I find myself increasingly reliant on headphones these days for listening to music. It used to be the norm for me to enjoy music at home, but as my days get busier I find I have less time to actually sit, relax and stick on an album. Instead, I’m more likely to be listening to…
It’s time to put your Santa hat back on, reach for the crackers and Mistletoe, and prepare to “Step Into Christmas” with Philip Lickley’s next ten super seasonal songs – keep your eyes peeled for Part 3 coming soon! See Part 1 here. 40. The Wombats – Is This Christmas? (2008) The Wombats aren’t known…
My office has a tradition in having themed summer parties. As last year’s general theme was sports, this year we decided to spice it up. Being a democratic organisation and all, themes were suggested and votes were cast as to see what everybody would like to do. Democracy prevailed and the theme was sorted out:…
Daft Punk album review – Tron Legacy Official Soundtrack It’s not often that a soundtrack rivals the actual film in terms of expectation and excitement; but ever since it was announced that Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo and Thomas Bangalter were to put their robot heads together for the soundtrack for the forthcoming Tron franchise reboot, anticipation…
Fancy lights and trees have started going up in town centres, boxes of mince pies have invaded supermarket shelves and soppy adverts for department stores are all over the telly – yep, it’s officially run-up-to-Christmas time! If all these sudden festivities have taken you by surprise and left you struggling for gift ideas, then struggle…
I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at some of the best rock musicals ever. Now as you might have guessed by looking around All-Noise, I am not exactly an expert on the rich and wonderful world of musical theatre, but I’ve seen enough of them to know what they…
My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys Four years on from their genre defining, world conquering, Daily Mail-bothering emo opus The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance are back touting a new sound and a fresher look. Gone is the dark, angsty approach and sombre, gothic look – replaced by…
Single Reviews – 21 October Philip Lickley takes us through the hottest single releases of the coming week… Bastille – ’Flaws’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Flaws The electronic blips and bleeps that start this tune aren’t reflective of what is to come, which is a shame as they give it some identity that is perhaps missing in…
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Who would’ve thought it? We’ve spent the last year or so thinking Kanye was in celebrity meltdown mode. But behind all the dodgy headlines and weird antics he’s actually been busy crafting one of the finest rap albums of this, or any, year. That he’s managed to…
White Lies – ‘Bigger Than Us’ Everyone’s favourite doom mongerers White Lies are back and have unveiled ‘Bigger Than Us’, the first single from their forthcoming second album Ritual. While ‘Bigger Than Us’ doesn’t deviate too far from White Lies’ tried and trusted formula of anthemic, melodic and moody rock – it does hint at…
