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Arch Enemy

Swedish metal titans ARCH ENEMY don’t let up on triumphant 11th album

August 12, 2022

As melodic death metal goes, Deceivers ticks all the boxes: classical undertones, fast guitars, obligatory solos, heavy basslines and demonic vocals.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreSwedish metal titans ARCH ENEMY don’t let up on triumphant 11th album
Kasabian - credit: Neil Bedford

KASABIAN’s first album post-Meighan plunders new and familiar territory

August 12, 2022

Kasabian’s seventh studio album - The Alchemist's Euphoria - is also their first since the sacking of frontman Tom Meighan for domestic assault.

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Read moreKASABIAN’s first album post-Meighan plunders new and familiar territory
Erasure

Almost 20 albums on, ERASURE are as thrillingly inventive as ever

August 12, 2022

Futuristic sci-fi cinematic soundscapes and heart-and-soul-fuelled pop cleverness: not many artists can sound this inventive 19 albums in.

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Read moreAlmost 20 albums on, ERASURE are as thrillingly inventive as ever
The Movers

Analog Africa unearths laidback grooves from overlooked band THE MOVERS

August 5, 2022

The overall vibe here is one of laidback good times, with almost ska-like propulsion to tracks like Hot Coffee, while other tracks could be mistaken for lost Northern Soul classics.

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Read moreAnalog Africa unearths laidback grooves from overlooked band THE MOVERS
James Taylor Quartet

JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET: playful big-band jazz with sublime substance

August 5, 2022

Man In The Hot Seat, recorded with amazing clarity at Abbey Road, is a satisfying, convincing blend of JTQ’s acid jazz roots and the predominant influence of ‘70s soundtracks.

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Read moreJAMES TAYLOR QUARTET: playful big-band jazz with sublime substance
Dub War - credit Ania Shrimpton

DUB WAR: Welsh rap-rock group return with relentless political heft

August 5, 2022

Political, discordant and relentless, Dub War’s return ought to both delight older followers and attract new ones to their message-laden, Welsh-infused take on the genre.

Category: Albums, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreDUB WAR: Welsh rap-rock group return with relentless political heft
Neil Young

NOISE & FLOWERS: live album from NEIL YOUNG beautifully crystallises an artist of extremes

August 5, 2022

Noise & Flowers is both a brilliant introduction to Young’s music with modern production and a treat for completists.

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Read moreNOISE & FLOWERS: live album from NEIL YOUNG beautifully crystallises an artist of extremes

DC GORE takes Orwellian sideswipe at modern humanity on ALL THESE THINGS

August 5, 2022

Like the novels of Orwell that have inspired the imagery of DC Gore's debut release, there is something chilling and affecting that stays with you after listening.

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Read moreDC GORE takes Orwellian sideswipe at modern humanity on ALL THESE THINGS
The Lord - credit: al overdrive

FOREST NOCTURNE: beautifully uneasy listening from doom metal icon THE LORD

July 30, 2022

The sound of an ancient horror lurking in the shadows, Forest Nocturne is beautiful uneasy listening.

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Read moreFOREST NOCTURNE: beautifully uneasy listening from doom metal icon THE LORD
DOMi & JD Beck W. Anderson .Paak (c) Tehillah De Castro

DOMi & JD BECK invite hip-hop heavyweights onto jazzy – and surprising – debut

July 29, 2022

Apeshit is Anderson .Paak’s new label, and with DOMi Louna on MIDI keys and JD Beck on percussion, they whip up a host of jazzy joints for their rap star boss.

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Read moreDOMi & JD BECK invite hip-hop heavyweights onto jazzy – and surprising – debut
Jamie T - credit: Will Robson Scott

15 years after his breakthrough album, JAMIE T re-establishes his relevancy

July 29, 2022

The Theory Of Whatever is an album you can imagine sounding immense played live: expansive guitar hooks and countless singalong moments.

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Read more15 years after his breakthrough album, JAMIE T re-establishes his relevancy
Orbital - credit: Kenny McCracken

ORBITAL at 30: rave icons age gracefully with repolished greatest hits

July 29, 2022

Now is the time to celebrate three decades of Orbital, with 30 Something: not a lazily compiled best-of, but a selection of Orbital’s finest tracks.

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Read moreORBITAL at 30: rave icons age gracefully with repolished greatest hits
Barry Adamson - credit: Mark David Ford

BARRY ADAMSON: third album re-release is a must-listen for the unfamiliar

July 29, 2022

An essential purchase, and a good place to start for those not familiar with the maverick brilliance of Barry Adamson.

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Read moreBARRY ADAMSON: third album re-release is a must-listen for the unfamiliar
Nightlands

THE WAR ON DRUGS’ Dave Hartley stuns with harmonious solo project, NIGHTLANDS

July 24, 2022

Reminiscent of Pink Floyd, Moonshine’s lyrical focus is on current affairs – particularly the unatainability of the American Dream.

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Read moreTHE WAR ON DRUGS’ Dave Hartley stuns with harmonious solo project, NIGHTLANDS
Alex the Astronaut

Trauma and the everyday collide on honest, therapeutic ALEX THE ASTRONAUT release

July 23, 2022

How To Grow A Sunflower Underwater seems to be a progression of Alex’s mental health journey, as seen by upfront mentions of her therapist throughout the album.

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Read moreTrauma and the everyday collide on honest, therapeutic ALEX THE ASTRONAUT release
Working Mens Club

WORKING MEN’S CLUB’s FEAR FEAR thumpingly echoes today’s troubled times

July 22, 2022

Bristling with edgy energy, the LP is as much a product of its troubled times – pandemic, political divisions, social tensions – as it of its precocious creator.

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Read moreWORKING MEN’S CLUB’s FEAR FEAR thumpingly echoes today’s troubled times
Imperial Triumphant

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT’s maximalist approach pushes extreme music to nth degree

July 22, 2022

To say Spirit Of Ecstasy is an album bursting with creativity and boiling over with fresh ideas would be a major understatement.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreIMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT’s maximalist approach pushes extreme music to nth degree
The Kooks

THE KOOKS find inspiration in the 70s on crowd-pleasing new album

July 22, 2022

10 Tracks That Echo In The Dark will undoubtedly be a hit with Kooks fans old and new, as well as a festival favourite.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreTHE KOOKS find inspiration in the 70s on crowd-pleasing new album
Black Midi - credit: Atiba Jefferson

Intense, baroque & baffling, allow yourself to fall under the BLACK MIDI spell

July 15, 2022

Black Midi can be accused of many things, but never a lack of ideas or a reluctance to follow their own muse.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreIntense, baroque & baffling, allow yourself to fall under the BLACK MIDI spell
Deaf Havana

DEAF HAVANA’s comeback album proves the alt-rockers were right to reform

July 15, 2022

Embarking on a UK headline tour this November, The Present Is A Foreign Land should prove a hit in a live setting for Deaf Havana.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreDEAF HAVANA’s comeback album proves the alt-rockers were right to reform
Interpol - credit: Atiba Jefferson

INTERPOL play to their strengths with new music full of swagger and vulnerability

July 15, 2022

The Other Side… is Interpol playing to their strengths with an impressive widescreen swagger on an album that gives more away on each addictive listen.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreINTERPOL play to their strengths with new music full of swagger and vulnerability

MABEL reinvents herself on album no. 2 with the story of one wild night

July 15, 2022

Half a decade after her breakthrough single Finders Keepers, you can understand why English-Swedish singer Mabel asks her followers, “Allow me to reintroduce myself” on new album, About Last Night.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreMABEL reinvents herself on album no. 2 with the story of one wild night
Beabadoobee

Gen Z idol BEABADOOBEE strikes melted gold on summery second album, BEATOPIA

July 15, 2022

Beatopia, the second album from Beabadoobee, is a singular vision of shimmering indie-pop that transcends her Gen Z demographic.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreGen Z idol BEABADOOBEE strikes melted gold on summery second album, BEATOPIA
Sniffany & The Nits - credit Maria Cecilia

SNIFFANY & THE NITS make a play for the year’s best UK punk album

July 8, 2022

Sniffany & The Nits, three-quarter Welsh ambassadors moored in London, follow two pre-pandemic releases with a debut LP that’s fast, powerfully efficient, clattering and oddly tuneful.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreSNIFFANY & THE NITS make a play for the year’s best UK punk album
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