Like Clockwork

Album review: Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘…Like Clockwork’

Queens Of The Stone Age – …Like Clockwork {rating} Buy: Like Clockwork Along with maybe Arcade Fire and Josh Homme’s proteges Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age have been one of the defining rock bands of the 21st Century. Their heavy, layered stoner-rock and Homme’s poetic lyrical approach helped them transcend current trends and […]

Reflektor album

Album review: Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’

Arcade Fire – Reflektor {rating} Download: Reflektor Alarm bells began to ring as soon as it was revealed that Arcade Fire’s fourth album, their follow-up to 2010’s massively successful The Suburbs, was to be that most pretentious of all rock band pretentions: a double album. As more details began to emerge – namely that the […]

Best Coast Fade Away

Album stream: Best Coast – ‘Fade Away’

When does an EP become an LP? I’m not sure what the criteria for each is, but Fade Away from Best Coast is surely right on the line. They’re calling it a ‘mini-album’, which is acting as a ‘primer’ for their third album proper next year. So it should probably go down as an EP […]