Album review: The Overtones by The Overtones
Bringing some swing music magic to their latest album, The Overtones are back and just as brilliant as ever. It’s been a tough year for the band, with the unexpected death of their band mate and lead singer Timmy Matley in April. The newly minted four piece have put a lot of emotion and passion […]
Album review: Metallica ‘Ride The Lightning’
By Sam Wilkinson The year was 1984, and July 27 saw Metallica releasing their second album, ‘Ride The Lightning’. This album solidified both the band and the album at the forefront of the “thrash metal” genre, even amongst debut albums like Slayer’s “Show No Mercy”, and “Fistful of Metal” by Anthrax. Vocalist and rhythm guitarist, James […]
Review: Tinie Tempah’s ‘Youth’ doesn’t quite deliver
‘Youth’ is a poppy journey through Tinie Tempah’s mind that leaves much to be desired. After bursting onto the scene in 2010 with his album ‘Disc-Overy’, Tinie Tempah has failed to reach the heights of success that his debut record did. His follow up, ‘Demonstration’, was too Americanised and didn’t feel real, but his last […]
Zayn Malik: Mind of Mine Album Review
A year ago to this date, Zayn Malik quit the world’s biggest boy band. Today, he has released his debut solo album Mind of Mine. He’s waited five years to unleash his true musical talents and this album proves it has been worth the wait. Mind of Mine is a pop-R&B album living up to […]
Review: Seinabo Sey – Pretend
Seinabo Sey is a Swedish artist who is by no means unknown in the experimental-pop world of music. Her debut album ‘Pretend’ was released on October 23 this year and it has already made its mark as a success. With her recent Soul/RnB artist of the year win at the Kingsize Awards, Sey is no longer pretending, she […]
Review: Lifehouse Out Of The Wasteland
14 years on from the debut album No Name Face, which spawned their biggest hit Hanging By A Moment, Lifehouse are back with their new album Out Of The Wasteland. This is the seventh album of their career and their first since leaving their previous label Geffen. Previous album Almeria had a very mixed response […]
Review: Wombats Glitterbug “You can feel the emotional investment put into the songs”
After a sell-out UK tour including Newcastle’s O2 Academy, The Wombats are showing that the balanced blend of synths and guitars that give them that Wombatiness is as strong as ever in their third album, Glitterbug. Following on from its successful predecessors A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation and This Modern Glitch, Glitterbug carries […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Jamie T – Carry On The Grudge
After a long five years of silence Jamie Treays, known to most as Jamie T, breaks back into the world of music with Carry On The Grudge. For fans that thought that this long gap would change Jamie T for the worst, fear not, his penchant for poetic contemplation is still very apparent. But from […]
Review: SOHN – Tremors
Since 2012, SOHN has been building his reputation from remixes including Lana Del Rey’s Ride and Angel Haze’s Echelon. His single Artifice, showed promise from the producer, with stunning sounds and intricate lyrics, which shows that he stands out. Now releasing his debut offering, we see more depths to the producer, but still keeping a mysterious […]
Review: Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love
Paolo Nutini is back after his five-year hiatus and this week released his third album Caustic Love. The album has well and truly lived up to it’s pre-release hype, and the 13 track offering is a beautiful piece of art by the 27-year-old from Paisley, Scotland. The 50-minute-long blue-eyed soul album opens with Scream (Funk My […]
