Single, Album & Live Music Reviews
Band of Skulls - Fires (Shangri-La)
Southampton trio, Band of Skulls, return with a new single that shimmies in an intriguingly seductive direction. Find out how the band fair when it comes to taking down the tempo.
Young Fathers - Automatic/Dancing Mantaray (This Is Music)
Edinburgh trio Young Fathers release their double a-side 'Automatic/Dancing Mantaray' and show why they're going to be so interesting to watch develop.
Swedish House Mafia - One (Your Name) (Virgin Records)
The dons of the White Isle offer all that is expected with their debut release.
Grum - Can't Shake This Feeling (Glasgow Underground Music)
Despite Morrissey's incessant pleading to 'Hang The DJ' and his musings on the 'Death Of A Disco Dancer', the likes of Grum seem determined to keep the genre alive.
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Lady Antebellum - London's Shepherd's Bush Empire (11/08/2010)
Nashville's latest sensation perform one off London show, to the yee-haa delight of the sell-out crowd.
Biffy Clyro - God and Satan (14th Floor)
A year on from the release of 'That Golden Rule', Biffy Clyro are still releasing singles from Only Revolutions. But it's a testament to the quality of the record that 'God and Satan' is just as strong as the 5 singles that preceded it.
Burning Hank - Seriously, It's Getting Us Down (Flat Mind Records)
Burning Hank might make you smirk, but the disappointing lack of depth in their record takes the joke too far.
She & Him - Thieves (Double Six)
Zooey Deschanel is at her best as she blasts away the stereotype of naff actors-turned-singers with one of her best songs to date.
Two Door Cinema Club - You're So Stubborn (Kitsune)
Another club to think about joining, especially if you like your pop-rock short and sweet.
Mystery Jets - Flash A Hungry Smile (Rough Trade)
A chirpy and whimsical pop tune crammed with bobbing Byrds-esque positivity.
Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Live (Sidewinder Records)
The stale smell of fish hangs around this latest catch from American rockers Great White.
TeenagersinTokyo - End It Tonight (Back Yard Recordings)
Interesting, well polished, and with a distinctive Indie Rock come 80's Synth Pop feel - End It Tonight is another single from a band capable of doing great things, if someone is prepared to give them a chance.
Feeder - Renegades (Big Teeth)
Feeder - or is it Renegades? - return with this unusual, and possibly self titled, heavier effort. The playfullness is gone and a return to the roots has found this band have more kick left then most taught.
John and Edward - Planet Jedward (Universal Music)
John and Edward should be congratulated - most Metal artists spend their entire career trying to create an album with the right ingredients of fear, horror and inescapable doom - Jedward have achieved it in one Pop album!