I’s amazing to follow the rise of Kevin Parker and Tame Impala 10 years on from Innerspeaker. From early indie focused days to the psychedelic disco sheen of Currents and The Slow Rush, the constant changes in sonic direction have made Tame Impala a curious but nonetheless exciting figure on the indie scene. 10 years […]Read More
Instead of containing lyrics or photos of the band, the paper insert of Beachcomber’s Windowsill features beautiful drawings of sea creatures, as though the album itself washed up on shore alongside them for collection by the eponymous beachcomber. Stornoway released their debut album on the 24th May 2010, just weeks after signing a record deal […]Read More
On 26 April 1986, the Brothers in Arms World Tour concluded at Australia’s Sydney Entertainment Centre. Dire Straits’ fifth studio album had propelled them up the charts all across the world, and while the critical reception was mixed, something had landed well with the international audience. In Australia alone, the album sat on top of […]Read More
Two years before his death, Rino Gaetano stood on a stage on Capocotta beach, just south of his home city of Rome, and announced: “There’s someone who wants to put a gag on me! I do not fear them! They will not succeed! I feel that, in the future, my songs will be sung by […]Read More
Rather than bolting itself on to a single shared experience, Disintegration forms an attachment with young people, writes James Reynolds.Read More
With 12 UK chart singles to their name, plus four #1s and two #2s in the US Dance Chart, SUNSCREEM stood alongside The Prodigy and The Shamen in the 1990s in pioneering commercial electronic music. Whilst Suncreem may acknowledge they have one foot in the nostalgia market, they are still making cutting edge dance music […]Read More
2008 provided some amazing debut records, surprise musical redirections and some late career highlights. Here's a look at ten records that really broke the mould. Read More
As irritating as it seemed at the time, a generation were raised on the earworm frivolity of Scouting for Girls. Now ten-years-old, is it time the piano-bashing buffoonery and bittersweet love odes deserved a little reappraisal? Sam Lambeth investigates. Read More
From a 'Murmur' to a mourn - having won the ear of the mainstream, R.E.M. stripped away the sugar-blasted pomp and jangly japes of old for a record etched in black. Sam Lambeth investigates as 'Automatic for the People' celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary.Read More
Back in around 2013/2014, nu metal experienced a mini revival, with bands such as Beartooth, Dangerkids, and most successfully Bring Me the Horizon taking inspiration from bands such as Linkin Park, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit. Another band channeling these influences was Of Mice & Men, on their third album Restoring Force, released back in January […]Read More
Many know that you needn’t expect anything less than utter brilliance from Bob Dylan. He is a definite future figurehead for millions across the world (accompanying the likes of Cobain and Hendrix) without any musically educated objection. Unplugged has been an MTV pinnacle for many years, and all of the world’s most famous artists have […]Read More
Earlier this year, Twenty One Pilots released the excellent Blurryface. A genre bending record, it contained a lot of different styles including hip-hop, techno, and indie-pop. Lyrically there was a darker undertone, discussing topics such as stress and anxiety. These were delivered with a deep emotional connection that related to a lot of people. It […]Read More
Progressive metal behemoths Mastodon appearing at Reading & Leeds was something that I had predicted for a while, given their ever-growing mainstream success. Them having a stage to themselves, underpinning the bloated, uninspired Radio 1-core plebfest of Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Royal Blood (playing for the second year in a row with no […]Read More
No other female vocalist has reached the iconic status that Kate Bush has achieved in her lifetime. At only 19 years of age, she released her debut single, the ethereal ‘Wuthering Heights’, which clambered to the top spot of the UK Top 40. She’s released 10 studio albums throughout a career which spans a little […]Read More
“Was loosing all my friends… but I got them back” – so begins the third record from emo masters Brand New, a fifty-five minute journey of relentless self-evaluation and doubt, every bit as instantly classic as it’s enigmatic cover. Emo may have a reputation for over-stated teenage melodrama, and Brand New rarely stray far from strictly […]Read More
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