INTERVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY

It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since Manchester’s Badly Drawn Boy released a studio album. Not that Damon Gough has been completely away from music, there’s been the serenely beautiful soundtrack work and the occasional live gig, but the past few years have seen major upheavals, both in the wider world, and […]
Death Valley Girls hit the streets once again with a single release of ‘Breakthrough’. A very charming and inviting success at merging the ‘old rock’ sound into a modern sound. They’ve got their influences tied into their groove without relying to much on just ‘sound like they did okay!’. Having never listened to the group […]

SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS – BREAKTHROUGH

ALBUM REVIEW: NO AGE – GOONS BE GONE

In a year spinning so far out of control and social reach, it seems only fair to abandon it to be forgotten, as it only brings shame within the yearly calendars. Though one positive of ‘this year’ has given us, is a sleuth of good album releases. Fitting to the torrid trap that is ‘this […]
Abstract: This EP is a zesty chorus stratagem of drain-pipe bass lines, journeyman synthesizations, moderate baritone delivery, candid fills and 6-stringed nuances which sail alongside tri-timbre-d lyrics that provoke humour, adds colour to the pallet of the mundane   and tastefully ventures into the distasteful without catering toward frightful yacht-rockisms or baseless complaints towards imaginary authority […]

EP REVIEW: FURROWED BROW – DEAD DEAD DEAD STILL DIGGING

ALBUM REVIEW: TIM BURGESS – I LOVE THE NEW SKY

I bet Tim Burgess never thought when he started writing solo album number five, that when it was released he’d be hosting twitter listening parties for music fans all over the world with no live gigs on the horizon. Although it’s a weird world we live in today, there’s something strangely comforting and upbeat about […]
It’s been ten years since Badly Drawn Boy’s last studio album, the world has changed a lot, Damon Gough’s life has changed a lot, yet there’s something reassuringly familiar about ‘Banana Skin Shoes’.  Gough recently revealed that he was inspired by the The Beastie Boys book, and wanted to return to the drum loops and […]

ALBUM REVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY – BANANA SKIN SHOES

ALBUM REVIEW: THE 1975 – NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM

The new album from The 1975 is finally here, after numerous delays it launches during the strange days we currently inhabit and provides another solid album, but not the magnum opus some were building this up to be. Their last full-length album was critically acclaimed by the majority of the press and went straight to […]
The band who put the drama into indie rock are back with their eighth album. The big sounding orchestral backings are in place as are the soothing melodies, yet the explosive riffs and uplifting choruses are never far way either. The Montreal band led by husband and wife duo of Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE DEARS – LOVERS ROCK

ALBUM REVIEW: THE FALL – REFORMATION POST TLC: FOUR CD BOX SET

Whether you’re a die-hard Fall fan or someone with only a vague interest in their music, you can’t help but admire the way this band rose from the ashes time and time again, with so many band line ups (around 66!) and numerous punch ups, they always managed to be The Fall. With each new […]
The Monochrome Set are an indie band who seem to have swallowed the rule book of pop music, spat it out and produced two albums which, while on the surface exude the flippant, light attitude of pop, for example most songs are three minutes or under, below the shiny surface, they display brilliant musicianship and […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE MONOCHROME SET – LOVE ZOMBIES & STRANGE BOUTIQUE