The Hickey Underworld - ‘The Hickey Underworld’
Belgium. The home of mussels and chips, waffles and also, some rather kick ass rawk.
Rachel Kellehar
Kidnapper Bell - ‘The Great Outdoors’
This is a damn fine, goodtime record...
Cursive - ‘Mama I’m Swollen’
Cursive have returned to classic form with a crashing mid-life implosion of impeccably articulated angst...
Marmaduke Duke - ‘Duke Pandemonium’
This album is a truly mind-blowing experience...
Tellison: Reflection & Speculation
Tellison, international quartet of mystery, (well, quintet of mystery if you include the moustached multi-instrumentalist live musician Matt Roberts) are finally on the home straight. After years of geographical dissonance (involving several educational establishments, two continents, four singles, six record labels, one studio album and a remix compilation), 2009 is the year of ‘the reckoning’…
Sky Larkin
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the most exciting female fronted indie-rock band we’ve heard for a long blooming time?
Playful, raucous, arty and commercial in turns, Leeds based trio Sky Larkin aren’t playing by anyone’s rulebook but their own; especially when it comes to debut album ‘The Golden Spike’.
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
How exciting it is to finally get one’s hands on the debut LP from the raucously enigmatic three-piece racket otherwise known as Sky Larkin...
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The feeling of alienation so prevalent in their preceding albums diminished, the musical textures resonating far and beyond their humble origins.
Jeff Buckley - So Real
Tragedy begets glory, give or take an ounce of talent, or so the cynics would have you believe.
CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
Tired of being sexy? This troupe of feisty Brazilians certainly aren't.