Music Reviews

16 November 2009

The Blackout Review: Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates

First of all we didn't hear any pirates or parrots on this song… so that’s some false advertising right there to begin with. And secondly, this is the third time we've ...

16 November 2009

The Blackout Review: Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say

How can you take something by the genius of Imogen Heap and use her voice on something like this? Let us just point out though, we are not taking anything away ...

16 November 2009

The Blackout Review: Westlife – What About Now

Was this a Daughtry song from last year? We know Westlife are huge fans of covering other people’s track’s but their plagiarism has reached a new height on this song! Overall, ...

16 November 2009

The Blackout Review: Goldie Lookin Chain – Everybody is a DJ

For a band who are famed for swearing, there is nowhere near enough profanity in this track! I mean, it's standard GLC.. And that's not a band thing, we like ...

13 November 2009

Live Review: 3Oh!3 @ Manchester Academy

3Oh!3 are fast becoming one of my favourite bands, and their set at Manchester Academy One on Saturday night was nothing short of wonderful.. Especially since they roped their celeb ...
10 November 2009

Live Review : Fightstar

Although the crowd tonight looks sufficiently dwindled in numbers in Manchester’s largest Academy venue, it is a testament to Fightstar that they are playing here at all. It’s not that they ...
5 November 2009

Live Review: Shinedown @ Manchester Academy One

Thanks to the MASSIVE queue outside Manchester Academy last night, and the ridiculously huge puddles we were forced to shuffle through along the way, I arrived in the venue cold, ...
2 November 2009

Britney Spears' 3 Video - What Do YOU Think?

Britney Spears looks to be living by the mantra that sex sells…. No she hasn’t made a sex tape, but instead has filmed a very saucy music video to accompany ...
28 October 2009

Billy Talent @ Manchester Academy 1

Admittedly I am not the biggest ‘Billy Talent’ fan. This is not to say that I dislike the band, I just don’t own the full back catalogue of songs. After ...

27 October 2009

Bowling For Soup @ Manchester Academy 1

Arriving at tonight’s 2000 capacity venue I was under the impression that Bowling For Soup had had their day back in 2002 when they band released their huge hit single ...
22 October 2009

Live Review: Tom Jones @ Bournemouth International Centre

With flowing golden hair and a dress that gives the appearance of having legs for miles, Florence Rawlings faces an unenviable challenge. Tonight, in front of 6,500 Tom Jones fans, ...
20 October 2009

Live Review: Fake Problems @ Manchester Academy 2

The first thing you see as you enter the Fake Problems MySpace page, are the words ‘It’s Great to be Alive’; the title of their latest collection of songs, and ...

19 October 2009

Bubbel G Review: Calvin Harris – Flashback

Calvin Harris is clearly one of the most successful men in the music industry at the moment, but comparing this release to his previous singles, it sounds as though he’s ...

19 October 2009

Bubbel G Review: Mr Hudson – White Lies

Mr Hudson has gotten quite popular after his last single Supernova, but I think this new track is going to be one of these you either love or hate. It has ...

19 October 2009

Bubbel G Review: Beyonce – Broken Hearted Girl

We all love Beyonce, she is such an amazing singer and always looks stunning. The video for the video is shot on a beach and she looks lovely and classy. ...

13 October 2009

Live Review: Funeral For A Friend

Funeral For A Friend are a band I’ve admired for a long time. They were one of the first bands to successfully popularise the “screamo” genre but luckily for them, ...
13 October 2009

What Do YOU Think Of Jacko’s New Single?

Michael Jackson’s brand new song received its first batch of airplay yesterday but whilst we’re still learning the words via the joys of YouTube, we want to know what you ...
12 October 2009

Blake Review: Imogen Heap – First Train Home

With last years stream of electro-pop artists turning to a river-bank-bursting torrent, it could have been hard to notice the delights of Imogen Heaps new single bobbing along in the  ...

12 October 2009

Blake Review: Cobra Starship – Good Girls Go Bad

Many bands don’t make it huge on their first album,  perhaps not even their second but it seems that Cobra Starship get their first major UK outing on their forth ...

12 October 2009

Blake Review: JLS - Everybody In Love

Pretty much what we all expected from this JLS single ‘Everybody in Love’. It follows the idea that if you repeat a catchy chorus 100 times then it will become ...

12 October 2009

Blake Review: Basshunter - Every Morning

This is a another great ‘feel good’ club tune from Basshunter, which is sure to be accompanied by an even better video featuring the amazingly hot Anyar Lie who wowed ...

7 October 2009

The Cinematics Review: The Moons – Torn Between Two

From the psychedelic chord-patterns to the just-audible organ, it’s hard to escape comparisons with the Doors here. We’re all limited by the same twelve notes, and sometimes it’s pointless trying ...

7 October 2009

The Cinematics Review: The Twilight Sad – Forget the Night Ahead

We’re constantly asked about the Glasgow music scene, as if there was really such a thing as a “scene” anywhere. We spend a great deal of time on tour overseas ...

7 October 2009

The Cinematics Review: The Boy Who Trapped the Sun - Watermark EP

I know these guys, they are friends of ours.  We got to know them as they were some of the few musicians kicking around the highland music scene at the ...