Album Reviews
Album Review : Beach House’s ‘7’
It took me a bit before I truly could appreciate the magic of Beach House’s music. The Baltimore band’s appeal eluded me their first couple records. What I’d heard off of Teen Dream and then Bloom was nice in a passerby sort of way, but I didn’t know what all the accolades were about. What …
Album Review : Broken Lamp’s ‘Turn Signals’
You hit play on Broken Lamp’s debut Turn Signals and you’re instantly transported to some alternate universe. A universe where every person you meet seems to be hiding something, every woman is alluring but dangerous, and people can still smoke unfiltered Lucky Strikes on commercial flights from Milan to New York City. At every turn …
Album Review : Dr. Dog’s ‘Critical Equation’
I can remember driving 5 hours one way to Louisville, Kentucky to see Wilco at Slugger Field back in late summer of 2007. My wife and I were deep into Jeff Tweedy’s world at that point. I’d lost count of all the times we’d seen the Chicago band by then, but what was one more …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Common Cold – Shut Up! Yo Liberals
Musically Preston has hasn’t had much to offer to the world for a while, but that is set to change now with the release of The Common Cold’s much anticipated debut album, Shut Up! Yo Liberals on 11th May on the legendary Action Records. Formed by two friends Ajay Saggar and Mark Wareing, the duo …
Album Review: Various Artists – Burning Britain: Independent Punk 1980-83
A natural follow up to the Action Time Vision box set Cherry Red delve into the independent punk scene, labels and bands that fuelled the second wave of punk. For many the initial punk movement was over by 1979, but as its predecessor the second phase of anyone can form and band/ label and do …
ALBUM: Cherry Red: 999 The Albums 1977-1980 / The Angelic Upstarts The Albums 1979-1982, May 2018 Cherry Red and Captain OI box set releases of 2 classic punk band`s albums.
Cherry Red 999 The Albums 1977-1980 The Angelic Upstarts The Albums 1979-1982 May 2018 Cherry Red and Captain OI box set releases of 2 classic punk band`s albums. 999 The Albums 1977-1980 There have been a few 999 compilation releases over the years but here we find the band`s first 3 album releases and …
Album Review: Shinedown – Attention Attention
American anthemic rock titans Shinedown are back in 2018 with their pulsating new album, Attention Attention. It’s been a hot minute since the band released new music so fans and reviewers alike are desperate to hear what the intrepid, emotionally charged rockers have to say three years after 2015’s Threat To Survival. The first track …
Album Review – Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms
That theme song from Silicon Valley? The incredible off-kilter synthpop played on a ribbon? That’s Tobacco – the enigmatic front-man who started life with Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow. Perhaps unfairly overlooked among some circles as another acid-laden, synth driven indie-psych band in the same era as Late Of The Pier and every mum’s favourite …
Album Review: Luke Haines – I Sometimes Dream of Glue
Since departing from The Auteurs, Luke Haines has made every effort to mix things up and carve a solo career as far away from his former band as possible. Kind of a difficult thing to do when you’re Luke Haines; his unique raspy tones identify him immediately. But it’s the contents of his head that …
Album Review : Speedy Ortiz’ ‘Twerp Verse’
I’m not sure I’m smart enough to truly ever get into Speedy Ortiz. I mean, I listen to the Sadie Dupuis-fronted band and I hear really intelligently put together indie pop rock. The guitars are jangly, jagged, and possess angular riffing you’d hear in early Pavement, Archers of Loaf, and Sleater-Kinney. The songs are put …