Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man Anyone expecting the Manics’ new album to build on Journal Of Plague Lovers’ resurrection of their angsty, political roots must have been flummoxed by lead single ‘(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love’. Its sweeping strings, towering chorus and verses ripped straight from Smashing Pumpkins’ […]
Category: Album Reviews
The Coral ‘Butterfly House’ – Album Review
Now a five-piece, the Wirral boys are back with a new album. But after their recent greatest hits album, have they got anything new to offer?… Make a well-received first album that hints of future glory, consolidate your sound – and fan base- with your second album and then develop into a full-on arena rock […]
Listen: Stream Paul Banks new solo album ‘Banks’ in full
Interpol singer Paul Banks is releasing his second solo album, Banks, next week, and in preparation a full stream of it is now available to listen to. Check it out below and let me know what you think: Banks previously released his solo material under the pseudonym Julian Plenti, but has now decided to revert […]
Kings Of Leon ‘Come Around Sundown’ album review
Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown With their last album, 2008’s Only By The Night, the family Leon moved away from their scratchy but inventive indie-rock roots and embraced the arena band approach, producing a slicker, more universal and radio-friendly album. As we all know, this gave them a massive hit – Only By The […]
Bat For Lashes – ‘The Haunted Man’ album review
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man {rating} Buy: The Haunted Man When you’ve been nominated for an Ivor Novello award and your first two albums have been nominated for a Mercury Award, the creative pressure to deliver a career-defining masterpiece of a third album must be pretty overwhelming. Add in your own personal pressure […]
Interpol ‘Interpol’ – Album Review
Interpol – Interpol When they released debut album Turn On The Bright Lights back in 2002, New York’s Interpol were regarded as the kings of the post-punk movement – intellectual and knowing lyrics combined with jagged guitar lines and atmospheric soundscapes to create an early contender for album of the decade. Since then, the law […]
EP stream: Autechre – ‘L-event’
Electronic pioneers Autechre have made their brand new EP ‘L-event’ available to stream for a limited time. The EP is set for release on 28 October and is the first new material from the Warp Records legends. Being the trailblazing boundary-pushers that they are, Autechre have come up with a slightly different take on the […]
Listen: Bat For Lashes streams ‘The Haunted Man’ preview
Bat For Lashes, aka Natasha Khan, releases her third album The Haunted Man next week – and now you can hear a six-song preview of it below. The preview features previous releases ‘Laura’, ‘All Your Gold’ and ‘Marilyn’, as well as brand new tracks ‘A Wall’ (glitzy disco-stomper), ‘Oh Yeah’ (a bit experimental) and ‘Winter […]
Arcade Fire ‘The Suburbs’ – Album Review
The Canadian alt rockers stake a claim to be the best band in the world with their fantastic third album, The Suburbs. The suburbs – and what they represent – have always been fair game for rock stars. All sorts of images of rebellion and tortured soul histrionics can be conjured up when on the […]
Stream Diplo’s new ‘Revolution EP’ in full
LA producer Diplo is back with the follow-up to the successful ‘Express Yourself’ EP with ‘Revolution’, a six-track EP that features guest slots from the likes of Action Bronson, Mike Posner and Travis Porter amongst many others. The accompanying press blurb for the EP states quite matter of factly that ‘Diplo has produced one of […]