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Contact us Review: Single – Vagabond – Sweat (Until The Morning)
9:00am Monday 8th June 2009
VAGABOND are hyped as mid-market, soulful, sexy pop – so they could be very big indeed.
Review: Single – Cosmo Jarvis – Chapter 2
9:00am Sunday 31st May 2009
A THREE track taster from a one-man band with a unique sound and a lewd, witty turn of phrase.
Review: Single – You Me At Six – Finders Keepers
8:55pm Tuesday 26th May 2009
HAILED as the British answer to Fall Out Boy, You Me At Six's latest single doesn't hold up well to the comparison.
Review: Single – Howling Bells – Digital Hearts
12:39pm Thursday 21st May 2009
THE Antipodean indie-rockers' latest single has ditched the band's quirkiness in favour of a radio-friendly sound.
Review: Single – A Camp – Love Has Left The Room
5:29pm Monday 18th May 2009
THE Cardigans' vocalist Nina Persson has one of the finest voices around.
Review: Single – The Bishops – City Lights
9:54pm Monday 3rd November 2008
BEAT combo is definitely the best way to describe this rhythm and blues influenced London trio.
Review: Album – Marc Collin – Hollywood Mon Amour
9:42pm Monday 3rd November 2008
AN intriguing album of ultra-cool lounge takes on 1980s film soundtracks.
Review: Single – Run Hide Survive – Dyson / Pigeon
4:12pm Friday 24th October 2008
ONE of the most gripping electro releases of the year has arrived – all the way from a room above a pub in Sheffield.
Review: Album - Katy Perry - One of the Boys
9:00am Monday 22nd September 2008
SHE’S been number one in the singles chart, had reams written about her and now it’s time for the album.
Review: Album – Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling
11:14am Friday 24th October 2008
IT would be very strange if the dourest of post-rock combos, Mogwai, decided to make an album of bubble-gum pop.
Review: Single – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Come Saturday
10:18pm Thursday 23rd October 2008
GIVING stuff away free is a good way to get people to like your music.
Review: Album – Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble – Before the Ruin
9:36pm Thursday 23rd October 2008
THE twisted world of folk music has sucked in Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble.
Review: Album - Queen and Paul Rodgers - Cosmos Rocks
9:00am Monday 15th September 2008
SOME things are just wrong.
Review: Album - The Blow Monkeys - Devil’s Tavern
9:00am Monday 18th August 2008
TALK about a blast from the past.
Review: Single – Tokyo Police Club – Graves
10:28am Wednesday 22nd October 2008
GRAVES is the fourth single from this spiky Canadian indie-rock quartet's début album, Elephant Shell.
Review: Album – Late of the Pier – Fantasy Black Channel
10:59am Monday 20th October 2008
THIS debut album by four cutting-edge youngsters from Castle Donington leaves all in its musical wake.
Review: Album - The Levellers - Letters From The Underground
3:24pm Friday 15th August 2008
IF there’s one band who have remained true to their principles all these years it has to be The Levellers.
Review: Album - Noah And The Whale - Peaceful The World Lays Me Down
9:00am Monday 11th August 2008
FOLK these days comes in many forms and this is a very good example of the broad church available.
Review: Album - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
9:00am Monday 4th August 2008
WITH all his success with film scores it’s easy to overlook Randy Newman the songwriter.
Review: Album - Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul
1:42pm Friday 8th August 2008
Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer songwriter who has been quietly going about his business for some time.
Review: Album - Man Like I - Natty
9:00am Monday 4th August 2008
IF country is an area much overlooked, the same could be said of reggae.
Review: Album - XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
FOR a band making their debut CD the XX Teens certainly have a swagger about them which comes over via this album.
Review: Album - Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
THERE have been many imitators but there will only ever be one Alice Cooper and thankfully he’s back on form with that old chestnut, a concept album.
Review: Single – The Go! Team – Milk Crisis
3:43pm Friday 8th August 2008
THE cheerleader-sampling, shambolic funk outfit are giving their latest single – and a lot more – away for free.
Review: Single – Crystal Castles – Vanished
11:48am Tuesday 5th August 2008
CANADIAN electro-nihilist duo Crystal Castles need to choose their single releases more wisely.
Review: Album – The Blakes – The Blakes
11:53am Monday 4th August 2008
A FANTASTICALLY sleazy garage-rock band whose lack of coherence only adds to their appeal.
Review: Single - The Brute Chorus – Grow Fins
5:23pm Friday 25th July 2008
THE Brute Chorus can be a little raucous at times, but their bluesy garage music is certainly not brutish.
Review: Single – Neon Neon – I Told Her On Alderaan
12:28pm Monday 4th August 2008
SUPER Furry Animals' singer Gruff Rhys has gained his second Mercury Prize nomination for this collaboration with American producer Boom Bip.
Review: Single – The Thirst – My Everything
12:57pm Monday 4th August 2008
THE Libertines have a lot to answer for: whilst variously adored and despised, the jangly mess they unleashed on Britain at the start of the century has certainly inspired an awful lot of dross.
Review: Album – Jupiter One – Jupiter One
11:11am Tuesday 5th August 2008
TAKING classic sci-fi show Lost In Space and 80s legends Talking Heads as the lift-off points for your new musical outfit certainly has possibilities.
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