Music Reviews

Not quite as hot as Patrick Swayze in Ghost; but they'll do.

5 December 2008

Album Review: I Am Ghost - Those We Leave Behind

I Am Ghost are the newest emo / screamo / hardcore band on the scene at the minute, and with an impending tour on the horizon, I thought it was ...

2 December 2008

Single Review: McFly - Do Ya / Stay With Me

Mcfly are the epitome of everything that pop punk rock bands should be, and with this im mind, I can honestly say that any existing McFly fans won’t be disappointed ...

1 December 2008

Album Review: Nickelback - Dark Horse

Nickelback have spent three years working on this follow-up to their massive 2005 offering All The Right Reasons which was their third number one album in a row. So how ...

27 November 2008

Album Review: Connie Talbot’s Christmas Album

Connie Talbot shot to fame on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent and at eight years old, her Christmas album proves that she has a better voice than most adults in the ...

26 November 2008

Live Review: Twin Atlantic @ Manchester Roadhouse

When you hear your favourite band (who you thought was totally individual) have another band who sound like them, you have to go check them out right? So I find ...

26 November 2008

Live Review: The Fratellies @ Manchester Academy

Despite the music industry being saturated with lad rock hedonists, The Fratellis sure know how to play to their strength, as they showed impeccably here at Manchester Academy. It’s painfully ...

26 November 2008

Album Review: The Killers - Day & Age

The Killers released Day & Age on Monday; the highly anticipated follow-up to 2006’s Sam’s Town and their 2004 debut; Hot Fuss. But is it worth putting on your Christmas ...

25 November 2008

Album Review: Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Edition)

Leona Lewis has done alright for herself considering that just two years ago she was stuck behind a desk working as a receptionist as now she's releasing the second ...

24 November 2008

Album Review: Enya - And Winter Came…

Enya has returned after two years away and with her she has brought a wonderfully winter album just in time for Christmas. Her ethereal tones and exquisite song writing ...

24 November 2008

Live Review: New Found Glory @ Manchester Academy

New Found Glory are a band I have been waiting to see since I was about 15 years old and when I heard they were headlining Manchester Academy with Hardcore ...

21 November 2008

Album Review: Dido - Safe Trip Home

Dido is one of those singers who you could just listen to all day; with her soulful voice that seems to just float out with no effort at all. Needless ...

20 November 2008

Live Review: Kanye West @ M.E.N. Arena

I arrive just in time to hear Kanye West’s haunting entrance music blasting through the Manchester Evening News Arena and hurtle down the steps to fund my seat before I ...

20 November 2008

Album Review: William Control - Hate Culture

William Control is the side project of post-hardcore band Aiden’s frontman William "wiL" Francis and from the outset I was imagining a very screamo-led record full of angst and hatred ...

19 November 2008

Album Review: What A Girl Needs

What A Girl needs to be a compilation of 25 tracks that “Every woman must own,” and this is a statement which we can debate all day.The album ...

18 November 2008

Live Review: Will Young - Let It Go Tour

Will Young’s “Let it Go” tour kicked off last night at Newcastle’s City Hall and FemaleFirst popped in to see how it went.In the grand tradition of gigs a support ...

14 November 2008

Single Review: Skint & Demoralised - The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds

Skint & Demoralised are the newest Indie lads on the block and their brilliant debut single The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds, released on November 17 throws them onto the scene ...

14 November 2008

Single Review: The Killers - Human

The Killers are perhaps one of the few Indie bands that I actually like and Human is the track which could rival the epic status of Somebody Told Me.Listening to ...

13 November 2008

Album Review: Best Of Stereophonics: Decade In The Sun

Stereophonics are one of those bands you never realise how incredible they really are (or were) until they bring out a ‘Best Of…’ album and hit you with all their ...

12 November 2008

Live Review: Never Say Die Tour @ Manchester Academy

Thanks to the chaos on the M56 I only arrived at Manchester Academy in time to catch the end of Architects’ set; the only UK representatives on this years Never ...

11 November 2008

Album Review: Razorlight - Slipway Fires

Razorlight are oat the forefront of the Indie scene and have paved the way for many skinny fit jean clad bands to wave their trilby hats around and tug on ...

10 November 2008

Live Review: Time Again and Street Dogs

Time Again are the first band up as Manchester Academy One kicks off with tonight’s Eastpak Antidote Tour in a venue that’s actually colder inside than outside.I’m swanning around with ...

4 November 2008

Live Review: Kill Hannah @ Manchester Academy 2

Kill Hannah’s Halloween gig at the Manchester Academy promised to be something a bit special; and not just because of the hundreds of kids in fancy dress lined up outside.No ...

3 November 2008

Live Review: Taste Of Chaos 2008

When I heard that this tour was being held at Manchester Academy 2 I was quietly shocked that it had found home in such a small venue; clearly they made ...

30 October 2008

Live Review: Metronomy @ Manchester Deaf Institute

With Klaxons on temporary hiatus, Metronomy are the latest band du jour to take up the torch for the post new-rave generation. Their superb album ‘Nights Out’ has been met ...