How about this one for a throwback? Back when I didn’t have much of a fashion sense (not that I do now) and so only wore Nike trainers, tracksuit bottoms, and baggy hoodies, Original Pirate Material was my kind of record. I think of my rundown hometown in the early 2000s when kids used to walk around… Read More Record of the Day #24 – The Streets, Original Pirate Material
I’m not a big advocate of greatest hits compilations. I see their merit, but I tend to treat them cynically – not as cash grabs, but mostly just as unnecessary. I can appreciate the appeal of having a record of nothing but hits, in that the experience is normally a much stronger one than a… Read More Record of the Day #21 – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits
Earlier this year I sought press approval for popular UK festival ‘Slam Dunk,’ and was eventually rebuffed in my approach. I wasn’t necessarily disappointed to be missing the festival itself, but I was disappointed to miss the chance to see Enter Shikari play their classic debut album Take To The Skies in full. It was something… Read More Record of the Day #3 – Enter Shikari, Take To The Skies
Excellent production and a shift in style make for a stellar second LP Let’s start by going back nineteen months in order to move forwards, back to the first line of Haunted to be precise, the first track on Young and Heartless’ 2014 full-length debut LP. ‘She is losing all her religion’ frontman Jeremy Henninger… Read More Young And Heartless – Stay Away (Review)
If their eponymous last record wasn’t enough proof already, the Gallows of the 2010’s are not the same Gallows that released Orchestra Of Wolves or Grey Britain, and if I wasn’t a huge fan of both those records I wouldn’t even mention them in this review. I have to though, because after a masterpiece like… Read More Gallows – Desolation Sounds (Review)
Couples releasing music together can go one of two ways, often being either incredibly cheesy and overbearing or adorable and endearing. When Perma (husband and wife duo Max Bemis and Sherri DuPree Bemis) released ‘Knockout’ earlier this year it was definitely the latter, and thankfully their debut album follows suit. I’ve been a fan of… Read More Perma – Two Of A Crime (Album Review)
The 1975 have existed as a band for a number of years, under differing monikers and have built a significant fan following and developed their sound doing so. ‘The 1975’ is a culmination of several years work, and their first assault on the charts. It also happens to be one of 2013’s best albums, and… Read More The 1975 – The 1975 (Self Titled) [Review]
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