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Phoenix – Bankrupt! {rating} Buy: Bankrupt! Who are Phoenix? They’re a French alt rock band who built up a strong cult following over the course of their first four albums, before garnering mainstream attention and widespread acclaim for album number five – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – in 2009. They are: Thomas Mars (vocals), Deck d’Arcy […]
Foo Fighters – Wasting Light It’s one of life’s enduring, and annoying, mysteries that Dave Grohl has managed to raise himself to the position as ‘rock god’ with just a bunch of uninspiring rock-by-numbers albums and the odd catchy chorus to his name. By hanging around long enough and aligning himself with two of rock’s […]
The Slow Readers Club – ‘The Slow Readers Club’ [rating:4/5] Buy The Slow Readers Club [Explicit] Regular readers may remember I featured Manchester four-piece The Slow Readers Club’s single ’Feet On Fire’ in the New Music section recently. Well I’ve managed to get hold of their self-titled debut album (out 21 May on Extenso Music) […]
Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\ After a successful debut album, a bands second album always come with the expectation of a bigger, more expansive sound designed to propel them into the league of stadium fillers. It’s the natural career progression these days, and when Wall Of Sound exponents Glasvegas revealed they were working with […]
This review was submitted by Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise send your music based writings to submissions@all-noise.co.uk. The Futureheads – Rant [rating:3/5] Buy Rant After enjoying the lead single from their third album, ‘Beginning of the Twist’, I’ve followed Sunderland band The Futureheads for their past two albums – so […]
Singer-songwriter Sam Beam’s folk-rock alter ego Iron And Wine is releasing new album Ghost On Ghost next week (16 April) – and is streaming the whole thing online via NPR. Listen to it here: Ghost On Ghost is Iron And Wine’s fifth studio album, and lead singles ‘Grace For Saints And Ramblers’ and ‘Lovers’ Revolution’ […]
The Flaming Lips are releasing their new album The Terror next week – and have today released a full stream of it via NPR. Front-man Wayne Coyne has been describing The Terror as a much darker album than their previous work – basing the record in the darker realms of psychedlia. Listen to The Terror […]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito {rating} Download: Mosquito Who are Yeah Yeah Yeahs? They’re the art-rock-punk-pop trio that were at the forefront of the New York revival in the early 2000’s, and are fast approaching seminal status thanks to their ability to continuously evolve musically while remaining current and vital. Karen O is the enigmatic […]
The Hoosiers The News From Nowhere Preorder: The News from Nowhere It’s album number three for The Hoosiers, coming four years after their last LP. ‘The News From Nowhere’, supported by its fans as is popular these days, sees like more of a group effort from the four-piece as their latest album features different vocalists […]
This album review was submitted by Philip Lickley. If you want to contribute to All-Noise, send your music news, views and reviews to submissions@all-noise.co.uk. Labrinth – Electronic Earth [rating:4.5/5] Buy Electronic Earth Having already teamed up with Tinie Tempah on two of his biggest singles it’s time for producer Labrinth to stand on his own […]