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
The Killers – Battle Born
It’s taken almost four years for The Killers [Twitter/Facebook] to get to where they are now, and even then, there were some who thought they wouldn’t get here at all. Frontman Brandon… Read More
Dark Horses – Alone
The lead single from Black Music, the debut album by one of the most aptly-named bands we’ve come across in a while – Dark Horses [Twitter/Facebook] have come out of nowhere to become… Read More
Minus the Bear – Infinity Overhead
It really seems like it’s just me who feels like Minus the Bear’s [Twitter/Facebook] last outing was a misstep. I’m referring, of course, to 2009’s OMNI, on which the band’s sound, which they had… Read More
LULS – Young
Here’s a band who are definitely serious about what they do – they’re definitely not just doing it for the LULS [Facebook]. OK, that was a terrible pun, but all the same,… Read More
Embers – Tunnel Vision / Sins Unknown
Sometimes, intensity works. You know that feeling you get when you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut by a piece of music that has connected with you in some deep… Read More
Rapids – Holland Air
Today, Australian rockers Rapids [Twitter/Facebook] release their debut EP in the UK, and in celebrating this momentous occasion, they’ve decided to be quite generous and make the whole thing available to stream via… Read More