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Ho99o9 - credit Igor Klepév

Genre disrupters HO99O9 put the pedal to the metal on audacious second album

March 11, 2022

“No one sounds like us”, Ho99o9 told Kerrang!’s Mischa Pearlman ahead of the release of Skin, their second LP, and they might have pulled it off.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreGenre disrupters HO99O9 put the pedal to the metal on audacious second album
Franz Ferdinand, Hits To The Head

FRANZ FERDINAND’s greatest hits album: a nostalgic trip with few left-turns

March 11, 2022

Franz Ferdinand have curated a highlights reel of their 18-year history with Hits To The Head: a greatest hits album with lots of hits (as you'd expect) and few surprises.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreFRANZ FERDINAND’s greatest hits album: a nostalgic trip with few left-turns
Sabaton - credit Tim Tronckoe

Swedish metal gods SABATON continue historical deep dive on THE WAR TO END ALL WARS

March 4, 2022

Swedish multi-award-winning metal gods Sabaton’s 10th album picks up where its predecessor The Great War ended and delivers further World War I history in a palatable way.

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Read moreSwedish metal gods SABATON continue historical deep dive on THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
Crowbar

ZERO AND BELOW: another sludge metal masterclass from CROWBAR

March 4, 2022

Celebrating 30 years in the game, sludge metal legends Crowbar return with another solid collection of riffs in new album, Zero And Below.

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Read moreZERO AND BELOW: another sludge metal masterclass from CROWBAR
Wolfgang Flür

KRAFTWERK pioneer WOLFGANG FLÜR delivers sublime electro-pop on second solo effort

March 4, 2022

Wolfgang Flur's second solo album Magazine 1 reminds us of just how influential Flur was within Kraftwerk.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreKRAFTWERK pioneer WOLFGANG FLÜR delivers sublime electro-pop on second solo effort
Marillion at St David's Hall, Cardiff - credit Jonathan Herron

Album no. 20 from MARILLION rewards on repeat listens – and the highest volume

March 4, 2022

An Hour Before It’s Dark, the 20th studio album from Marillion, has profound and witty lyrics, great musicianship and a flow of undulating instrumentals.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreAlbum no. 20 from MARILLION rewards on repeat listens – and the highest volume
Stereophonics

OOCHYA!: STEREOPHONICS stay tried and true on 25-year album milestone

March 4, 2022

Instead of a nostalgic compilation album for their 25th year, Stereophonics have put out all-new music in Oochya!, which feels safe and sure as ever.

Category: Albums, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreOOCHYA!: STEREOPHONICS stay tried and true on 25-year album milestone
Sasami - credit Angela Ricciardi

Nu-metal? Country-rock? – SQUEEZE from SASAMI defies labels (to varying effect)

February 25, 2022

Sasami Ashworth’s second studio album Squeeze has been labelled a cross between nu-metal and country-rock, and despite enjoyable snippets, its mixed identity becomes more annoying as it progresses.

Category: Albums
Read moreNu-metal? Country-rock? – SQUEEZE from SASAMI defies labels (to varying effect)
Melt Yourself Down - credit Steve Gullick

Genre misfits MELT YOURSELF DOWN excel themselves on fourth, heavier album

February 25, 2022

Pray For Me I Don't Fit In is a welcome return for jazz/dance/punk/kitchen sink experimentalists Melt Yourself Down

Category: Albums
Read moreGenre misfits MELT YOURSELF DOWN excel themselves on fourth, heavier album
Adult.

If you’re not an ADULT. fan already, BECOMING UNDONE will make you one

February 25, 2022

Though a worthwhile reshuffle of the broad Adult. aesthetic for old timers, latest album Becoming Undone is also a good place for newcomers to start.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreIf you’re not an ADULT. fan already, BECOMING UNDONE will make you one
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard

Dazzling debut BACKHAND DEALS cements Cardiff’s BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD as ones to watch

February 25, 2022

Fast becoming the leaders of the Cardiff indie scene, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard have released a truly outstanding debut album in Backhand Deals.

Category: Albums Region: South Wales
Read moreDazzling debut BACKHAND DEALS cements Cardiff’s BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD as ones to watch
Johnny Marr - credit Fraser Taylor

JOHNNY MARR’s FEVER DREAMS: his most ingenious album yet

February 25, 2022

The songs on Ex-Smiths and Electronic pioneer Johnny Marr's Fever Dreams touch on his creative past, but aren't an exercise in going back in time.

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Read moreJOHNNY MARR’s FEVER DREAMS: his most ingenious album yet
Gong

Live album PULSING SIGNALS from GONG is a double dose of bliss

February 18, 2022

What initially appears utterly preposterous on Gong's new double live album gradually makes more sense as Pulsing Signals progresses.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreLive album PULSING SIGNALS from GONG is a double dose of bliss
Sea Power - credit Mayumi Hirata

New name, same old sound: SEA POWER go back to basics with latest album

February 18, 2022

Now devoid of their ‘British’ prefix, Sea Power get back down to core business on their latest album, Everything Was Forever.

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Read moreNew name, same old sound: SEA POWER go back to basics with latest album
Sally Shapiro

SALLY SHAPIRO reunites for first album in six years – and little has changed

February 18, 2022

Putting aside their musical differences at last, Swedish duo Sally Shapiro are back with more of the same synthpop-slash-Italo disco on new album, Sad Cities.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreSALLY SHAPIRO reunites for first album in six years – and little has changed
Metronomy - credit Alex Lambert

SMALL WORLD is METRONOMY at their most mature

February 18, 2022

Catchy and pleasant, Small World is Metronomy's most grown-up album to date - exploring mature themes like parenthood and life's simple pleasures.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreSMALL WORLD is METRONOMY at their most mature
Benedict Maurseth

BENEDICTE MAURSETH (and several birds) export experimental Nordic folk with HARR

February 17, 2022

Benedicte Maurseth's third album, Hárr, includes the Hardanger fiddle - Norway's greatest gift to music - as well as birdcalls from six different species.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreBENEDICTE MAURSETH (and several birds) export experimental Nordic folk with HARR
Napalm Death

NAPALM DEATH: grindcore elders dish up thumping offcuts on latest album

February 11, 2022

Now over 40 years into their existence, extreme metal institution Napalm Death offer more frazzingly fast belters on new album, Resentment Is Always Seismic.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreNAPALM DEATH: grindcore elders dish up thumping offcuts on latest album
Trupa Trupa - credit Rafal Wojczal

Polish indie rockers TRUPA TRUPA push genre boundaries on B FLAT A

February 11, 2022

Poland's Trupa Trupa's brand of cerebral, sometimes abrasive indie rock via new album, B Flat A, makes it clear that 'world music' always is/was a silly term.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read morePolish indie rockers TRUPA TRUPA push genre boundaries on B FLAT A
Frank Turner

FRANK TURNER sings through past trauma on his most vulnerable album to date

February 11, 2022

FTHC, the ninth and deeply personal album from Frank Turner, finds the singer working through parental neglect, addiction and confronting his privileges.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreFRANK TURNER sings through past trauma on his most vulnerable album to date
Eddie Vedder - credit Danny Clinch

There’s something for everyone on latest solo album from PEARL JAM’s EDDIE VEDDER

February 11, 2022

Earthling is a sprawling but crowd-pleasing solo album from Pearl Jam frontman, Eddie Vedder.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreThere’s something for everyone on latest solo album from PEARL JAM’s EDDIE VEDDER
Alt-J - credit Rosie Matheson

A rejuvenated ALT-J return with ambitious fourth album, THE DREAM

February 11, 2022

Alt-J's fourth album, The Dream, blends fantasy and reality for a confident, revitalised sound that is surprising, ambitious and current.

Category: Albums
Read moreA rejuvenated ALT-J return with ambitious fourth album, THE DREAM
Venom Prison - credit Andy Ford

South Wales’ VENOM PRISON looks to metal’s past to forge its future with EREBOS

February 4, 2022

Erebos from Venom Prison represents a staggering leap forward for the south Wales death metal band, placing them at the vanguard of the modern genre.

Category: Albums, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreSouth Wales’ VENOM PRISON looks to metal’s past to forge its future with EREBOS
Nordic Giants - credit Neal Grundy

Post-rockers NORDIC GIANTS dial themselves up to 11 on SYMBIOSIS

February 4, 2022

Nordic Giants' third album, Symbiosis, over-delivers on bombast but under-delivers on genuine emotional resonance.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read morePost-rockers NORDIC GIANTS dial themselves up to 11 on SYMBIOSIS
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