Richard Hawley – ’Standing at the Sky’s Edge’ [rating:5/5] Buy Standing At the Sky’s Edge Like most of his solo output so far, former Pulp and Longpigs guitarist Richard Hawley has put his hometown of Sheffield at centre-stage of his new album ’Standing at the Sky’s Edge’, with the Sky’s Edge area of the city…
Miles Kane – Colour Of The Trap While he may be best mates with Alex Turner, you can’t help but think Miles Kane must be at least slightly irked that he had to rely on his friends star power to sustain his career in music. After a couple of failed attempts with solid but uninspiring…
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto [Rating:1/5] While a new Coldplay album might not be the stock-price bothering major event it used to be, and even though the release of their fifth album has been overshadowed by a certain Madchester bands reunion, – the release of Mylo Xyloto is still something of an important moment for one…
Tyler, The Creator – Goblin If you haven’t yet heard of the hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA to their devoted fans, Odd Future to the rest of us), then you soon will. They may not have the catchiest of names, but led by the enigmatic and prolific Tyler, The Creator,…
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…
