Bloc Party – Four [rating:4/5] Buy: Four Back in the middle of the last decade, Bloc Party were the very definition of uber-cool scenesters. Nowadays, even their most ardent of fans would struggle to summon up the audacity to call them ‘relevant’. Too much time has passed and music, for better or worse, has moved…
Former indie darlings Franz Ferdinand are on the comeback trail in 2013, and are set to release their fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action next week. We’ve already heard the singles ‘Right Action‘ and ‘Love Illumination’, and you can now stream the album in full over at NPR. The album is released on…
Drenge – Drenge {rating} Buy: Drenge Who are Drenge? They’re sibling duo Eoin and Rory Loveless who hail from Derbyshire and have made a name for themselves by following The White Stripes method of making a terrific racket with just a guitar and drums. Bizarrely, they were namechecked by Labour MP Tom Watson in his…
Earl Sweatshirt – Doris {rating} Buy: Doris It says something of the high regard Earl Sweatshirt is held in that, in a year that has seen big new albums from Kanye and Jay Z, his debut album proper Doris is still seen as one of the most highly anticipated hip-hop LPs 2013. His association with…
Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt has just made his debut album proper Doris available to stream online ahead of its release next week. The album is his first collection of new material since the breakthrough free album/mixtape Earl in 2010. Following that, he was sent to rehab in Samoa by his mum – so Doris…
White Lies – BIG TV {rating} Buy: BIG TV It may seem like a long time ago, but it was only in 2008 that White Lies were being stalked by record labels and the music press alike – who touted them as genuine indie-rock superstars in the making. In 2009 their debut album To Lose…
Following in the footsteps of fellow A$AP Mob member Rocky, A$AP Ferg is releasing his highly anticipated debut album Trap Lord next week. Before it hits the shops and download sites though, Ferg has made the whole thing available to stream online. To listen to Trap Lord head over to the specially constructed site: www.traplordaugust20.com…
The Throne – Watch The Throne [rating:4.5/5] While it may not be quite as dead as the naysayers might have you believe, hip-hop certainly feels like a genre in flux at the moment. At one end of the spectrum there’s the new blood like Odd Future ripping up the rule book looking to establish a…
Nicki Minaj has launched her much anticipated album “Queen” this Friday, 9 am PST / 12 pm EST. It is a follow-up to her 2014 album “The Pinkprint”. Nicki was playing up with the release date of her album “Queen”, it was scheduled for release on 15th of June but then Nicki pushed it…
Swim Deep – Where The Heaven Are We {rating} Buy: Where the Heaven Are We In promoting debut album Where The Heaven Are We, Swim Deep singer Austin Williams said he wanted to ‘own the summer’. After seeing the B-town band radiate carefree vibes and luscious melodies at Glastonbury, it seemed like the summer was…
