The Slow Readers Club – ‘The Slow Readers Club’ [rating:4/5] Buy The Slow Readers Club [Explicit] Regular readers may remember I featured Manchester four-piece The Slow Readers Club’s single ’Feet On Fire’ in the New Music section recently. Well I’ve managed to get hold of their self-titled debut album (out 21 May on Extenso Music) […]
Category: Album Reviews
Glasvegas album review – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\
Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\ After a successful debut album, a bands second album always come with the expectation of a bigger, more expansive sound designed to propel them into the league of stadium fillers. It’s the natural career progression these days, and when Wall Of Sound exponents Glasvegas revealed they were working with […]
The Futureheads – ‘Rant’ album review
This review was submitted by Philip Lickley. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise send your music based writings to submissions@all-noise.co.uk. The Futureheads – Rant [rating:3/5] Buy Rant After enjoying the lead single from their third album, ‘Beginning of the Twist’, I’ve followed Sunderland band The Futureheads for their past two albums – so […]
Stream the new Iron And Wine album ‘Ghost On Ghost’
Singer-songwriter Sam Beam’s folk-rock alter ego Iron And Wine is releasing new album Ghost On Ghost next week (16 April) – and is streaming the whole thing online via NPR. Listen to it here: Ghost On Ghost is Iron And Wine’s fifth studio album, and lead singles ‘Grace For Saints And Ramblers’ and ‘Lovers’ Revolution’ […]
Stream The Flaming Lips new album ‘The Terror’
The Flaming Lips are releasing their new album The Terror next week – and have today released a full stream of it via NPR. Front-man Wayne Coyne has been describing The Terror as a much darker album than their previous work – basing the record in the darker realms of psychedlia. Listen to The Terror […]
Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Mosquito’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito {rating} Download: Mosquito Who are Yeah Yeah Yeahs? They’re the art-rock-punk-pop trio that were at the forefront of the New York revival in the early 2000’s, and are fast approaching seminal status thanks to their ability to continuously evolve musically while remaining current and vital. Karen O is the enigmatic […]
Album review: The Hoosiers – ‘The News From Nowhere’
The Hoosiers The News From Nowhere Preorder: The News from Nowhere It’s album number three for The Hoosiers, coming four years after their last LP. ‘The News From Nowhere’, supported by its fans as is popular these days, sees like more of a group effort from the four-piece as their latest album features different vocalists […]
Labrinth – ‘Electronic Earth’ album review
This album review was submitted by Philip Lickley. If you want to contribute to All-Noise, send your music news, views and reviews to submissions@all-noise.co.uk. Labrinth – Electronic Earth [rating:4.5/5] Buy Electronic Earth Having already teamed up with Tinie Tempah on two of his biggest singles it’s time for producer Labrinth to stand on his own […]
Album review: James Blake – ‘Overgrown’
James Blake – Overgrown {rating} Buy: Overgrown Who is James Blake? He’s a London born singer-songwriter who also happens to be a pioneering electronic music producer. He almost single-handedly created the ‘post-dubstep’ movement a few years ago before understandably trying to distance himself from such a horribly reductive pigeon-hole. What do I need to know […]
Listen: Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Mosquito’ stream
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a stream of their highly anticipated new album Mosquito onto YouTube. The stream features an intro by Karen O in which she calls the album ‘…a Yeah Yeah Yeahs soul record, or our version of one. It’s really playful and tongue in cheek at times. It’s got something for everyone.’ […]