CD Reviews
10:18 - 09 October 2008
Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen, for this week s attempt to cram pop hooks, thrashy oik-rock, affected accents and wide-boy posturing into a debut record with fingers crossed for musical domination! Yes, it s The Metros turn to make a smash-and-gr... Full Story »
10:17 - 09 October 2008
More than a decade on from their creative and critical peak, the brothers Gallagher offer us album number seven. Most of you will already know if you re going to buy this, but the dosh of the undecided is probably best spent elsewhere. Current single The... Read More »
18:09 - 07 October 2008
KINGS of Leon return with the release of their highly anticipated fourth album Only By The Night . Only By The Night makes a bold statement that looks set to solidify the band s position as one of the most important international acts of 2008. It foll... Read More »
10:46 - 02 October 2008
Katy Perry is on the verge of superstardom. Debut single Kissed A Girl – two million sales worldwide and counting – is almost illegally catchy, playfully mixing a boisterous pop-rock melody with Perry s trademark feisty vocals and sexual awakening subje... Read More »
10:45 - 02 October 2008
Shooting to fame last year on the back of second album Dog House Music, it s reassuring to find Seasick sticking to his hobo roots for this major label return. What made him so enthralling then – a refreshing stripped-to-nothing sound letting raw melody s... Read More »
13:17 - 18 July 2008
ORIGINALLY on the vanguard of America s musical innovators, Beck has expertly whisked electronic and rock elements together for over a decade. Bizarre as it sounds, his more recent releases suffered for sounding like, well, Beck – he s not so much been cl... Read More »
13:16 - 18 July 2008
THE earnest Hertfordshire tykes return refreshed three years after a charming but average debut Young For Eternity thrust them into the indie spotlight. A significant sonic shift on some tracks have producer Butch Vig s (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) finger... Read More »
15:01 - 04 July 2008
NOW a ubiquitous force, Icelandic mavericks Sigur Rós beautifully transcendental anthems have been used on practically every TV channel in recent months. On this, their fifth album, some tracks on Með suð... (in English, With a buzz in our ears we play... Read More »
09:42 - 03 July 2008
THE second release from ex-Libertine Carl Barât and his cronies is remarkable only in its unremarkable-ness. The rose-tinted romanticism and spring-heeled exuberance of lead single Tired Of Engl... Read More »