Ennio Morricone, Forever The Sound Of The American West
Ennio Morricone, The Sound Of The American West, Dies At 91 The iconic Italian composer, who scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and more than 500 other films, died Monday in Rome.
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When The White Stripes Made An Album For No One (De Stijl Album)
20 Years Ago, The White Stripes Made An Album For No One Jack and Meg’s 2000 album De Stijl is the kind of art you make for yourself, assured few will hear it. It was the last time they’d have that luxury, but they never forgot the lesson.
Album Review + STREAM: “Everything Is Love” by Beyonce & Jay-Z
Unless you are living under a stone, you must have heard Beyonce’s new joint-album “Everything Is Love” by now. It’s a hit already as the hitmaker delivered yet another internet-breaking moment with this new TIDAL exclusive on the last Friday. Beyonce has a habit of offering such moments. That’s one of the reason behind her life-long…
Album review: Editors – ‘The Weight Of Your Love’
Editors – The Weight Of Your Love {rating} Buy: The Weight Of Your Love’ Parting ways with original bassist Chris Urbanowicz and giving former U2 producer Flood a more prominent role has had a predictable effect on Editors’ fourth album. The Weight Of Your Love is by far the most ‘widescreen’ and anthemic album they…
Reverend and the Makers album review – ‘@Reverend_Makers’
Album review submitted by Philip Lickley. Submit your own reviews to All-Noise via email here: submissions@all-noise.co.uk Reverend and the Makers – @Reverend_Makers [rating:4.5/5] Buy: @ Reverend_Makers [Deluxe 2 x CD] The Automatic’s ‘Recover’. Electric Six’s ‘Danger! High Voltage’. The Wombat’s ‘Moving To New York’. Three songs by three bands that I found so good I…
Album review: Kanye West – ‘Yeezus’
Kanye West – Yeezus Rating: Absolutely no idea! Buy: Yeezus So, Kanye West. Yeezus. What to make of it? Is it a ferocious, intense and perfectly realised artistic statement, or the desperate noise-making of a superstar with nothing left to say? To be honest I don’t actually know the answer to that question. In fact,…
Album review: Maximo Park – ‘The National Health’
Album review by Philip Lickley Maxïmo Park – The National Health [rating:3/5] Buy: The National Health Geordie rockers Maxïmo Park – don’t forget the umlaut! – return with their fourth album entitled The National Health, daubed in a Medieval style stained glass picture of, what I assume to be, is a dove. As a big…
Album Review: Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Is A Wild Ride
Madonna isn’t going unnoticed in this century. Her album Madame X has already brought her to the attention. The album delivers some ‘safe’ music while the other parts are simply difficult to digest. You simply think what Madonna was thinking while she was preparing those tracks. It’s a bizarre album and maybe that’s something Madonna…
Album stream: Sigur Ros – ‘Kveikur’
Icelandic post-rock trio Sigur Ros are gearing up for the release of their seventh studio album Kveikur next week (on XL Recordings). In preparation of its release, they’ve already revealed three tracks from it – ‘Brennisteinn‘, ‘Isjaki‘ and most recently the title track. Today we get to hear the whole thing, as it’s available to…
Hot Chip – ‘In Our Heads’ album review
Hot Chip – In Our Heads [rating:2.5/5] Buy: In Our Heads They’re now onto their fifth studio album – eight years on from their debut Coming On Strong – and the world at large is still pretty much ambivalent towards Hot Chip. ‘Aint they the ones who did that funny dance song about the monkey…