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Albums of the Decade: 2000-2009

This is Impacts Albums of the Decade 2000-2009, all the highs and lows that took us through a century that seems somewhat too long gone to remember. For some of us, we were listening to half of these albums in secondary school, for others a lot later. If you missed any on the list be sure to check them out as they are gems in our eyes.
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Top Albums of 2009

This is Impacts top albums of the Year 2009. We have picked our very favourite and talked about them. There is also a link to each artists Spotify page where you can hear all the music they have created. If you don’t have Spotify we have created a Facebook group where you can request an [...]
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Commix - Fabriclive.44

The latest offering from the respected Fabriclive series comes to us courtesy of Cambridge D&B duo Commix. Critically acclaimed for their bravely experimental take on the genre and the first artists deemed worthy to release an album on the legendary Metallheadz label, they have a lot to live up to with this mix. Inevitably they [...]

The Smoking Rolo Sideshow “Mucho Mojo Baby”

It’s easy to get off to a bad start with The Smoking Rolo Sideshow as they pretentiously describe themselves as ‘proudly independent, and boasting all the self-assured swagger that such an accomplishment brings’. So do they live up to their pretence?
The fact is that ’Sideshow are challenging. This isn’t surprising given that their line-up is [...]

Old Crow Medicine Show “Tennessee Pusher”

As one might expect from a band forged busking on the streets of New York and Nashville, Old Crow Medicine Show are one of the best live acts going. Anyone who saw them at Rescue Rooms on September 3rd will agree. Tennessee Pusher is the follow-up to 2006’s Big Iron World. It is an album [...]

Best Albums of 2008

Artist – Vampire Weekend
Album – Vampire Weekend
Label – XL Recordings
Released – 29th January
The debut, self-produced album from New York’s Upper West Side’s Vampire Weekend is a musical adventure that never bores. With influences ranging from afro-beats to punk-rock, Vampire Weekend have a song for everyone, whether you love or hate them. Hailed as the solution [...]

Album Reviews

Fucked Up
The Chemistry of Common Life
(Matador, 13 October)
Fucked Up are too heavy, and yet too tuneful at the same time, to be classified into one genre. For the hardcore fans this will easily please, trashing MTV’s toilet and being the most talked about thing this year, proving that they can create a scene. But [...]

Bleeding Through “Declaration”

By the end of 2004 there were three young alpha bands leading the metalcore pack, two of which were Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold. The former have since moulded their racket into a tribute to Bon Jovi, whilst the latter have reinvented themselves as the new Guns ‘n’ Roses. The third band however, have remained loyal [...]

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals “Cardinology”

 
Cardinology marks Ryan Adams tenth studio album in all, and his third (credited) release with The Cardinals. It is very much the musical successor to 2007’s solo record ‘Easy Tiger’, and 2006’s ‘Cold Roses’, each of which had similarly strong Grateful Dead influences.  Its sound is far removed from his debut classic ‘Heartbreaker’ or his [...]

FreQ Nasty - Fabriclive.42

The latest offering from the renowned bi-monthly ‘Fabriclive’ series appoints to the decks Freq Nasty, a Fiji born Kiwi raised DJ based in London and Los Angeles. With a career based on chasing deep basslines through many electronic genres, he has succeeded in producing a set that unites the variety, combining dub (Heavyweight Dub Champion), [...]
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