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Monday 18th April 2011

Album Review: Glasvegas – ‘EUPHORIC ///HEARTBREAK \\\’

Glasvegas injected some rare social realism into indie music when their first album debuted in 2008. Since then, the Glaswegian four-piece have had some issues with which to deal. In 2009, front man James Allan briefly disappeared and later overdosed, and then in 2010 the band’s drummer, Caroline…

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Friday 1st April 2011

Album Review: Sylosis – ‘Edge of the Earth’

Since the release of their 2008 debut album, ‘Conclusion of an Age’, Sylosis have gone on to establish themselves as one of the UK’s hottest new metal acts after an impressive run of festival appearances. With ‘Edge of the Earth’, they will undoubtedly be hoping to build on…

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Wednesday 16th March 2011

Album Review: Lykke Li – ‘Wounded Rhymes’

The opposite of sugar and spice, ‘Wounded Rhymes’ is the second album from the Swedish singer Lykke Li, who has teamed up with co-writer and producer Bjorn Yttling (of  Peter, Bjorn and John success), to concoct a haunting and powerful follow-up record to her 2008 ‘Youth Novels’. At just…

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Tuesday 15th March 2011

Album Review: Radiohead – ‘The King of Limbs’

It’s been just over a month and the dust has finally settled since Radiohead released ‘The King of Limbs’ a day earlier than expected on 18th February. Following a week long enigmatic internet campaign, involving a Japanese tweet and a surprise waiting on Friday morning for those who…

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Thursday 10th March 2011

Album Review: Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX – ‘We’re New Here’

Gil Scott-Heron is deeply human. He is in many senses the godfather of rap, a poetic innovator who famously stated that “the revolution will not be televised”: a prolific wordsmith whose lyrics cover every facet of the human condition. However, while it is easy to idealize Gil the…

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Tuesday 8th March 2011

Album Review: James Blake – ‘James Blake’

This young artist is one who truly pushes musical boundaries to an entirely new level in his self-titled debut album. From ‘Unluck’ through to ‘Measurements’, Blake sophisticatedly transforms his genuine, classically trained talent into pure innovative, atmospheric genius. It is impossible not to lose oneself within his haunting…

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Tuesday 8th March 2011

Album Review: Destroyer – ‘Kaputt’

Much as Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ marked the start of 2009, ‘Kaputt’ could well be the first great album of 2011. It rivals it in timing, wealth of ideas and sheer listen-ability. So what is it? It’s very difficult to place, stretching across many disparate genres. It…

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Friday 4th March 2011

Album Review: Sever The Ghost – ‘Fool the Conqueror, Kill the King’ EP

Finding an identity in an over-saturated genre is no easy task, but even from the first twenty seconds or so of opening track ‘Forgery’, it’s clear that Colchester quintet Sever the Ghost are an exciting new metalcore act. As darker, heavier riffs from the guitar and bass drive…

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Thursday 24th February 2011

Album review: DevilDriver – ‘Beast’

After almost ten years together and four full-length releases, DevilDriver know how to make music that makes you move. Their fifth offering, ‘Beast’, is no exception. From opening track ‘Dead to Rights’ through to the fading tones of ‘Lend Myself to the Night’, DevilDriver refuse to let up,…

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Sunday 13th February 2011

Album review: White Lies – ‘Ritual’

London-based White Lies rode the success of debut album ‘To Lose My Life’ across the festival scene in 2009; and quite rightly. Reaching number one on the UK Album Chart and receiving such acclaim as Radio 1’s Zane Lowe naming unreleased track ‘Death’ as his ‘Hottest Record in…

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