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The Lawrence Arms - Metropole (Album Review)
The well-worn phrase tells us that good things come to those who wait. Broadly speaking, and in musical terms, that’s bullshit. But, when you’re talking the Lawrence Arms and ‘Metropole’, their first full-length in almost a decade, it’s a different story altogether.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 30 January 2014
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Ektomorf - Retribution (Album Review)
Hungarian groove-metallers Ektomorf have worn their influences proudly on their sleeves for years now. But on their ninth album, 'Retribution', they may have taken it a step too far.
Written by: Alec Chillingworth | Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
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Augustines - Augustines (Album Review)
Augustines, formerly known as We Are Augustines, set a flag in the ground a few years back with 'Rise Ye Sunken Ships', a raw journey that also worked as a joyous reminder of how brilliant music can be.
Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
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Dum Dum Girls - Too True (Album Review)
You can’t accuse Dee Dee Penny of not investing in Dum Dum Girls’ partial reinvention on ‘Too True’. She’s taken a chunk out of the surf guitars and bubblegum pop of ‘Only In Dreams’, installing a new vein of neon lights, synths and a goth-pop sensibility. Just seconds into the record, on opener Cult Of Love, she sings: “We touch beneath our skin, right down to the bare wires.”
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2014
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Caliban - Ghost Empire (Album Review)
Caliban have always, through no fault of their own, failed to make the sort of waves that their abrasive brand of metalcore perhaps should have. On ‘Ghost Empire’, the latest fluctuation in their sound has seen them embrace down-tuned guitars in the same vein as Meshuggah - could it see Caliban rise to the top of the pile?
Written by: Alec Chillingworth | Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2014
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Tom Brosseau - Grass Punks (Album Review)
Tom Brosseau has been on the sidelines for a while. ‘Grass Punks’ is his first solo record in five years and as such will serve as a handy introduction for some into his world of acoustic folk.
Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Monday, 27 January 2014
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Red Dragon Cartel - Red Dragon Cartel (Album Review)
Following his sizzling tenure as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist in the 1980s, Jake E Lee went on to form lauded blues rockers Badlands before largely vanishing from the musical landscape. After nearly two decades in semi-retirement, he's finally re-emerged with Red Dragon Cartel, who draw upon contemporary and classic metal influences with enjoyable, albeit inconsistent, results.
Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Monday, 27 January 2014
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Skindred - Kill The Power (Album Review)
So, Skindred. You know the drill by now: slick nu-metal riffs, infectious reggae beats, samples, swinging your clothes around in the air at the end of a gig...basically, one of the most inventive bands currently plying their trade in the UK.
Written by: Alec Chillingworth | Date: Friday, 24 January 2014
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Mogwai - Rave Tapes (Album Review)
As we’re all now aware, the title of Mogwai’s latest record is somewhat misleading. ‘Rave Tapes’ does not herald a new direction for the Scottish post-rock veterans; they are, artfully it has to be said, fucking with us again.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 23 January 2014
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Warpaint - Warpaint (Album Review)
Warpaint’s debut album, ‘The Fool’, was all about mood and texture, never stooping to engage with what would traditionally be expected from a band positioned on the periphery of the ever-expanding, but not necessarily diversifying, indie scene.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Wednesday, 22 January 2014
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Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Album Review)
For Laura Jane Grace and Against Me!, ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’ is an important record. It’s the first since Grace sat down with Rolling Stone and came out as a transgender woman, and it also follows a period of line-up changes and label upheaval that could have sunk another band.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2014
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No Sinner - Boo Hoo Hoo (Album Review)
To enjoy the bluesy rock ‘n' roll whipped up by Vancouver-based four piece No Sinner, all you really need is a functioning heartbeat. In other words, if you don't find yourself digging their soulful swagger you may be clinically dead.
Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Monday, 20 January 2014
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DripBack - Failed Futures (Album Review)
'Hometown: Fackin Landaan. Band Interests: Beer and shit that makes ya go faster. Artists We Also Like: Lionel Richie'. These aren't the sort of things you'd usually find scrawled on a death metal band's Facebook page. But then again, most death metal bands aren't like DripBack.
Written by: Alec Chillingworth | Date: Friday, 17 January 2014
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Decade - Good Luck (Album Review)
It seems that time is of the essence to many these days. Debut albums are being rushed out to meet demand, while major artists are falling over one another in order to drop surprise releases on the unsuspecting public. But Decade, by these standards, have been patient.
Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Thursday, 16 January 2014
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East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (Album Review)
There are two competing currents running through ‘Total Strife Forever’, the debut from William Doyle as East India Youth. But rather than dragging the album down, they work alongside one another, creating a thematic anchor for intriguing stylistic walkabouts.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
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Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings - Give The People What They Want (Album Review)
On Retreat, the opening track from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ ‘Give The People What They Want’, Jones sings: “Play with me and you play with fire.” A song that trades in steely barbs between lovers, it has assumed a new role for Jones following her recent battle against cancer.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes (Album Review)
There’s a lot to be said for striking while the iron is hot and that’s just what Bruce Springsteen, five decades into one of the defining careers in popular music, has done with ‘High Hopes’.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Monday, 13 January 2014
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Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags (Album Review)
Contrary to what its title may suggest, there’s precious little wigging out going on here. ‘Wig Out At Jagbags’, the latest solo release from former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus, is one of the more straightforward records in his recent canon, offering up witty, charming alt-pop tunes with a few prog splatters.
Written by: Gavin Rees | Date: Friday, 10 January 2014
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Self Defense Family - Try Me (Album Review)
‘Try Me’, Self Defense Family’s first full-length since switching names from End Of A Year, is every bit as challenging as its title suggests. It’s a raw, emotional work, one that flatly refuses to take the easy way out.
Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 09 January 2014
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