Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
Can I be honest for a moment? There is no way in hell Lana Del Rey’s album should be as good as it is. When an album is led by all the… Read More
All The Saints – Intro to Fractions
Repetition works. I didn’t particularly need any reminding of that statement – after all, certain sub-genres of music have already established repetition as their foundations, such as some forms of electronica, not… Read More
The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
There is something about the cover art for the new Twilight Sad [Facebook/Twitter] record that is disturbing. Even for a band who deal in almost exclusively dark imagery, the eye-catching sleeve for… Read More
Django Django – Django Django
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and this maxim would seem to be the reason for the existence of a band like Django Django, boldly going where few of their… Read More
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
I’d like to think I have a fairly broad music taste. (I am a music critic after all, give me some credit please!) However, one of the genres I cannot stand and… Read More
Inti Rowland – Eyes of a Starling
Inti Rowland (facebook/bandcamp) caught my attention during an afternoon spent exploring Soundcloud a couple of months ago. A few clicks took me to his website, where I found a video of him… Read More
The Maccabees – Given to the Wild
I’ve just read the news: The Maccabees are apparently set to hit the lofty heights of #1 in the UK album charts this coming Sunday with their new album. Excuse me a… Read More
FOE – Bad Dream Hotline
As I write this, it is nine months to the day since Hannah Clark, alias FOE [Twitter/Facebook], released her debut EP, Hot New Trash. When you consider that most bands take a number… Read More
