Album Reviews
Album Review: The Suncharms – The Suncharms
Sheffield five piece The Suncharms were one of those bands, in more ways than one. You know the sort I mean – we all have them. They made the sort of tracks that, if you knew them, you loved them, pestered your friends about them, included them on all the cassettes you made that probably …
Album Review: The Blue Aeroplanes – Welcome, Stranger!
The shotgun marriage between rock music and poetry is not always a happy one, but in the work of Bristol’s Blue Aeroplanes they have coexisted quite easily for over thirty years. Their unusual mix of REM meets Lou Reed, with jangly Peter Buck-style guitar backing mainly spoken word performances, was beloved among the indie and …
Album Review: WSTR – Red, Green or Inbetween
After a thankfully brief period where it seems like the pop punk genre has been populated by lesser bands hitting the charts with a more pop focused version of the genre, it’s bands like WSTR (from Liverpool, UK) that can get things back on track to what it actually means to be successfully classed as …
Album Review: Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes – Modern Ruin
Modern Ruin is the second album from musical chameleon Frank Carter. The Rattlesnakes, fronted by ex Gallows and Pure Love vocalist Frank Carter, have only been a band two years but have already released an EP and a debut album, as well as performing at the biggest festivals in the UK. Modern Ruin opens with …
Album Review: Ventenner- Invidia
In a whirlwind of genre bending paired with an undeniably forceful core sound, Ventenner are ready to release their third album Invidia. With this extremely bold outing, Ventenner have developed their own take on the execution of a heavier, more aggressive piece that overshadows anything they have released prior to this. Invidia- released January 20th– …
Album Review: Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
I’m not sure how to go about writing a review for Run The Jewels 3. Powerful? In your face? Urgent? Yeah, all of those things. I don’t have the history and hours clocked in with many hip hop albums to compare it to other records. I’ve only recently found my in with the world of …
Album Review: Ty Segall – Ty Segall (2017)
After 2016’s excellent Emotional Mugger, it’s no surprise that Ty Segall’s (second) self-titled record retreats somewhat from the out of control nature of his former release, perhaps more to the style of his earlier material. But even without comparisons to his back catalogue, Ty Segall is an album that stands firmly on its own two …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Underground Youth – What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole is This?
What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole is This? is the eighth LP from The Underground Youth, formed in Manchester but they now call Berlin home. Beginning in 2008 when the only way to get their music heard was to hand out CD-Rs, they came to prominence with the release of Mademoiselle in 2010. They went on …
Album Review: Loyle Carner – Yesterday’s Gone
For so many years, our American cousins had the hip-hop game pretty much tied up. But over the last ten years or so, us Brits have fought back, delivering game-changing acts such as Dizzee, Wiley, and Tinchy. Last year Skepta scooped the Mercury music award, and Kano released his career best album ‘Made In The …
Say Psych: Album Review: Singapore Sling – Kill Kill Kill (Songs About Nothing)
Formed back in 2000 in Iceland, Singapore Sling have become a name synonymous with disjointed psychedelic rock; their influence spreading far and wide from their small home island, touching nearly every fabric of the neo-psych scene. In their 16 years they have brought their renowned brand of nihilistic rock and roll to sell out venues, …