Love or hate them, Coldplay have been ubiquitous in the UK charts since Yellow showed up in 2000 and for better or worse have stubbornly refused to leave. However with album sales dropping steadily since the excellent X&Y, and reviewers …read more
With an album cover that would feel at home on the front of any generic fantasy book or board game, Trivium have released In The Court of The Dragon. Having sat under the massive canopy of ‘heavy metal’ the band’s …read more
London based Tirzah is an unlikely hero in today’s pristine musical landscape, with her engaging brand of anti-pop gaining a healthy following in recent years. Mysterious, daring and hypnotic, her latest release Colourgrade draws inspiration from kinship, and the creation …read more
How Do You Live marks the 25th year of a glittering career for Amon Tobin. Arriving via his own imprint Nomark, how will it stack up against the Brazilian’s astounding back catalogue? While some may know him as Figueroa, Only …read more
Even somehow managing to eschew the term of ‘prog’, Public Service Broadcasting are back with another album with their distinct, conceptual and sometimes borderline bizarre soundscapes. Taking inspiration, and their name, from public archive footage as well as collaborating with …read more
With a stage name taken from the street she spent time on as a homeless teenager (and also an anagram of her first name) Halsey skyrocketed to fame almost overnight after releasing music online via social networks. Having made a …read more
Responsible for the opening soundtrack of one of this reviewer’s favourite films (Sexy Beast), which coincidentally, is only my second favourite peach-related song (thanks The Presidents of the United States of America), The Stranglers are back with their first studio …read more
Despite being very much USA-based this year for tours and recording, Scottish Synth-pop trio CHVRCHES have delivered their fourth studio album, Screen Violence. How will it compare to previous rave reviews – even being called ‘A godless hurricane of kinetic …read more
Four hours, fifty-three tracks, and even more artists – buckle in, as The Metallica Blacklist is an absolute odyssey. Outside of the track listing itself, Metallica has very little presence on the album, outside of somehow being a featured artist…on …read more
Wolf Alice have been a favourite of mine ever since 2013’s second single ‘Bros’ became the biggest earworm ever to crawl into my lughole and head permanently to my brain. Though I’ve loved both their UK number 2 albums that …read more
