Music Reviews

4 February 2009

Single Review: VV Brown - Leave

First of all, I have to point out how much I love the actual CD that I hold inm my hand! It’s pink and has this weird feel to it ...

4 February 2009

Single Review: Esser - Work It Out

Electronica seems to be the order of the day in many a music shop at the moment, and it looks like new kid on the block Esser is making the ...

4 February 2009

Album Review: The Very Best of Buddy Holly and The Crickets

It’s hard to believe that a career that spanned just three years would have had such a profound effect on the music industry and those who went on to thrive ...

3 February 2009

Album Review: Ida Maria - Fortress Around My Heart

The first thing I’ve noticed about this album is the amount of screeching, wailing and other rather odd noises Ida Maria feels the need to include across these 12 songs; ...

3 February 2009

Album Review: A Day To Remember - Homesick

The most anticipated release of 2009 for me has to be the new A Day To Remember album Homesick. After the massive impact their last offering For Those Who Have ...

2 February 2009

Single Review: Madcon - Liar

After the success of their previous hit Beggin I was pretty excited to hear what Madcon had to offer us next and most of all, if it could do as ...

2 February 2009

Album Review: Various Artists - War Child: Heroes

Cover versions are the most difficult of minefields to manoeuvre in the music world. They can work brilliantly and give an artist the chance to show their ability to make ...

2 February 2009

Single Review: Mastodon - Divinations

Mastodon are one of those rock bands that might not get quite the recognition they deserve thanks to the likes of Metallica and Led Zeppelin swanning about and hogging the ...

2 February 2009

Single Review: Will Young - Let It Go

Will Young's third album, Keep On was to put it kindly, not well recived and it looked dangerously close to being game over for the original Pop Idol.His ...

2 February 2009

Single Review: Attic Lights - I Could Be So Good For You

So first of all, I’ll have to admit that I never actually saw the original Minder series because, well I’m too young, BUT , I have seen the adverts for ...

30 January 2009

Album Review: Thursday - Common Existence

Thursday have long since been a band who never really got the recognition they deserved, and the reception to their 2006 release of A City By The light Divided was ...

30 January 2009

Album Review: Imperial Vipers - Broken

After being told over and over again to listen to these guys, I finally put them into my iTunes and wondered what this Vince Noir look-a-like and friends would have ...

29 January 2009

Album Review: Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet

If you're reading this across the pond from FemaleFirst HQ (in the USA) you will have probably owned Chiodos' album for a good 18 months now; but with it only ...

29 January 2009

Live Review: Hip Parade @ Busk

It’s not often that I get butterflies before a gig, but after backing the four lovely Scottish lads in Hip Parade ever since they graced my screens on Orange Unsigned ...

28 January 2009

Single Review: Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse

From the first second I head these guys, I thought the Ting Tings had smoked loads of weed and gone all folk-pop on me, but then I did what any ...

28 January 2009

Single Review: September - Can’t Get Over

From the outset, I have to admit, that this song isn’t overly different from the usual batch of dance music you hear pumping out of your local Livingstones / Assembly ...

28 January 2009

Single Review: Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm

So I have to admit, ever since I saw this song on the Television advert for the new Mazda I was hooked, I even recorded it onto my phone so ...

28 January 2009

Album Review: Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons

The front cover of the album looks like an advert for Most Haunted Live, so from first glance, I was worried that this record was going to be some bizarre ...

26 January 2009

Live Review: Kerrang! Relentless Tour - The Headliner

I must admit, I’d never heard a song by Mindless Self Indulgence before tonight, the only thing I knew about these kids is that their Bassist was having a baby ...

26 January 2009

Live Review: Kerrang! Relentless Tour - The Support.

Kerrang! Is well known for it’s brand of emo kid metal music breakdowns every week, so when I saw the line-up for this years tour, I was a little dubious ...

23 January 2009

Live Review: Sgt Wolfbanger @ Manchester Academy 3

Don’t you just hate it when you look forward to something so much yet you end up getting disappointed when the dream becomes a reality? Well that happened to me ...

23 January 2009

Live Review: Staind @ Manchester Academy One

By the time Staind take to the stage - late I might add - Manchester Academy One has emptied quite considerably following Seether’s support slot; and looking at the remaining ...

21 January 2009

Single Review: Sneaky Sound System - I Love It

Sneaky Sound System might have named their latest single I Love It in some sort of coy marketing ploy; but does it really live up to the hype of its ...

21 January 2009

Single Review: The Wombats - My Circuitboard City

Okay, so I’ve never been a massive fan of bands that do that sort of talk-singing, you know what I mean… when they like talk in time to the music ...