If you don’t already know of her impressive solo outings, you may recall the female singer who featured on the globally successful Gotye hit, “Somebody That I Used To Know”. With a phonebook filled with names from Rihanna and John …read more
Eels are back with The Deconstruction, the 12th studio album for the band. But does it build on past acclaim or fall apart from shaky foundations? Read on to find out… Eels are an institution now, active for nearly a …read more
Thirty Seconds To Mars have returned with their latest album – AMERICA. But will Jared Leto’s project help cement his current status as the USA’s favourite actor/musician or is he juggling too much? Let it go on record that I’m …read more
With grand, big band sound – Manic Street Preachers have returned after a four year wait with Resistance is Futile. But was it worth it? Read on to find out… Opening Resistance is Futile with “People Give In”, James Dean …read more
The Decemberists from Portland, Oregon return with their eighth album I’ll Be Your Girl, but how does it hold up when compared to their acclaimed earlier works? Read on to find out… While Wikipedia lists The Decemberists as an ‘indie …read more
Kate Nash, mid noughties poster girl, returns with her first album in almost half a decade, Yesterday Was Forever. Historically famous for her trademark fun/feisty duality, has Nash lost her edge, or are her softened edges all part of growing …read more
It sometimes seems to be a little difficult to remember exactly what incarnation of Jack White you’re listening to at any one time… The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather all give a wide collection of which to …read more
Photo: Bryan Derballa/Redux David Byrne delivers his highly-anticipated latest solo effort, but how does the former Talking Head’s new work compare to past works? Perhaps it’s a case of great minds thinking alike or just a paucity of vocabulary, but …read more
World-renowned Japanese pianist, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and German electronic musician, Carsten Nikolai, AKA Alva Noto, may have seemed an odd match up on paper before they made their very first collaboration Vrioon back in 2002. But as luck (and no doubt …read more
Legend of the Seagullmen have already earned a moniker that is perhaps overused these days, but definitely used correctly for this particular gathering of musicians: ‘supergroup’. With members of rock royalty from Mastodon and the ever-elusive Tool, Legend of the …read more
