This Machine, their ninth, is their sparsest and gloomiest to date, made for black fingernails and wintery nights.
Alt-J’s debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’ arrives with a dark, almost atmospheric smack across the chops in the form of ‘Intro’ with its deep basslines and pummelling pondereso pitch.
‘Electric Picture Palace’ is not only going to be the bands introduction to the wider music world, but also their farewell.
A new album…of cover versions. Yes, that sentence end will forever be a cold bucket of water on any fan hoping for a collection of new material.
To be blacklisted means to go about without any recognition. Well, not for long.
In come, then, Stoke’s All the Young, who possess both a handy way with a tune and a Britpop-style swagger as cool as frontman Ryan Dooley’s shades.
As Barry said, “if you don’t get Rant, you’re not a true Futureheads fan.” And we get it.
The Shins, for me, are a band that I like, I enjoy listening too, but ultimately, find them pretty forgettable and it’s not often a song of theirs will be stuck in my head for days on end.
With his day job in Sonic Youth on indefinite hold due to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore’s break up, Lee Ranaldo steps up to the plate with his ninth solo effort.