The Hives are the ultimate throwback band, recalling a showmanship and hubris which died in rock towards the end of … More
Category: New Releases
Georgia – Euphoric review
Listening back to Georgia’s last album Seeking Thrills feels a little like an out of body experience; released in 2020, … More
Reignmaker – We Go Round EP review
It’s sometimes a cliché to infer that there’s a degree of expectation on bands who come from Liverpool, but for … More
Local Natives – Time Will Wait for No-One review
In hard times having a sense of unity is important. After a decade of largely trouble-free existence as a band … More
Blur – The Ballad of Darren review
September, 1993. A furious, London-living quartet are being interviewed by the Melody Maker’s Stud Brothers in a pub near Stamford … More
Disclosure – Alchemy review
Life in the music industry is a precarious one in the twenties, and to paraphrase the venerated British character actor … More
PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying review
For Polly Jean Harvey repetition is the scourge of creativity. During the process of making her last album, 2016’s The … More
Django Django – Off Planet Review
You could almost feel the eye roll whoever wrote the press release which accompanied copies of Off Planet landing people’s … More
bdrmm – I Don’t Know review
That’s the thing about expectations – if you don’t really have any, it’s very hard to undershoot them. bdrmm started … More
Gengahr – Red Sun Titans review
Sometimes you can have too much time to think. Following the release of Gengahr’s third album Sanctuary in early 2020 … More