Bloc Party – ‘A Weekend In The City’ (CD Review)
Bloc Party return with a sequel to their debut million selling album 'Silent Alarm'. The pressure was on to create a worthy successor but did they manage it? Basically, yes...
Duke Special – ‘Freewheel’ (CD Review)
As piano-led soft pop-rock goes Duke Special's 'Freewheel' is a fine definition of the subgenre. The strings are there to pull on your heartstrings as they swell for the chorus,...
Capdown – Wind Up Toys (CD Review)
The slickly brash and vigorously confrontational Capdown return after an extended hiatus with triumphant refinement of their skapunk sound. 'Wind-Up Toys' has the Milton Keynes boys rocking furiously ,passionately, relentlessly...
Little Man Tate – About What You Know (CD Review)
The debut album from Sheffield's Little Man Tate is a sparkling and angular pop-punk rock feast. They have a playful happiness infusing throughout their crunchy bouncing sound and straightforward lyrics....
Sarah Nixey – Sing, Memory. (CD Review)
Sarah Nixey, as with the much of the material recorded with Black Box Recorder, has produced an album of superficially light and euphoric songs, but with closer inspection a dark...
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry (CD Review)
The forceful yet pleading, light and slightly experimental, but otherwise solidly rock sound of the latest release from the Cold War Kids brings to mind many comparisons. They have a...