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
Posts by: Ian Pullan
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
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
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
New album reviews
New tricks from old dogs, and old tricks from new dogs… Carry On The Grudge is the third release from London-based musician Jamie T. Album opener Limits Lie sounds like 8 different songs just waiting to burst into life, but …read more
Review – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes by Thom Yorke
Typically unconventional release from Oxford’s finest export… As front man of the iconic and hugely influential Radiohead, Thom Yorke is no stranger to defying expectations. Since their departure from the guitar-lead rock of The Bends and OK Computer, turning to the …read more
Game Review: Destiny
Destiny is the first new game by by developer Bungie in 4 years, and its first new franchise since Halo: Combat Evolved back in 2001. It’s a strange game to review so early in its lifecycle: it’s presented as an online persistent-world …read more
New album reviews
A look at the latest album releases… Be Slowly is the debut album release by B-Town breakthrough artists JAWS. It’s a majestic and confident sounding album, which is even more impressive knowing the band only formed in 2012. The album reverberates …read more
Richer Unsigned: Artist of the week – Sam Hockaday
Richer Unsigned – Helping you find your new favourite singer… Lincolnshire born singer-songwriter Sam Hockaday is the man behind this week’s track of the week. Unrequited is as heart-on-sleeve a broken love song as you’ll find. Its dark lyrics perfectly …read more
New album reviews
The best (and the rest): new album releases… Crush Songs is the debut solo release by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O. On offer is a collection of lo-fi songs, recorded from 2006 onwards. Karen has taken the inventive idea …read more