Hurts – Happiness Mancunian electro-duo Hurts (singer Theo Hutchcraft and knob-twiddler Adam Anderson) have been dividing opinion ever since they released debut single ‘Better Than Love’ earlier this year. Some see their heavily polished and highly stylised 80’s synth-pop as too cold and clinical and a demonstration of everything that went wrong with 80’s music…
Single Reviews – 9 September The pick of this weeks new single releases from guest writer Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise get in touch on submissions@all-noise.co.uk Amelia Lily – ’You Bring Me Joy’ [rating:3/5] Buy: You Bring Me Joy Another X-Factor finalist with a debut single – she came third…
Kasabian – Velociraptor! [rating:4.5/5] It must be a bit frustrating for Kasabian that, even after the success of their inventively psychedelic third album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, they are still branded in some quarters as unoriginal lad-rockers in thrall to the likes of Oasis and Primal Scream. While this may be an unfair judgement,…
UPDATE – 8 July Royal Blood have just released the video for ‘Figure It Out’, which you can watch below: Brighton duo Royal Blood are really starting to make a name for themselves with all the primal, convulsive, heavy garage-rock-blues hybrid stuff they’ve been coming out with. They rammed the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury…
Dublin newcomers The Cast Of Cheers are gearing up for the release of their hotly anticipated debut album Family on 23 July, and have just released the third single from it. Listen to ‘Human Elevator’ here: ‘Human Elevator’ follows previous singles ‘Family’ and ‘Animals’ and confirms The Cast Of Cheers as one of the most exciting…
The xx – Coexist {rating} Buy: Coexist After lead single ’Angels’ dropped a few months ago, it was clear that The xx’s second album was not going to deviate too much from their stunning 2009 debut. The fragile, emotional and oh-so-human voices, framed by Jamie Smith’s brooding and atmospheric production, was what made their debut…
Goldfrapp- Believer After influencing the world of synth-pop for the best part of a decade, electro duo Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory were accused of selling out after the release of latest album Head First. After setting the pop framework of the noughties with original and innovative electro albums like Black Cherry and Supernature, Head…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘AKA… What A Life’ Another day, another song from The Chief. Following on from the recent single The Death Of You And Me and the online release of album track If I Had A Gun comes ‘AKA… What A Life’, the second single proper from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying…
Muse have dropped the promo vid for their new dubstep-inspired single ‘Madness’. Watch it here: Shot on location in the Los Angeles Metro, the video features the band performing on cool instruments while a riot or something goes on in the background. ‘Madness’ is taken from Muse’s highly anticipated new album The 2nd Law, which…
Indie-dance-pop stalwarts Hot Chip have enlisted the remixing talents of Scandinavian uber-producer Todd Terje to rework their single ‘How Do You Do’ – the slowburning highlight of their recent album In Our Heads. Listen to the stretched-out, vibey remix below:
