcoming album Hope and sees the Welsh six-piece deliver a much more accessible sound than heard in previous ...

Mother Mother
29 March 2011

Single Review: Mother Mother - The Stand/Simply Simple
Quirky Canadian indie pop group Mother Mother are back, and they’ve brought with them the mother of all ear-worms. The Vancouver-based band’s last album, Oh My Heart, was quite a success ...

Pigeon Detectives
21 March 2011

Music Review The Pigeon Detectives - Up, Guards and At 'Em
Earlier this month we reviewed Done In Secret, the first single to be taken from the new Pigeon Detectives album, Up, Guards and At ‘Em. If you read the review, ...

101 Album Cover
21 March 2011

Album Review Keren Ann - 101
Keren Ann is relatively unheard of in the United Kingdom; she’s a musical artist that one of your friends probably keeps secret, in the fear that you may take her ...

Bad For Lazarus
21 March 2011

Mini-album Review Bad For Lazarus - 25
It’s almost pointless to say that Bad For Lazarus are currently touring, because it seems these guys are very rarely at home. The pop-punk five piece from Brighton are set ...

Jesca Hoop
17 March 2011

EP Review: Jesca Hoop - Snowglobe
Out now Snowglobe is the fifth and final self-release from Californian Jesca Hoop, now signed to the US Vanguard label, and features four original tracks showcasing the varied styles she has ...

Flash Fiktion
17 March 2011

Single Review: Flash Fiktion - Capsules of Sun
Out 4 April Following their debut double A side single Leni / Science of Sleep, Flash Fiktion return with their delayed second instalment, eight months later, which acts as a mini ...

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
8 March 2011

Album Review: Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows - D.R.U.G.S
After the lead singer of Chiodos, Craig Owens was kicked out of the band at the end of 2009 for "necessary" reasons the band chose not to discuss, speculation was ...

The Pigeon Detectives
7 March 2011

Single Review: The Pigeon Detectives - Done in Secret
Just when it seemed that indie music was being left collecting dust at the bottom of our iTunes playlists, a host of talent old and new have begun to emerge ...