Miles Kane – ‘Give Up’ Label: Sony Music 8/10 Miles’ first offering from his forthcoming album sees the Modfather’s successor release his most raucous and ballsy anthem yet. “Come on and give up control” […]
Music: Album Review: Post War Years – Galapagos
Recently the UK has not exactly been short of indie bands dealing in synth-heavy modern rock. Amid heavyweight new releases from Foals and Everything Everything, perhaps we should take a chance on the much less […]
Music: Album Review: Atoms For Peace – AMOK
After over a year of hints, it is here. Despite the addition of some unexpected and some unsurprising members to the lineup (put Flea in the former camp, Nigel Godrich the latter), this full-band effort […]
Music: Album Review: Shout Out Louds – Optica
Four albums in and Shout Out Louds have taken the time to polish their strain of saccharin, synth-driven, dream pop. Behind Optica is a band with confidence in their sound, certainly more so than previously heard on albums […]
Music: Album Review: Johnny Marr – The Messenger
Since The Smiths broke up in 1987, Johnny Marr has jumped around from band to band collecting all sorts of accolades along the way. He has played on a US No. 1 album with Modest […]
Music: Album Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
Well it was about time. Nearly five years have elapsed since Cave’s last full-band outing, 2008’s superb Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, and with a title as grand-sounding as Push The Sky Away fans might expect a gloriously noisy return […]
Music: Album Review: Widowspeak – Almanac
Having avidly admired the BBC’s ‘Escape to the Country’ for many years, I had high expectations of the musical equivalent Brooklyn duo Widowspeak pursued with the rural recording of their second album ‘Almanac’. Robert Earl […]
Music: Album Review: Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
For those with a vested interest in the bland and banal, I present a new album to limply poke your beige taste buds, namely Tegan and Sara’s release “Heartthrob”. As a twin myself I feel […]
Music: Album Review: Trichotomy – Fact Finding Mission
Australian trio Trichotomy are on track to becoming contemporary jazz superstars. Combining their excellent lyricism alongside energy levels higher than a child on Christmas Day, previous albums Variations and The Gentle War finally gave them ones-to-watch status after a […]
Music: Album Review: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra – The Jazz Age
Somewhere on Bryan Ferry’s vast country estate, in a small tin shed/science lab, exists a small machine, which he occasionally consults to provide him with advice concerning his next musical move. This machine, which I […]
Music: Album Review: Pissed Jeans – Honeys
Despite its deliciously sweet taste and numerous applications, (each more yummy than the last), too much honey will make you feel disgusting. Therefore, it follows that trying to ingest numerous types of honey in a […]
Music: Album Review: Ricky Hil – Support Your Local Drug Dealer
One of the most surprising records for quite some time, self-professed degenerate Ricky Hil has fashioned himself a stylish and surprisingly authentic album in SYLLD. The son of fashion billionaire Tommy Hilfiger, Hil is able to […]