The tense, drawn out opening chords of ‘Cowards Starve’ on Protomartyr’s excellent, apocalyptic third LP The Agent Intellect, creates a bleak and barren landscape reminiscent of the band’s Detroit origins and typical of the harsh, […]
The Documentary 2 by The Game
With raw lyrics, low ride basslines and some choice misogyny, The Game’s terrier-like The Documentary 2 growls with uncensored tales of adultery, ambition and retribution. A decade after releasing debut LP The Documentary, The Game […]
Music Complete by New Order
Back with their tenth studio album, their first since 2005’s Waiting For The Siren’s Call, dance royalty New Order are back with an album that sees a return to their classic electronic pop style. Music Complete sees […]
Rub By Peaches
On first listen, Rub is a frightening mixture of confident electronic beats and aggressively sexual lyrics; unashamedly attention seeking, the album boasts tracks titled ‘Vaginoplasty’, ‘Dumb Fuck’ and ‘How you like my Cut’ to name […]
Every Open Eye by Chvrches
Building on the success of their first release The Bones of What You Believe, Chvrches’ second album Every Open Eye sees the Scottish synthpop band engage in sonic consolidation as they look to further define […]
Swift Or Adams?
Ryan Adams’ cover album of Taylor Swift’s 1989 has been out a few days now, and Adams is just getting around to all those slots on all those chat shows to support its release, standing […]
Silence In The Snow by Trivium
Of all of the bands knocking about in Metal these days, Trivium are perhaps the one band with the most to live up to; their 2005 breakthrough album, “Ascendancy”, helped to forge the sound of […]
Foam Island by Darkstar
Electronic duo Darkstar have had a fairly quiet couple of years preceding the release of Foam Island and the album marks their move into new territory; in their own words, Foam Island is “something so […]
Caracal by Disclosure
After the phenomenal success of debut album Settle, Disclosure faced the task of justifying their position as one of the most high profile duos of the house genre. With Caracal they have a living, breathing […]
V by Wavves
Wavves’ aptly named fifth album V is nothing less than what you would expect of the band. It’s the same Wavves you know and love, with front man Nathan Williams chanting his way through a […]
Savage Hills Ballroom by Youth Lagoon
A combination of screechy vocals, chilling lyrics and upbeat melodies. It shouldn’t work, but it somehow does. Savage Hills Ballroom is the third album to be released by Idaho based musician Trevor Powers, known as […]
I Need New Eyes by Larry Gus
Larry Gus takes a bold step into previously unchartered waters with his latest album I Need New Eyes. Previous output, including the album preceding this Years Not Living, could be viewed as a more sample-based […]