The Black Keys – Turn Blue Nonesuch: 2014 Release date: 12 May 2014 Preorder: Turn Blue Rating: 3.5/5 Who are The Black Keys? They are the American garage-blues-rock duo comprising of childhood friends Dan Auerbach (vocals/guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums). They have been recording sweet bluesy-rock music together as The Black Keys since debut…
Primal Scream have come up with a novel way to stream their new album More Light. Instead of the boring old ‘here’s a stream’ approach, they’ve decided to make the now traditional album stream promotional device a bit more of an event – revealing a quarter of the album to stream at a time. The…
Little Boots – Nocturnes {rating} Buy: Nocturnes Who is Little Boots? Real name Victoria Hesketh, Little Boots is the electro-pop singer/producer who arrived all guns blazing in 2009 – topping that year’s BBC ‘Sound Of’ poll (ahead of Florence, White Lies and Mumford & Sons, amongst others) and gatecrashing the top 5 with debut album…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds album review [rating:3/5] Right then, we finally get to hear what the solo album from arguably the best songwriter of his generation sounds like, and the initial reaction is one of…… disappointment. Not because the album is particularly bad – you just get the feeling with this first effort from…
Exciting new electro pop duo MS MR are releasing their highly anticipated debut album Secondhand Rapture next week (13 May), which features the brilliant singles ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Fantasy‘. Ahead of the album’s release next week, Hype Machine have just put the full stream up – which you can listen to below. Enjoy:
Savages – Silence Yourself {rating} Buy: Silence Yourself Who are Savages? They’re a new all-girl London post-punk four-piece and the latest ‘big new hope’ of guitar music in 2013. They are: Jenny Beth (vocals), Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass) and Fay Milton (drums) What do I need to know about Silence Yourself? It’s Savages…
Blues-rock duo The Black Keys are all set to release their eighth studio album Turn Blue next week. Last night the album leaked online, so this morning they have done the sensible thing and made it available to stream online. To listen to Turn Blue head over to iTunes Radio. Turn Blue features the previously…
A new month always brings a host of great new albums to look forward to, and May is no different. Last month saw big new releases from Damon Albarn, Pixies, Eels and Nas, amongst others, and May is looking even better. Below I’ve listed all of the albums worth getting excited about this month –…
So far there has been 21 winners of the Mercury Prize, or Mercury Music Prize as it was once called. It’s now officially called the Barclaycard Music Prize for sponsorship reasons, but we’ll stick with Mercury Prize from here on in, I think. Since it began all the way back in 1992 the Mercury Prize…
The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull [rating:3.5/5] Buy In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull Wakefield trio The Cribs have always been one of those bands that polarize opinions. Now onto their fifth album, The Cribs have unexpectedly become something of an institution within the ‘indie rock’ scene – despite their…
