Album Review

By The Rivers – By The Rivers

By The Rivers – By The Rivers

Words by on May 14, 2013 10:41 pm

It’s been a long, meandering course for these six Leicester lads, from the trickle of excitement playing local bars to the swell of popularity after (twice) storming Summer Sundae and the gushing praise which swept them on a very Special

Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma

Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma

Words by on April 24, 2013 1:15 pm

Stornoway come across as Nautical Prep-boy Indie, which may sound like an insult, but couldn’t be further from it. Indie is the last thing you are likely to find on my MP3 player, but Stornoway have ably shown that there

Atoms for Peace – Amok

Atoms for Peace – Amok

Words by on April 17, 2013 2:12 pm

When given a new album to review, I like to set myself the challenge of trying to figure out what sort of music the band will produce based on its members and their influences alone. With that in mind, when

Crusades – Golden Throats

Crusades – Golden Throats

Words by on November 23, 2012 8:29 am

Crusades is a name seldom heard on the UK hardcore scene, but one that maybe should be following the release of debut EP ‘Golden Throats’. Tearing at the seams with blistering vocals and grooves, they will rip your mind apart.

Tall Ships – Everything Touching

Tall Ships – Everything Touching

Words by on November 20, 2012 8:42 am

Combining a mixture of the subjects you probably hated most at school – biology, evolution and algebra – with a passionate, intellectual, and clever style of song writing, the song titles on ‘Everything Touching’ alone are as interesting as they

Buffalo – We are Buffalo

Buffalo – We are Buffalo

Words by on November 15, 2012 8:28 am

From the ashes of Leicester favourites Haich, comes Buffalo, and the aptly named debut release ‘We Are Buffalo’. Equal parts melodic and powerful, WAB is a veritable first outing. Sitting somewhere between the vocal ferocity of Reuben and the floating

The xx – Coexist

The xx – Coexist

Words by on November 8, 2012 3:27 pm

The whole world remembers what The xx do best – producing echoing musical arcs with beautiful liminal spaces beneath. Those spaces are cleverly surrounded by guitar, bass, percussion, and unforgettable boy/girl smoky vocals, which together form a deeply affecting yet

Tom McRae – From The Lowlands

Tom McRae – From The Lowlands

Words by on October 29, 2012 11:50 am

Tom McRae has released five studio albums over the course of 25 years. McRae’s sixth studio album, From The Lowlands is a truly beautiful and compelling listen from start to finish. He seems to have poured all of the heartache,

Charlotte Carpenter – Let it Go

Charlotte Carpenter – Let it Go

Words by on September 21, 2012 11:46 am

Have you been to a Charlotte Carpenter Tea Party? Young and determined musician Charlotte is making waves in the midlands with her guitar laden stories. generic levitra ttp://istartedthefire.limitedrun.com/” target=”_blank”>Istartedthefire Records have decided to release her EP ‘Let It Go’ to

Juniors – EP

Juniors – EP

Words by on September 17, 2012 7:22 am

Following a dramatic band shake-up, the second in their brief history, Juniors (of Junior Fencing Club fame) could be the only thing, besides cockroaches, to weather a nuclear holocaust. Their versatility and resilience seems to be born of a pure

Drops – Believe You Me

Drops – Believe You Me

Words by on September 6, 2012 7:38 am

If you speak to any students in your local pub or hang (in a non-stalker way) around the forums online, chances are you will come across a conversation around music. Hopefully what you will notice is the diversity in tastes that are scoring through the generations