Kanye West – Yeezus Rating: Absolutely no idea! Buy: Yeezus So, Kanye West. Yeezus. What to make of it? Is it a ferocious, intense and perfectly realised artistic statement, or the desperate noise-making of a superstar with nothing left to say? To be honest I don’t actually know the answer to that question. In fact,…
Album review by Philip Lickley Maxïmo Park – The National Health [rating:3/5] Buy: The National Health Geordie rockers Maxïmo Park – don’t forget the umlaut! – return with their fourth album entitled The National Health, daubed in a Medieval style stained glass picture of, what I assume to be, is a dove. As a big…
Madonna isn’t going unnoticed in this century. Her album Madame X has already brought her to the attention. The album delivers some ‘safe’ music while the other parts are simply difficult to digest. You simply think what Madonna was thinking while she was preparing those tracks. It’s a bizarre album and maybe that’s something Madonna…
Icelandic post-rock trio Sigur Ros are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album Kveikur next week (on XL Recordings). In preparation of its release, they’ve already revealed three tracks from it – ‘Brennisteinn‘, ‘Isjaki‘ and most recently the title track. Today we get to hear the whole thing, as it’s available to…
Hot Chip – In Our Heads [rating:2.5/5] Buy: In Our Heads They’re now onto their fifth studio album – eight years on from their debut Coming On Strong – and the world at large is still pretty much ambivalent towards Hot Chip. ‘Aint they the ones who did that funny dance song about the monkey…
Aussie synth-pop duo Empire Of The Sun are back after a five year absence with their second album Ice On The Dune next week. Before it’s out though, Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore have made the album available to stream via Rolling Stone. Ice on the Dune Tracklist: 01. Lux 02. DNA 03. Alive 04….
Clean Bandit – New Eyes Atlantic Out now 3.5/5 Way back in April 2013 I reviewed a song by an unknown band called ‘Clean Bandit’, giving the experimental ‘Mozart’s House’ 7 out of 10 and enjoying the fresh sound and something different offered by the mixing of electronic, rap and classical. Over twelve months on…
Beadye Eye – BE {rating} Buy: BE All the talk about Beady Eye’s follow-up to the mildly disappointing Different Gear, Still Speeding has been about them recruiting lauded producer Dave Sitek. But instead of being the album that marks a welcome and interesting change of direction, BE is the album in which Liam Gallagher gets…
Nu-rave survivors Klaxons are gearing up for the release of their third album Love Frequency next week (out on 16 June via Akashic Rekords / Sony Red), and have just made the whole thing available to stream in full. Stream Love Frequency below via The Guardian: If you like what you hear, you can preorder Love…
Ahead of its release next week, Beady Eye have made their second album BE available to stream online. Head over to iTunes to stream BE via this link: www.itunes.com/beadyeye BE is the follow-up to the former Oasis members’ first album Different Gear, Still Speeding – and promises a slightly new sound thanks to the involvement…
