Noah and The Whale: Heart of Nowhere – review
Noah and The Whale’s Heart of Nowhere is the soundtrack to growing up, it’s all about coming of age recounted through sweet pop hooks and orchestral scores. It’s unsurprising therefore to find an element of melodrama within the album, in particular the title track with guest vocals from Anna Calvi bursting onto the song two thirds of the way More...
Tribes: Wish To Scream – review
Tribes’ first album, which came out at the start of last year, was one I listened to a lot over summer last year. As the evenings are longer and we’re getting great weather, their follow up comes out just in More...
Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart – review
Frank Turner’s new album Tape Deck Heart is a lengthy 18 songs, his longest album so far. However, the quality is by no means diminished, and there is enough variety. It’s definitely less of a solo project than More...
Palma Violets: 180 – review
Palma Violets have recently caused a stir in the music world with the band bursting onto the scene with debut album 180. Being hailed as the next big thing in indie music, the album does display the potential of More...
Suede: Bloodsports – review
In terms of 90s nostalgia, pulling off a comeback in the last few years hasn’t been thought of as much in the way of originality. Pulp are back. Blur are back. The Stone Roses… very much here. But in the More...
Albums you should listen to: No.1 – Feels by Animal Collective (2005)
Primitive and emotive, it takes you to new peaks of wonder while sounding undeniably attractive. This album echoes right through you. It’s the type of sound that a baby or toddler would adore to listen More...
Sound of the week – Wave Machines
Having been described as everything from electro-pop to alternative rock, local Liverpool band Wave Machines, led by Tim Bruzon, put out their debut album Wave If You’re Really There in 2009 – a couple of More...
The 10 best albums of 2012
So then, farewell Twenty-Duz. I will always remember you as something of a disappointment – the illusion of monarchy was shattered by the realisation that they have boobs and bums, Battleship somehow failed More...
Chilled albums for the revision period
Cinematic Orchestra – Ma Fleur Cinematic Orchestra know how to produce stress-busting albums. Ma Fleur is perfect for that moment you’ve realised you’ve read the same sentence fourteen times – and it More...
Matt Cardle: The Fire – review
After the success of his debut album Letters, a platinum selling record, Matt Cardle now enters the traditionally difficult second album stage of his career. The exposure and fame that being 2010’s X Factor More...