Egyptian Hip Hop – Good Don’t Sleep
Somewhere towards the end of 2010, Egyptian Hip Hop [Twitter/Facebook] fell off the map. There was little word from them about much of anything, even after their much-lauded debut EP Some Reptiles Grew… Read More
We Are the Physics – Your Friend, the Atom
Well, this has certainly been a while in coming. I didn’t think I’d get to write the words ‘the new album from We Are the Physics [Twitter/Facebook]’ in the same sentence at… Read More
Dog Is Dead – All Our Favourite Stories
It’s strange how the most cheerful of music can often mask the darkest of sentiments. This sort of thing is nothing new, but the long-awaited debut album from Nottingham’s Dog Is Dead… Read More
Crash & the ‘Coots – John Coles Park EP
There’s a lot to be said for getting right to the point. When you’re in a pop band of any description, you don’t really have any choice – use whatever tricks you… Read More
Tall Ships – Everything Touching
Creeeeak. That’s the sound of all six shoulders involved in Tall Ships [Twitter/Facebook] straining under the effort of holding up the the colossal weight of expectation that’s been increasing since the first… Read More
Muse – The 2nd Law
Tackling a Muse [Twitter/Facebook] album is always a tricky task, not least because in recent times (certainly since 2006’s masterful Black Holes and Revelations) their ‘albums’ have tended to work more as collections… Read More
Fighting With Wire – Colonel Blood
I’ve mentioned it before, but the fact that Colonel Blood is Fighting With Wire’s [Twitter/Facebook] first album release in almost four-and-a-half years has already stacked the odds against them. The last time I was… Read More
Mumford & Sons – Babel
Some sentences always come with a qualifier. ‘I like Mumford & Sons [Twitter/Facebook]’ is one of them. They’re one of those bands that one always has to justify liking, as their folk… Read More
