Music: Albums

  • Fly Yellow Moon Fyfe Dangerfield

    Friday 25 June, 2010 Fly Yellow Moon

    With his debut solo effort, Guillemot’s front man Fyfe Dangerfield has largely abandoned his usual…

  • The Boxer Kele Okereke

    Tuesday 22 June, 2010 The Boxer

    So, following the trend set by the likes of Brendon Flowers, Slash, Fyfe Dangerfield, Kele Okereke…

  • Slash Slash

    Tuesday 22 June, 2010 Slash

    Slash is often considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, and it goes without saying…

  • The Dance Faithless

    Tuesday 22 June, 2010 The Dance

    Listening to a Faithless album inevitably feels like panning for gold; although your patience gets…

  • High Violet The National

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 High Violet

    With The National’s fifth studio album comes the band’s third masterpiece

  • The Chaos The Futureheads

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 The Chaos

    ‘Oh the chaos, but what’s it got to do with us?’ The Futureheads declare on the opener of the…

  • Disintegration — Deluxe Edition The Cure

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 Disintegration -- Deluxe Edition

    The Cure, quite frankly, are one of the most unusual bands ever to grace the airwaves…

  • Total Life Forever Foals

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 Total Life Forever

    For many bands, a second album release is the turning point of a music career. …

  • My Best Friend Is You Kate Nash

    Saturday 15 May, 2010 My Best Friend Is You

    The irrelevant and inconsequential ramblings of a teenage girl…

  • Plastic Beach Gorillaz

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Plastic Beach

    Upon first seeing the cover for Damon Albarn’s third album at the helm of his …

  • Lights Ellie Goulding

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Lights

    Within the past year, the British music industry has been subject to an influx of …

  • Good Morning Mother Stars And Sons

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Good Morning Mother

    Unique. Piano-pop. Brash, intelligent indie-pop. The truth is, it’s pretty hard to place Stars and …

  • Some Kind Of Salvation The Features

    Friday 12 March, 2010 Some Kind Of Salvation

    Having been championed by Kings of Leon to the point of their being the first …

  • Black Sands Bonobo

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Black Sands

    The biggest problem facing me when writing this article was how exactly do you classify …

  • The Weekend: Friday Forever The Sickest Kids

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 The Weekend: Friday

    I have to admit that Forever the Sickest Kids are a guilty pleasure of mine; …

  • One Life Stand Hot Chip

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 One Life Stand

    Hot Chip’s fourth album One Life Stand has been eagerly anticipated after the critical acclaim …

  • Losing Sleep Parachute

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Losing Sleep

    Parachute: coming to a radio-station near you. Or at least, they should be. Losing Sleep …

  • Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You Lightspeed Champion

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You

    Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You continues where Devonté Hynes left off after releasing …

  • Boo Dag För Dag

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Boo

    Boo is the debut album of the Swedish two piece Dag För Dag. The band …

  • Falcon The Courteeners

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Falcon

    It’s been a long wait for The Courteeners’ devoted fans since the band’s debut album …

  • For The Masses Hadouken!

    Tuesday 23 February, 2010 For The Masses

    Hadouken! are by no doubt the most ridiculous band ever to have released an album …

  • Teen Dream Beach House

    Friday 12 February, 2010 Teen Dream

    In the last issue I was imploring you all to take notice of John Hughes …

  • Hold Me Down You Me At Six

    Friday 12 February, 2010 Hold Me Down

    Upon first hearing You Me At Six a few years back, two things immediately occurred …

  • Transference Spoon

    Friday 12 February, 2010 Transference

    As soon as the album begins the haunting synth of ‘Before Destruction’sets the stage for …

  • Persistence in this Game Straight Lines

    Friday 12 February, 2010 Persistence in this Game

    You can be forgiven for having never heard of Straight Lines; despite having supported the …

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  • Xiu Xiu Taylor John's House, Coventry

    Friday 12 March, 2010

    It’s a matter of love, first of all. Xiu Xiu, the Oakland-based project centred around …

  • Rolo Tomassi The Flapper, Birmingham

    Thursday 11 February, 2010

    Jealous is an understatement. Pretty much every member of Rolo Tomassi is younger, hotter, and …