Gone is the Husker Du-esque scrabble of Idlewild’s early bombshells; by contrast their self-titled tenth album sounds like a long-lost, grown-up cousin.
Back in the slightly frenzied and uncertain period that followed the demise of Britpop (a genre that unlike the dinosaurs avoided its own mass extinction event and laboured …
Whilst Richard Ashcroft himself has described the mix of styles in his new work as eclectic, mostly ‘Lovin’ You’s vibe is still a mellow, Radio 2 friendly one.
Come to think of it, isn’t one definition of freedom doing whatever you want to do provided that it doesn’t cause harm …
Compiled by the group, The Sheer Action Of The Fini Tribe is a meticulous cataloguing of their first incarnation.
Edinburgh is one of those places that has always suffered a little for its biscuit tin image.
Even now, you’ll get lots of people who think the annual Military Tattoo is …
While the production sounds like a mature update to Taylor Swift’s discography, at times the lyrics lack that same quality.
If anyone knows the life of a showgirl, it’s Taylor Swift.
From winning 14 Grammy Awards to achieving the highest grossing concert tour of all time, Swift is a …
Moshers have to wait their turn in this fierce and primal mix, but both Fried and the breakneck hardcore of Kin are stagedive ready, an aspect of this community Upchuck haven’t forgotten.
You don’t start writing about music to talk about vomiting, but you can’t deny the times might call …
Scaler deliver a more cohesive and atmospheric album, though not one without limitations.
Bristol’s Scaler (formerly Scalping) made their name by fusing metal instrumentation with the dark mechanics of club culture.
When they first emerged as a live act pre-lockdown, the gigs were pulverising in their intensity and the pandemic …
The Beta Band by Neil Thomson
21 years after calling it quits, The Beta Band re-emerged not with bombast or sentimentality but with the same eclecticism that made them cult heroes.
In a year of blockbuster reunions (Oasis, The Maccabees etc), The Beta Band‘s return has flown curiously under …
With sweet vocals and jazzy instrumentation, ‘The Art Of Loving’ showcases what Olivia Dean does best.
Following on from her critically acclaimed debut Messy, Olivia Dean has released her second studio album The Art Of Loving, reflecting on private life and documenting her journey of learning to find self …
‘portals // polarities’ celebrates process as well as offering a wider emotional perspective on Night Tapes’ polyglot influences.
Many of us will at some point have done it; having either strummed a chord, blown a note or held down a key, we for the briefest of seconds counted ourselves as …
These songs make Sprints one of the must hear Irish bands from a long line of must hear Irish bands.
Sprints singer Karla Chubb has, like many of us, stared in the abyss of modern living, considered her response carefully and decided: ‘I could not give less of a fuck’.…
As with the deliberate ambiguity of the record’s title, NewDad are happy for listeners to figure some of the answers out for themselves.
It used to be so goddamn simple.
You wrote some songs. You got signed. You made a record. You had a hit.
You went on Later Jools, …
A sense of feeling at right angles, life either in the way or passing you by, thematically pervades much of Nation Of Language’s new record.
Nation Of Language singer and songwriter Ian Richard Devaney doesn’t necessarily seem ready for the big time.
Released two years ago, their third album Strange …
With a mix of brutality and bravado, GANS’ debut album is both ambitious and assured.
“We felt connected when we met and we had ambitions that lay beyond that world,” explains GANS‘ (‘Goose’ in German, fact fans) guitarist and vocalist Thomas Rhodes of his band’s gestation.
“We are fiercely …
At the 15 minute mark, Rainy Sunday Afternoon seems destined to become The Divine Comedy’s most sonically cohesive album since Nigel Godrich was brought into the fold.
In a newsletter announcing the forthcoming release of Rainy Sunday Afternoon, Neil Hannon teased what fans could expect from the thirteenth album …
King Princess’ overarching theme is ‘girl violence’, not in a physical sense but rather regarding the desire to create and receive chaos in relationships.
Three years on from her second album, King Princess is back with new release Girl Violence.
King Princess, stage name of musician and actor Mikaela …
‘Physical Graffiti’ spans nearly every corner of Led Zeppelin’s sound – hard rock, blues, folk, funk, prog – fusing them together with eye-widening ambition.
One of the defining rock records, when Physical Graffiti was released in 1975 it was Led Zeppelin’s first release on their Swan Song label and …