Ian Pullan

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Film Review: American Sniper

Film Review: American Sniper

Clint Eastwood’s latest blockbuster hit, American Sniper, follows the life of Chris Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper) based on a true story, with much of its content pulled directly from Kyle’s memoirs. Eastwood determinedly sidesteps much of the political and …read more

Album review: Meghan Trainor – Title

Album review: Meghan Trainor – Title

Meghan Trainor created quite a storm with her single All About That Bass in 2014, with a viral video, hit record and plenty of copy cats following her. But can her full length album prove she’s not a one hit …read more

New album reviews

New album reviews

A debut album, a couple of solo albums from former band frontmen, and a seventh album from a band fighting to state their relevance… Gaz Coombes – Matador The second studio album from the former Supergrass frontman is at times sparse, …read more

Review – Birdman

Review – Birdman

Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a fantastically spun yarn of faltering egos. Alejandro González Iñárritu directs the story of Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), an actor in the twilight of his career who struggles to escape his role as …read more

Day 21 – Music of the Year

Day 21 – Music of the Year

We round up the year of music with our list of top albums from all corners of the musical world. These are just a few albums that have been on repeat here at Richer Sounds HQ this year. For a …read more

Game review: Alien Isolation

Game review: Alien Isolation

At this moment in time I’m sitting in my brightly lit room: I’ve wanted to get a drink for almost two hours but in my big empty house the idea of walking those corridors in the dark is almost unbearable… …read more

New album reviews

New album reviews

Thurston Moore’s 19th album, Inspiral Carpet’s first album for 20 years, The Coral’s latest effort – 12 years after their debut, and …Trail of Dead’s 9th LP, 16 years after their first release. The Coral are back with their fifth …read more

Q Acoustics Media 4

Q Acoustics Media 4

Since their beginnings in 2006, Q Acoustics has been renowned as one of the foremost budget speaker brands in the UK.  With multiple What Hi-Fi? awards bestowed on their bookshelf and floor standing speakers, the company has taken its first …read more

Review – Dracula Untold

Review – Dracula Untold

Remakes: different to the original, or no point at all… That being said, when you’re trading off aspects of the old for the new, you’d be hoping at least to break even. I wanted to like Dracula Untold, I really …read more