Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma
Stornoway’s second album – Tales From Terra Firma – shows great ambition, scope and expansiveness. It mixes elements that you [...]
Bastille – Bad Blood
Since the succession of the hit single ‘Pompeii’, ‘Bastille’ has released ‘Bad Blood’ their debut album of 2013. A highly [...]
The Courteeners – ANNA
The last time I heard anything fresh-ish from The Courteeners, I was deplorably temping in Next, the summer before I [...]
Richard Thompson – Electric
Richard Thompson OBE. Some (particularly the younger generations) may be wondering “who is this old fella?” and “why does he [...]
Adam Green & Binki Shapiro – Self Titled
Sometimes an album comes along that blows a listener out of the water with its progressive sounds and biting lyrics [...]
Blindfolds – Voodoo EP
A strong blues guitar riff announces the entrance of Glasgow latest musical talent Blindfolds, as they romp and stomp their [...]
Everything Everything – Arc
It’s been long speculated, much anticipated, well received so of course it’s rad. ‘Arc’ is the new release to be [...]
The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law
The growing success makes some bands strive for even more, and with The Joy Formidable they haven’t stopped striving for [...]
Dropkick Murphys – Signed and Sealed in Blood
“The Boys are back, and they are looking for trouble!” The Dropkick Murphys are back and certainly making a statement [...]
Wild Belle – It’s Too Late EP
Wild Belle are an interesting duo from Chicago who have released their debut EP as a small taster in anticipation [...]
Crystal Castles – (III)
Since 2008, Crystal Castles haven’t stopped shooting through social media; they’re a band that just keeps shocking. Now back with [...]
PAWS – Cokefloat
PAWS are something of a Scottish success story, fuelled by positive word of mouth and a large online support, they [...]
Tori Amos – ‘Gold Dust’
I have to confess Tori Amos has always been one of those artists I’d heard of but never heard, so [...]
No Doubt – Push and Shove
It’s been over 10 years since No Doubt were last heard of as a band with 2001s outstanding Rock Steady. [...]
Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon
Its been a long day at the office, and the knowing that I’ve got albums waiting for me at home [...]
Grizzly Bear – Shields
It has been a mere three years since Brooklyn-based indie rockers released what was really their breakthrough album ‘Veckatimest’, now [...]
The Xx – Coexist
Back with the follow up to their 2010 Mercury Prize winning debut, XX, The XX return with their highly anticipated [...]
Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
Once upon a time there lived some bearded Seattleites and they were known as Band of Horses. Once signed to [...]
Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is An Animal
For Icelandic six piece Of Monsters And Men it has been a year of ups. Having won a national talent [...]
Lucy Rose – Like I Used To
Not only is she adorable but Lucy Rose is one of the hardest working musicians around at the moment and [...]
Alanis Morissette – Havoc and Bright Lights
It’s always a nerve wrecking time when Alanis Morissette releases new material – because usually her songs make you want [...]
Bloc Party – Four
I used to love Bloc Party; in fact I think I may have seen them live more than any other [...]
Passion Pit – Gossamer
Three years ago I was standing in the freezing cold BBC Introducing stage at TITP tent waiting in anticipation for [...]
Meursault – ‘Something for the Weakened’
Meursault’s third album sees them break new boundaries to produce what is undoubtedly their best album to date, and probably [...]
Frank Ocean ‘Channel Orange’
It’s safe to say that Frank Ocean has probably been the most talked about musician of the past week; sadly [...]
Milk Maid – Mostly No
Former Nine Black Alps bassist Martin Cohen delivers a less than original first offering with solo project Milk Maid. The [...]
BOY – Mutual Friends
Opening with the aptly titled ‘This is the Beginning’, German/Swiss girl duo BOY spend 47 minutes creating a beautiful little [...]
Slash – Apocalyptic Love
After the success of his debut solo effort, the top hat toting guitar genius returns with his second solo album, [...]
Exlovers – Moth
Exlovers are the new cool kids from London with their lo-fi pop sound and romantic song writing creating their own [...]
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Here
If you haven’t heard of the Californian ten piece, you must have been living under a rock, as songs from [...]
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
Successful as ‘Sweet Disposition’ was, after managing to reach the top 10 in several European countries and being played in [...]
Guillemots – Hello Land!
For what was an incredibly sudden release, Guillemots’ first of four seasonal albums to be released this year sounds anything [...]
Best Coast – The Only Place
Best Coast have approached the tough second album with real seriousness. They have gone for a change in their sound [...]
Rufus Wainwright – Out Of The Game
Dear Rufus has been through a lot in recent years – The death of his mother, the prospect of marrying [...]
Kathryn Williams presents… The Pond
Trip-Hop lives! And in this record Kathryn Williams has mixed it up with healthy doses of acoustic guitar, Indian influences, [...]
Gossip ‘A Joyful Noise’
Gossip first burst on to the music scene in 2006 (before they made the career defining move of dropping the [...]
Keane ‘Strangeland’
Britain’s dullest band, Keane, have returned with another snooze fest in the form of new album ‘Strangeland’. Despite their slight [...]
Kassidy – One Man Army
Kassidy; picking up with exactly where they left off. No, really the Glaswegian quartet starts the sophomore album with the [...]
Stanley – Animals with Amazing Disguises
Stanley are an indie pop quintet hailing from Aberdeen. With well-crafted pop songs and a pinch of quirkiness these five [...]
Flats – Better Living
My first listen of London four piece Flats’ debut album, ‘Better Living’, I felt like trashing my room and I [...]
Mystery Jets – ‘Radlands’
For their fourth studio album, Mystery Jets headed out state-side to Austin, Texas in an attempt to achieve something different [...]
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Space rockers Spiritualized return with the follow up to 2008s Songs in A & E with the fantastic Sweet Heart [...]
Florence + The Machine – MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged has died down for the past 10 years but recently there has been quite a bit of buzz [...]
Maps & Atlases – Beware And Be Grateful
‘Beware and Be Grateful’, the second LP from Chicago indie rockers Maps & Atlases. Their sophomore album has been released [...]
The Draymin – Should’ve Known Better
The Draymin: an indie dance five piece hailing from Rosyth in Scotland. Their debut ‘Should’ve Known Better’ has been in [...]
The Shins – Port Of Morrow
It has been half a decade since The Shins last released an album and their fourth offering ‘Port Of Morrow’ [...]
Band of Skulls – Sweet Sour
After the success of Band of Skulls debut effort they are back with a second album, ‘Sweet Sour’, filled with [...]
Dry the River – ‘Shallow Bed’
Read any article about East-London five-piece, Dry the River, and a comparison to Mumford & Sons will, undoubtedly, appear somewhere; [...]
Luna Kiss – ‘Echoes Of Sound’
‘Echoes Of Sound’ is the debut album from Coventry based progressive rockers Luna Kiss. With obvious influence coming from the [...]
Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks
Of Montreal are weird and brilliant all at the same time. What do I mean? Well, it’s hard for a [...]
Hooray For Earth – True Loves
Hooray For Earth is the project of Noel Heroux, who has spent the past 7 years experimenting with different sounds [...]
Sharon Van Etten – ‘Tramp’
America’s answer to Laura Marling, Sharon Van Etten, is one of those many artists with plenty of talent but a [...]
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
If you haven’t heard of Lana Del Rey by now, you have clearly been living under a rock: from releasing, [...]
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
It’s typical of bands in the same genres to be compared to one another and, quite frankly, it gets extremely [...]
Tribes – Baby
Tribes – Baby At the beginning of every year, debut albums are released in abundance, with each artist hopeful of [...]
Florence & the Machine – ‘Ceremonials’
Florence & the Machine – Ceremonials Since winning the Critics’ Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in 2009, Florence & [...]
Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know Following on from the success of her previous two albums, ‘Alas I [...]
Kurt Von Stetten – Cyclops
Kurt Von Stetten – Cyclops ‘Cyclops’ is the sixth studio album from Boston based photographer, BMXer, musician extraordinaire! Von Stetten [...]
Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires
Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires Snow Patrol have returned with a promise that their sixth studio album, ‘Fallen Empires’, would [...]
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Two years have passed since the fairly well know [...]
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire Ryan Adams said he wanted the title track of his thirteenth to sound like [...]
Said The Whale – New Brighton EP
Said The Whale – New Brighton EP New Brighton is the brand new EP from Vancouver based indie rock band [...]
Two Fingers Of Firewater – Songs To Listen To
Two Fingers Of Firewater – Songs To Listen To ‘Songs To Listen To’ isn’t just a clever name for an [...]
Wilco – The Whole Love
Wilco – The Whole Love September of two-thousand-and-eleven is the month in which Chicago’s finest, Wilco release their seventh studio [...]
Laurence Made Me Cry – The Rain Song EP
Laurence Made Me Cry – The Rain Song EP Laurence Made Me Cry is a brand new project by [...]
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes and Keys
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes and Keys Codes and Keys, the seventh studio album from Seattle indie rockers [...]
David Bowie – The Next Day
Now then, where do I start with this one? I mean, it’s David fucking Bowie. The man’s not even from [...]
Fionn Regan – The Bunkhouse Vol. 1: Anchor Black Tattoo
When Fionn Regan first burst onto the scene with his 2006 album End of History I immediately fell in love [...]
Foals – Holy Fire
Finally the wait is over, ‘Holy Fire’ has been set loose. Foals are back with their follow up to 2010’s [...]
The Graveyard Band – The Graveyard Band EP
All musicy type people know that in a PR release, the words ‘recorded in so-and-so’s bedroom’ could mean the immediate [...]
Jim James – Regions of Light and Sound of God
Some know him as the angelic voice of alt-rockers My Morning Jacket others may know him as one quarter of [...]
Biffy Clyro – Opposites
After the succession of the fourth and fifth albums, Biffy Clyro have transformed themselves into the masters of melodic rock. [...]
Marika Hackman – That Iron Taste
If I were to say to you “modern day, mildly alternative folk-pop female singer songwriter”, as I may well do [...]
I Am Kloot- Let It All In
‘I kept the note you never wrote/ and put it with the rest I haven’t got.’ So John Bramwell opens [...]
Shields – Kaleidoscope EP
Flaunting sunny side up synth-pop at its most colourful, Newcastle five piece Shields are out to impress with debut EP [...]
Jo Mango – ‘Murmuration’
This is rather delightful, delicate yet strong at the same time. Jo Mango has produced in Mumuration an excellent example [...]
Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension
Daunting and spooky are words that come to mind when listening to Coheed and Cambria’s ‘The Afterman: Ascension’. It is [...]
TOY- TOY
Dressed in sixties threads and flaunting a slow building, psychedelic groove, London based TOY demonstrate an other worldly quality on [...]
Green Day – Uno!
Since the explosion of American Idiot in 2004, Green Day have never really recovered from the constant fame of this [...]
The Killers – Battle Born
The Killers return with their fourth studio album after a long hiatus which was filled by a solo album from [...]
Race Horses – Furniture
Welsh Psychedelic pop outfit, Horse Races, release their new LP, Furniture through Peski Records. The band are making a name [...]
The Vaccines – Come of Age
To the relief of all skinny-jeaned, Top-Shop clad adolescents around the UK, The Vaccines are back. Last year’s debut, What [...]
Aimee Mann – Charmer
It is no wonder that Aimee Mann has named her eighth album ‘Charmer’, because I have just been sucked into [...]
Jim Noir – Jimmy’s Show
Jimmy’s Show isn’t just called Jimmy’s Show for no darn reason; it really is Jimmy’s show. It’s a unique, lo-fi, [...]
Mark Knopfler – Priavateering
It’s been three whole years since Mark Knopfler released his last solo album but of course three years is just [...]
Joss Stone – Soul Sessions Vol 2
It’s been a long time coming, but nine years later we’re presented with the result of personal growth and a [...]
Plan B – Ill Manors
Where other hip hop artists have faltered, Ben Drew aka Plan B has risen. Not just in the charts, nor [...]
Joshua Radin, Underwater
You know that exhale thing you do when you have just experienced something that no words can describe? Underwater is [...]
Spectrasoul – Delay No More
Brighton duo Spectrasoul release their first full album, ‘Delay No More’ through Shogun Audio. The drum n bass maestros deliver [...]
Twin Shadow – Confess
Twin Shadow pick up from where they left off with ‘Confess’, the follow up to 2010s ‘Forget. George Lewis’ return [...]
Newton Faulkner – ‘Write It On Your Skin’
Sometimes there are things that just really get on your nerves and one of those things for me is feel [...]
Linkin Park – Living Things
After the mixed reception of their last album, ‘A Thousand Suns’, Linkin Park bring us their fifth effort trying to [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins – ‘Oceania’
To begin with, this isn’t really a Smashing Pumpkins album, considering that Billy Corgan is the only remaining original member. [...]
Regina Spektor – What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
With the release of the fantastic single ‘All The Row Boats’, Regina Spektor appeared to be back with a bang [...]
Citizens! – ‘Here We Are’
To have Alex Kapranos ask to produce your debut album is the stuff of a young indie band’s dreams; luckily [...]
Silverclub – Silverclub
Manchester has always been pretty damn good at producing incredible electro-pop music (just look at New Order) and Silverclub certainly [...]
John Mayer – Born and Raised
A friend told me not to be so judgmental and give him a chance when I told her I couldn’t [...]
French Wives – Dream of the Inbetween
We Scots have never really done pop music. Perhaps something about the 355 rainy days a year isn’t really conducive [...]
The Imagined Village – Bending the Dark
‘Bending The Dark’ is the beautiful new album from contemporary folk outfit ‘The Imagined Village’. There are not many bands [...]
Admiral Fallow – Tree Bursts In Snow
‘Tree Bursts in Snow’ is the follow up album to Admiral Fallow’s acclaimed debut ‘Boots Met My Face’. The whole [...]
Cancer Bats – Dead Set On Living
If there is one thing that you can comfortably say about Cancer Bats it is that they are a reliable [...]
King Charles, ‘Love Blood’
If you’re a fan of Scouting For Girls, then King Charles will be right up your street. After touring with [...]
Tenacious D – Rise of the Fenix
It’s not been one year, it’s not been two years…it’s been six whole years since the mighty Tenacious D last [...]
Damon Albarn – ‘Dr. Dee’
Damon Albarn is, quite frankly, one of the most innovative and brilliant artist’s currently making music: a bold statement to [...]
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – ‘Crown and Treaty’
Any band whose name references Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ is immediately in my good books. Fortunately for Sweet Billy [...]
Ellen And The Escapades – ‘All The Crooked Scenes’
It was sunny today. For the first time in a good long while. I thought this would be the perfect [...]
Jack White – Blunderbuss
After The White Stripes confirmed they had disbanded last year, fans were left wondering what was next for the former [...]
The Wave Pictures ‘Long Black Cars’
Now on their twelfth album, along with the members toying with side-projects and collaborations along the way, The Wave Pictures [...]
Sea of Bees – Orangefarben
Julie Ann Bee, or Sea of Bees as she is better known has quietly been making her mark on the [...]
Bucks Fizz – Writing On The Wall 25th Anniversary
It’s been a quarter of a century since the 1981 Eurovision winners released their final album ‘Writing On The Wall’ [...]
Madonna – MDNA
Let’s face it, Madonna ‘lost it’ a long time ago: gone are the days of her controversial behavior raising eyebrows [...]
Flashheart – Mothra EP
Having no money is one of the hardest parts of being a new and unsigned band when you just want [...]
The Civil Wars – ‘Barton Hollow’
Americana may not be a genre that translates well in to UK culture, but when an immensely talented band comes [...]
Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror
2012 sees the eagerly anticipated return of Brooklyn two piece Sleigh Bells who are back with their new album Reign [...]
Erin Passmore – ‘Downtown EP’
Erin Passmore is better known for her shenanigans with Canadian indie rock band Rah Rah but she has now stepped [...]
Goldfrapp – The Singles
Where do we even start with Goldfrapp? They have quietly been making sweet, beautiful music for the past 12 years. [...]
The Twilight Sad – ‘No One Can Ever Know’
The Twilight Sad have always been renowned for the cacophony of droning guitars they produce on their songs but for [...]
Maverick Sabre – ‘Lonely Are the Brave’
Having been born in Hackney and moving to Ireland at an early age, it’s difficult to figure out how Maverick [...]
The Jealous Sound – A Gentle Reminder
The Jealous Sound haven’t had the smoothest journey since the release of their debut album, ‘Kill Them With Kindness’, in [...]
Pulled Apart By Horses – Tough Love
Quite possibly the least likely radio regulars ever, Pulled Apart By Horses, are back with a more mature (if [...]
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild Having released two successful albums already and solidifying themselves as more than just [...]
Last Night on Earth – Noah and the Whale
Last Night on Earth – Noah and the Whale If ‘First Days of Spring’ was Charlie Fink’s break-up album, then [...]
Red Kyte – Look To The Sky
Red Kyte – Look To The Sky Look To The Sky is the debut EP from Brighton based band Red [...]
The Black Keys – El Camino
The Black Keys – El Camino Following on from the success of last year’s ‘Brothers’, which gained the band five [...]
Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts Thurston Moore has been busy with Sonic Youth but now he has returned to his [...]
Tori Amos – Night of Hunters
Tori Amos – Night of Hunters Tori Amos’ twelfth studio album is a little bit mysterious. There are no mellow [...]
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto I’m not going to lie, Coldplay’s last few albums haven’t exactly knocked me off my feet. [...]
Rah Rah – Breaking Hearts
Rah Rah – Breaking Hearts Originally released in June 2010; Breaking Hearts is the second album from Canadian alternative rockers [...]
Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls Glasgow’s latest export Veronica Falls seem to be making a bit of a stir lately, [...]
Kill It Kid – Feet Fall Heavy
Kill It Kid – Feet Fall Heavy Four piece, blues rock outfit Kill It Kid’s follow up to 2009s debut [...]
City and Colour – Little Hell
City and Colour – Little Hell Little Hell, Dallas Green’s third studio album under the persona City and Colour [...]
Kassidy – Hope St.
Kassidy – Hope St. Where Scotland lacks in sport it easily makes up in musical talent and this Glaswegian four-peace [...]