Music Reviews

29 October 2008

Live Review: Trivium @ Manchester Apollo

The Unholy Alliance Tour kicked off at Manchester Apollo on Monday with a bill packed full of all your favourite filthy metal bands, Amon Amarth, Mastodon, Trivium and of course ...

27 October 2008

Album Review: AC/DC - Black Ice

So they may have made their fans wait eight long years before getting back into the recording studio but believe me it was worth every second as Black Ice sees ...

24 October 2008

Review: Radio One's Live Lounge Volume 3

Radio 1's live Lounge is back with their third album and what a corker it is! Boasting everyone from The Script to Girls Aloud to Pendulum to Dizzee Rascal this ...

24 October 2008

Live Review: You Me At Six @ Manchester Academy 2

Standing on my own at the back of Manchester Academy 2 I’m feeling like a total loser as 16-year old girls scream and run around in excitement to see the ...

23 October 2008

Live Review: Attack! Attack! @ Preston 53 Degrees

Attack! Attack! Are already halfway into their set when I saunter into the room, and as I’ve only been listening to their CD (on repeat!) for 24 hours, I am ...

22 October 2008

Album Review: Sugababes - Catfights and Spotlights

The album bursts into life with Girls. The latest single sets Sugababes agenda with the line 'All independent women know it takes a lot to run ...

22 October 2008

Review: Fightstar @ Manchester Apollo

It’s a freezing cold night in the city of Manchester and outside The Apollo Theatre are hundreds of fans waiting in eager anticipation for the doors to open whilst ...

22 October 2008

Review: Feeder @ Manchester Apollo

So this is what they’ve all the eager Feeder fans have been waiting for; queuing up in the freezing cold with leaves blowing round their feet in the nervous anticipation ...

21 October 2008

Review - Attack! Attack!

Attack! Attack! are a band I have been hearing a lot about over the past few months, however, from listening to their album, it doesn't quite seem that they've been ...

17 October 2008

Review: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Oasis have finally released their long-awaited follow up to Don't Believe The Truth which hit the shelves way back in 2005. It's understandable then, the we expected nothing less that ...

16 October 2008

Review: Anastacia - Heavy Rotation

Anastacia is set to make her long-awaited album with her new album Heavy Rotation. The follow up to her third album, Anastasia has been four years in the making, but ...

15 October 2008

Review: Rise Against - Appeal To Reason

Rise Against are the official Kings of political punk and this album shows no mercy to the big wigs making decisions as the rest of us look on like herds ...

14 October 2008

Review: Broken Records - Lies

One of the best bands to emerge from Scotland since Biffy Clyro and Travis; Broken Records formed in 2006 and have been leaving a trail of addicted fans in their ...

8 October 2008

Review: Enter Shikari - We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape

Enter Shakiri make it clear that We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape - their first new recording since June 2007 - is going to ...

8 October 2008

Review: White Lies @ Manchester Night And Day

Just before they head out on stage, lead singer Harry McVeigh tells FemaleFirst that he’s suffering from a horrible cold. Not that you’d notice mind, the band tear into opener ...

3 October 2008

Review: The Ting Tings @ Manchester Academy

The Ting Tings took over Manchester Academy last night for a night of electro madness amongst glow sticks and neon skinny fit jeans. Of course, FemaleFirst was there to give ...

30 September 2008

Kerrang! The Album '08 - Review

Once again, we see a record filled to the brim with the best of the past year's music - with a few random ones thrown in for good measure too...I'm ...

24 September 2008

Review: Funeral For A Friend - Memory And Humanity

As the follow-up to last year’s Tales Don’t Tell Themselves, this is the first album to be released from the boys’ own label Join Us Records and will hit our ...

19 September 2008

Review: Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of Separation

This is the sixth studio album from US metalcore band Underoath and it is pretty safe to say that this is their best offering as yet.Released on September 2, the ...

17 September 2008

Review... Ne-Yo/ Year of the Gentleman

He has written for the likes of Beyonce and Rihanna in the past but Ne-Yo is back with his third album of love songs The Year of the Gentleman.His smooth ...

10 September 2008

Review: The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination

The Pussycat Dolls latest offering, Doll Domination, proves what the girls are one of the biggest girl groups around. Despite loosing Carmit earlier this year the girls are still going ...

19 August 2008

Review: V Festival

Day One of V Festival at Weston Park was off to a great start with old time rockers Squeeze getting the crowd going before legend of cool Lenny Kravitz had ...

19 August 2008

Review: Honeyroot - It's All Good

Honeyroot make a return to our ears with their own infectious brand of charmingly irresistable summery pop.Reminiscent of Morcheeba and Portishead, It'a All Good features laid back vocals set too ...

19 August 2008

Review: J.Majik & Wickaman - Crazy World

Crazy World is in fact the perfect clubbing song. Wether your in the sun drenched Ibiza or back home you know that you'll be dancing away like a loon to ...