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Albums out in June

It’s June! Time for sun, festivals, BBQs, beer gardens and the World Cup! It’s also time for some very exciting-looking new albums. Last month saw the release of big albums from the likes of The Horrors, Gruff Rhys, The Black Keys, Chromeo, Coldplay and Echo and The Bunneymen – so June has got its work […]

Like Clockwork

Album review: Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘…Like Clockwork’

Queens Of The Stone Age – …Like Clockwork {rating} Buy: Like Clockwork Along with maybe Arcade Fire and Josh Homme’s proteges Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age have been one of the defining rock bands of the 21st Century. Their heavy, layered stoner-rock and Homme’s poetic lyrical approach helped them transcend current trends and […]

Scissor Sisters – ‘Magic Hour’ album review

Album review submitted by Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, send your reviews to submissions@all-noise.co.uk Scissor Sisters – Magic Hour [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Magic Hour Scissor Sisters are a band that have certainly entered the public consciousness with their, mostly, uptempo singles with songs such as ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancing’ and […]

Reflektor album

Album review: Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’

Arcade Fire – Reflektor {rating} Download: Reflektor Alarm bells began to ring as soon as it was revealed that Arcade Fire’s fourth album, their follow-up to 2010’s massively successful The Suburbs, was to be that most pretentious of all rock band pretentions: a double album. As more details began to emerge – namely that the […]