Father John Mistry - I Love You Honeybear
Friday, February 20th 2015
This has the rock press in raptures. I don’t get it.
Champs - Vamala
Friday, February 20th 2015
Pick yourselves up, Champs, and try again.
Elevant - Dreamface
Thursday, February 19th 2015
Addison's Uncle - I'd Like To Tell A Story
Monday, February 16th 2015
Local band deliver a promising debut.
Chrome and Illinspired - The All C n I
Thursday, February 12th 2015
This is one funky album.
Meghan Trainor - Title
Wednesday, February 4th 2015
Forgive me, whilst I 'bang dem sticks' against my head
Kodaline - Coming Up For Air
Thursday, January 22nd 2015
The mix of old and new just don’t seem to mesh well
Peace - Happy People
Tuesday, January 20th 2015
Something is happening here
Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
Tuesday, January 20th 2015
Nothing more than a car wreck you simply cannot look away from
Public Service Broadcasting - The Race for Space
Monday, January 19th 2015
Like eating jam roly-poly without the custard.
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis - Kitty, Daisy and Lewis III
Monday, January 19th 2015
A crowning glory.
Gaz Coombes - Matador
Monday, January 19th 2015
Gorgeous, masterful, confessional, and uplifting.
The Unthanks - Mount The Air
Sunday, January 18th 2015
The Unthanks confound this reviewer's expectations and produce the natural successor to Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden.
The Grazing Saints - Selene
Sunday, January 18th 2015
Local band The Grazing Saints turn in a debut of swamp-psyche-blues-rock bordering on greatness.
Atari Teenage Riot - Reset
Wednesday, January 14th 2015
For all their efforts to sound like the noise of the future, Atari Teenage Riot just end up sounding like a dated noise.
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor
Wednesday, January 14th 2015
In short it’s great. Not in a typical Manson, media-provoking comment-on-the-world kind of way, but in a decent album kind of way.
Darwin & The Dinosaur - A Thousand Ships
Tuesday, January 13th 2015
Decent debut from a local band that deserves our support.
Rats As Big As Dogs - Attract
Saturday, December 20th 2014
Third EP from BSE Rock City's RABAD.
Grin By Growl - Foreward For Tune
Saturday, December 20th 2014
Promising stuff from another promising young band from Norwich
Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance
Friday, December 19th 2014
Ultimately, this album is written for their fans
Funeral for a Friend - Chapter and Verse
Friday, December 19th 2014
Hard-hitting, high energy and thoroughly enjoyable
Rae Morris - Unguarded
Friday, December 19th 2014
Girl In A Thunderbolt - Own Your Bones
Friday, December 5th 2014
Following a brief hiatus, this is a triumphant return from Norwich's own Girl In A Thunderbolt.
Neil Young - Storytone Reprise
Friday, December 5th 2014
Two discs, two distinctly different interpretations of the same set of songs.
Superfood - Don't Say That
Friday, November 14th 2014
Well crafted but uninspired and uninspiring Britpop pastiche.
Jon Hopkins - Asleep Versions EP
Friday, November 14th 2014
More fascinating folktronica from Jon Hopkins
Broads - Care & Handling EP
Wednesday, November 12th 2014
Intriguing stuff from a local chap
Hookworms - The Hum
Wednesday, November 12th 2014
Hang on, this could get trippy.
Daisy Victoria - Nobody Dies EP
Wednesday, November 12th 2014
A truly complex talent whose fame is already set to spread beyond our Norfolk borders.
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Thursday, November 6th 2014
It's still very much a Foo Fighters Rock Album
Devo - Miracle Witness Hour
Wednesday, October 29th 2014
This is de-evolution in action
Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
Wednesday, October 22nd 2014
Their formula still sounds fresh
Bonnie Prince Billy - A Sea of Tongues
Wednesday, October 22nd 2014
It’s more Country with a Capital C.
Scott Walker & Sunn 0))) - Soused
Monday, October 20th 2014
Music for pleasure? Not if Scott Walker has anything to do with it.
Simple Minds - Big Music
Monday, October 20th 2014
Almost lives up to the title. As enjoyable as it is pompous.
Inspiral Carpets - Inspiral Carpets
Monday, October 20th 2014
Pleasant enough, but unlikely to set the world on fire.
Submotion Orchestra - Alium
Monday, October 20th 2014
The good times don’t stop
The Flaming Lips - With a Little Help from my Fwends
Monday, October 20th 2014
It's just a shame that it misses the mark.
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga // Cheek To Cheek
Monday, October 13th 2014
The meat dress-wearing popstrel returns with an album of classic duets with old school crooner Tony Bennett. Not your usual Gaga.
Kormac - Doorsteps
Tuesday, October 7th 2014
I was continuously surprised throughout all 43 minutes.