Reviews
Albert Hammond Jr (2015)
Momentary Masters
Enjoyable if slight slice of glossy power pop on third album from Strokes guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr
Ash (2004)
Orpheus
Storming new single from Ash, which proves to be the latest in the long line of their "summer pop-rock" songs
Ash (2007)
Polaris
Sadly awful second single from Ash's new album 'Twilight of the Innocents'
Bloc Party (2016)
Hymns
Impressive and infectious return-to-form on experimental fifth album from London-based band, Bloc Party,
Cloud Control (2011)
There's Nothing in the Water We Can't Fight
Boundary-breaking and totally infectious second single from Australian band, Cloud Control
Cloud Control (2011)
Bliss Release
Startingly mature and totally compelling debut album from Australian pop act, Cloud Control
Cloud Control (2013)
Dream Cave
Instantly uplifting second album from upbeat Australian indie pop outfit, Cloud Control
D4 (2002)
Party
"Fun' second single from New Zealand garage rockers, the D4
DMA’s (2016)
Hills End
Hit and miss debut album from Britpop-loving Sydney band DMA's which proves to be flawed by its influences
Drenge (2013)
Drenge
Abrasive and intense but bleakly humorous debut album from controversial Derbyshire-based sibling duo, Drenge
Funeral For A Friend (2004)
Escape Artists Never Die
Formulaic, but impressive new single from the fast-rising Funeral for a Friend
Leftfield (2015)
Alternative Light Source
British electronic/dance pioneers Leftfield release their third full-length album and continue to be as relevant as they ever were
Local Natives (2010)
World News
Potentially promising single from LA-based art rockers Local Natives, which, however, seems better suited to being an album track
My Vitriol (2001)
Finelines
What's so exciting about My Vitriol? Why have some music journalists been waxing lyrically about them for over a year, long before they have even released an album? And why have others given them so
Symposium (2001)
One Day At A Time
'Symposium' were originally formed back in 1992 at a school in Kensington, West London by 5 teenagers. Having replaced the bassist it took them a few years to work their way into the music business bu
These New Puritans (2013)
Field of Reeds
Ambitious third album from cinematic former ‘NME’ Album of the Year’ winners, These New Puritans
Turn (2001)
Check My Ears
Turn are a hard band to place. You think you've got them sussed and then they open a new song in a completely differently style from the last one, sending you into the type of confused panic that is
Turn (2001)
Anti Social
"Don't expect a warning when I come ! "
They bring it all out in the open right from the first line. Turn aren't here to make you feel cosy. Painfully realistic, they're here to be brutal and hone