Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture
Overall this album screams ‘THE GOOD MUSIC IS BACK!’ - Freja reviews the new Dinosaur Pile-Up album
Van Dyke Parks // Songs Cycled
VdP celebrates his 70th birthday in some (not entirely convincing) style.
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood // Black Pudding
Mark Lanegan reaches maturity
Screaming Maldini // Screaming Maldini
Pop doesn't get quirkier than Screaming Maldini's debut album.
Dr Scardo // Dark Dog Days
Dr Scardo takes no prisoners when it comes to politics.
Rob Zombie // Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
'Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor' sounds like some random, tripped-out 1960's vinyl.
Rudimental // Home
Can Rudimental's debut album, 'Home', live up to the previous hit singles the band has produced?
Cave Painting // Votive Life
"It feels a tiny bit like a drunk person ruining a beautiful poem..."
Team Ghost // Rituals
Kieren's copy of Team Ghost's debut album may well be haunted...
Public Service Broadcasting // Inform Educate Entertain
PSB inform, educate and, above all, entertain.
The Neighbourhood // I Love You
The Neighbourhood - I Love You
Ghostpoet // Some Say I So I Say Light
Disjointed drums, the odd few bars of a sweet violin tune, a smooth jazz bassline or echoey electric guitar, it's constantly evolving.
Laish // Obituaries
Weird folk pop. Promises much but let down in places by weak vocals.
Bromheads // Choro
Dumb but fun punky, garage rock 'n' roll from the truncated Bromheads Jacket.
Hadouken // Every Weekend
Hadouken are back with their newest offering, Every Weekend.
Mogwai // Les Revenants OST
Post-rock soundrack to a French TV series stands alone as a classic album
The Joy Formidable // Wolf’s Law
It’s a visceral blast; a great snap and tear from a wolf’s jaw – raw, and bloody, and inciting overwhelming emotion.
Deptford Goth // Life After Defo
Lizz reviews the latest from Deptford Goth - 'Life After Defo'
Frightened Rabbit // Pedestrian Verse
The dynamic range of this record is fantastic, too, veering from extremely delicate sections to loud, impassioned choruses
Rick Redbeard // No Selfish Heart
Phantom Band vocalist goes solo to great effect.
Fionn Regan//The Bunkhouse Vol 1 Anchor Black Tattoo
Fionn Regan - The Bunkhouse Vol 1 Anchor Black Tattoo
Speck Mountain // Badwater
This is an even sheet of dream pop; let it drift over you as you dirft away.
Sonic Youth // Smart Bar Chicago 1985
One for the Sonic Youth aficianado rather than for the newcomer.
The Blackout // Start The Party
The Blackout's newest offering to the ever growing British rock scene, Start The Party completely reflects their energetic, fun-filled shows
My Dying Bride // A Map Of All Our Failures
Their newest album, 'A Map Of All Our Failures', is typical of the Yorkshire group's material - solemn, epic and heavily layered - a perfect example of what 'doom metal' should be.
Lau // Race the Loser
This isn’t an album for folk lovers, this is an album for music lovers and not only deserves but manages to command your full attention when listening to it.
Breathless // Green to Blue
This is by no means a bad record, the stark melancholy of some of the tracks is really quite beautiful...
Dog Is Dead // All our Favourite Stories
"‘All our Favourite Stories’ is nothing Mumford and Sons, Arcade Fire, Noah and the Whale and Alt-J haven’t conquered before."
Godspeed You! Black Emperor // Allelulujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Pavlis ascends but doesn't bend with GY!BE.
The Unthanks // Diversions Vol 3
The Unthanks sing songs from the shipyards
The Lovely Eggs // Wildlife
The Lovely Eggs present Wildlife
Seeker Lover Keeper // Seeker Lover Keeper
Underlined with unease, an eerie quality hidden behind a thick wall of notes and vocals. Like coming home to an unlocked door.
Paul Heaton // Presents the 8th
Heaton the smoking woman’s crumpet, the working / thinking man’s idea of a proper bloke might just have delivered the white man’s answer to ‘What’s Going On’?
The Chrysalids // Neither Love Nor Money
It is pleasant enough, but certainly nothing new to get too excited about. Nothing more than a Scott Walker tribute band.
Candidate // Psychic Dissonance From The Unself
"Eventually to be consigned to a wooden chest labelled ‘Derivatives’, they share their fleeting success with plenty of other bands..."
Princess Chelsea // Lil' Golden Book
Promising a dark twist on Disney classics, Princess Chelsea is an unlikely candidate for any magical soundtrack.
The Blind Hearts // Crying Shame
"It’s mainstream Ameriana at its best; the type of record that gets stuck in your head without you even realising it."
Dogan Mehmet // Outlandish
One for fans of the Mumfords and world music...
Billy Talent // Dead Silence
For an album called ‘Dead Silence’, Billy Talent’s newest offering is the very opposite. Irony maybe?
Stalking Horses // Specters
The new melancholy kids on the block Stalking Horses bring you their debut album Specters, chockablock full of ambience, electronica, and a very British ‘dead-end street’ message.
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