Rocketeer - Leave Me (Single Review)

London’s Rocketeer aren’t quite your typical Indie-Rock band. They sound as though they could implode at any moment; such is the amount of musical influences in their unique sound.

Written by: Rob Knowles | Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2011

Modestep - Sunlight (Single Review)

Modestep have placed themselves firmly in the public eye with a succession of catchy singles in Feel Good and Bite The Hand, but with Sunlight the London four-piece have taken their credibility a step further.

Written by: Rob Knowles | Date: Monday, 03 October 2011

Rise To Remain - Power Through Fear (Single Review)

Rise To Remain have a lot on their plate right now. They’re being given praise and opportunities left, right and center and rightly so – the metalcore quintet are a rising power in British music and serve as a great example of what the English can give to our country’s musical heritage.

Written by: Rob Knowles | Date: Monday, 03 October 2011

New Found Glory - Radiosurgery (Album Review)

Since their formation in 1997, New Found Glory have consistently served as a major influence to the genre of pop-punk as whole. Albums such as New Found Glory and Sticks And Stones were strong enough to not only stand the test of time, but also to carry the Florida quintet through those times that saw fans questioning New Found Glory’s more daring changes in musical direction. It seems however that the band have come full circle over their 14 years, taking with them the best parts of their career to make Radiosurgey, an album to truly serve the devout following they have garnered.

Written by: Rob Knowles | Date: Monday, 03 October 2011

New Found Glory - Radiosurgery (Single Review)

Of late, New Found Glory have been insisting “Pop-Punk’s Not Dead” anywhere they can. It’s a phrase that has appeared in stage banter, on every social network available and even on their merchandise. They’ve even named their recent tour after this slogan. And who can blame them? Infectious Pop-Punk has always been the trade of Florida veterans New Found Glory and if this single is an indication of the quintet’s future, we can safely assume that when they say “Pop-Punk’s Not Dead”, they mean it. With single Radiosurgery, they’re once again breathing life into the genre that they have quietly become the unchallenged kings of, and rightly so.

Written by: Rob Knowles | Date: Monday, 03 October 2011

Textures - Dualism (Album Review)

Dutch metallers Textures have a right to feel a little frustrated at recent trends in metal. Although they are now being lumped in with the ‘djent’ scene that has recently exploded across the heavy world, Textures are really a far more important band in the evolution of modern metal than they are given credit for.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Monday, 03 October 2011

Rise To Remain - City Of Vultures (Album Review)

If you take one thing from this review or from listening to Rise To Remain’s debut ‘City Of Vultures’, let it be this: they are a band in their own right. This is a statement that needs clarifying courtesy of a more than obvious link to another musical force, one that pops its head up in almost every feature regarding the young band. Rise To Remain are their own musical force; one that is ready to take over the world, starting with this great debut.

Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Friday, 30 September 2011

Antlered Man - Buddhist Soup (Giftes 1) (Mini Album Review)

One thing needs to be cleared up right at the start of this review. Antlered Man are brilliant. There is something about their skewed take on alt-rock that makes them ridiculously appealing, despite the fact that all their songs seem determined to change pace at awkward moments and verge on being pretty disturbing most of the time. Don’t be fooled by the lullaby-esque melodies at the heart of 'If You Can’t Beat Them, Try Solvents', for example. This is a band that are here to drag you into the murkiness where they belong.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Friday, 30 September 2011

miaou - The Day Will Come Before Long (Album Review)

Japan's mercurial architects of enticing whimsy miaou end their three year recording hiatus with the long awaited and very captivating, 'The Day will Come Before Long'. Their fourth release and first since 2008s 'All Around Us', it finds the band immerse themselves in a much more electronic soundscape than on previous forays, conceiving arguably their most lavish and consummate record to date.

Written by: Patrick Gormley | Date: Wednesday, 28 September 2011

You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep (Album Review)

“It’s a lot more in a…not in a new direction, but kind of the same evolution between our first two CDs, just kind of a bit more mature, bit more grown up, the rockier bits are heavier and we are just more of a rock band now I think, we are a lot more grown up. But we’ve still got everything about us that all our fans love, so it’s not too drastic.” Chris Miller, guitarist.

Written by: Marcus Colley | Date: Wednesday, 28 September 2011

LaFaro - Easy Meat (Album Review)

Northern Ireland’s LaFaro are many things but top amongst their list of priorities is their determination to make one hell of a racket. This record is all about the serrated guitars and vocals walking the fine line between genuine singing and razor throated screams, all with a pleasing Northern Irish burr of course.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (Album Review)

For fans of horror, showmanship and that darker element to rock, Alice Cooper has been satisfying all of your needs for upwards of 40 years. With this horrifically splendid triumph comes another dose of dark satisfaction in the form of his new album ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’, the musical sequel, if you will, to his first solo record, 1975’s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’.

Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Sing in Japanese (EP Review)

After this year’s ‘Go Down Under’ EP, which saw punk rock supergroup the Gimme Gimmes release their most foreign – in the most literal sense of the word – collection of comedy renditions to date, they have returned once again with another sprinkling of “hits” from a particular country – the nation in question being, on this occasion, the Land of the Rising Sun.

Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Monday, 26 September 2011

The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne (Album Review)

You should always proceed with an air of caution when a band starts to sell their new release as the biggest or best in terms of certain qualities as, let’s be honest, many claims collapse entirely the moment said release is dropped into the world. Step up: The Devil Wears Prada, the band who sold their new album ‘Dead Throne’ to be the heaviest yet and, with regards to this at least, they aren’t lying.

Written by: Heather McDaid | Date: Monday, 26 September 2011

Ed Sheeran - + (Album Review)

Ed Sheeran has seemingly become unstoppable in the past year or so, smashing his way into the UK top 10 with both ‘The A Team’ and ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’. However, this is anything but an overnight sensation. At the humble age of 20, Ed has already put tireless years into his music career with a rigorous gig calendar, self-recording various EP’s and even sofa surfing. All in the name of following one’s dream. Dreams in the music industry only really come true when your debut album is on the shelves of HMV’s all over the country, and for Ed Sheeran this is exactly the feat he has achieved.

Written by: Ryan Tinslay | Date: Monday, 26 September 2011

The Jayhawks ‘Mockingbird Time’ (Album Review)

As a very brief introduction for anyone unfamiliar with the work of Minnesota’s The Jayhawks, they are a band that have been making highly influential country rock music for over 25 years. So your apologies for the late start are graciously accepted. However, if you are already acquainted, you’ll be pleased to hear that the original line-up, including founding member Mark Olson, are back together for the first time since 1995’s ‘Tomorrow the Green Grass’.

Written by: Rob Sleigh | Date: Sunday, 25 September 2011

Coldplay Tickets For London O2 Arena, Manchester MEN & Glasgow Onsale 9.30am Today

Following the release of new album 'Mylo Xyloto' in October, Coldplay will play their first UK tour for two years with a series of UK arena shows announced for December. Coldplay Tickets are ONSALE 9.30AM TODAY, Friday 23rd September.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 23 September 2011

Andy Burrows - If I Had A Heart (Single Review)

Former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows releases new single ‘If I Had A Heart’ next month, following numerous other projects and a busy summer both with I Am Arrows and clocking up the air miles with We Are Scientists – of which he is now a full time member since 2009.

Written by: Helen Manley | Date: Thursday, 22 September 2011

They Say We're Sinking - Echoes Of The Great War (EP Review)

Comprising its component parts with musicians from hardcore, punk and experimental bands that came out of the local scene in Dover, Delaware, instrumentalists They Say We’re Sinking feel it is their impatience as people that greatly influences their particular take on post rock. And while this hurried, urgent energy is apparent throughout their debut EP 'Echoes of the Great War', the influence of bands like Red Sparrowes, This Will Destroy You and Explosions in the Sky, one feels is even greater.

Written by: Patrick Gormley | Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Tori Amos - Night Of Hunters (Album Review)

Since 1992 Tori Amos has been releasing albums every couple of years or so. So now, on album twelve, has anything changed? Well yes, nearly everything in fact. Breaking with tradition, she's not recorded this one with her usual band members,  instead opting for a new bunch of classical musicians.

Written by: Craig Willis | Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2011