Album review submitted by Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, send your reviews to submissions@all-noise.co.uk Scissor Sisters – Magic Hour [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Magic Hour Scissor Sisters are a band that have certainly entered the public consciousness with their, mostly, uptempo singles with songs such as ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancing’ and…
Miles Kane is back with his second solo album Don’t Forget Who You Are next week, and ahead of it’s release the mod-rock revivalist is streaming the whole thing online. Listen to it below (via NME): Don’t Forget Who You Are is the follow-up to Kane’s debut solo album Colour Of The Trap and is out…
Ahead of its release next week, Queens Of The Stone Age’s new album …Like Clockwork is now available to stream in full on iTunes. Click this link to stream it. …Like Clockwork is the first QOTSA album since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, and is described by band leader Josh Homme as ‘an audio documentary of a…
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…
The Darlingtons – Decades Dance [rating:4/5] You may remember a few months ago I named Taunton band The Darlingtons as my favourite new band – and just to prove what a good judge of music I am here’s their debut album Decades Dance, which is amazing: Decades Dance, out now on indie label Ordered Records,…
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…
Laura Marling’s highly-anticipated fourth studio album Once I Was An Eagle is set for release next week and, as is the way these days, the full album is now available to stream online. To hear the album head over to NPR.org. Once I Was An Eagle was recorded over just 10 days, with most of…
It has been in the news for months now. Everyone knew that Nick Jonas will be eventually re-packing his solo album any time this year. The time has come. He dropped his re-packed self-titled album on November 20 and it’s titled “Nick Jonas X2”. It seems as if the pop singer has decided to cash…
Foxes – Glorious Rating: 6/10 Buy: Glorious Louisa Rose Allen arrives with her debut album and, though calling it a glorious piece of music might be an overstatement, it’s a fun, perky pop package, masking some quite downbeat themes and lyrics, supported by a handful of radio friendly songs that showcase her ear for a…
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg {rating} Buy: Jake Bugg As soon as the first electrifying chorus of album opener ’Lightning Bolt’ hits you, it’s clear that 18 year old Nottingham scamp Jake Bugg is more than your average acoustic guitar-toting snooze-merchant. Jake Bugg is in fact the real deal – energetic, charismatic, soulful and poetic,…
