Elsie – The Assassin

Step away from the slightly cringeworthy press release, and Elsie could potentially be touching upon something. There’s elements of Blondie in the guitar pop framework, and indeed shades of hedonistic lad rock attitude, and even a sense of a … Read More

Kopek – Love is Dead

Melodic stoner type rock, about the destruction of the music scene, It’s really catchy this record is not dead it’s alive and it has some style to it one of the first records that has gripped me by the … Read More

Van Halen – Tattoo

This is the first single of the new Valen Halen album which we have been waiting 15 years for, I admit I am a massive Halen fan and this song does grow on you but it’s not upto the … Read More

Dance At My Wedding – Cornshed Sisters

On first listen to this song I didn’t know what to expect but I was very quickly wowed. Beautiful, emotional vocals against the bittersweet acoustic guitar and piano make for a lovely combination. But what I was even more … Read More

Nerina Pallot – All Bets Are Off

You may not have heard of Nerina Pallot but this singer/songwriter has been releasing music since 2001 and has thus far released 4 albums and 4 EPs, earning her a BRIT award and an Ivor Novello Award nomination.

Her … Read More

Baddies – Bronto

Imagine shaving Enter Shikari of the radical politics, metal and dubstep influences and shoehorning some Andy Falkous style barking instead of a chorus and your somewhere close to getting your head around the new single from Essex indie rockers … Read More

Dead Wolf Club – Radar

What can you expect from a band that met on a plane the first time if not craze and vigour? John Othello (vox/guitars), Alwin Fernandez (guitars), Martha Supajirawatananon (bass), and Serra Petalle (drums) met two years ago flying to … Read More

Slaves – Cease Fire/Wishing Well

Two tracks from two people with one vision: snarling, malevolent garage punk. Slaves sound like they fell right out of Crass’ inner circle. Primitive drumming, no-nonsense guitars, and sheer venom oozing from the vocals. ‘Cease Fire’ is a blunt, provocative … Read More

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Anna

“Anna” the newest release by Charlotte Gainsbourg is taken from her 2011 double album “Stage Whisper”.  This album received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom felt that the tracks that made up this album were merely cast off’s from … Read More

Cut Yourself in Half: Say Goodbye to The World / Psycho Human Being Disaster

Hailing from Bradford, Cut Yourself in Half manage to pull off a slightly worrying trick of sounding very much a part of the Leeds rock scene, while feeling fresh enough to transcend it. This should be a good thing … Read More