It is generally accepted that BP fluffed the download release of this third album back in August. A dramatic countdown clock engulfing the website promised a special surprise when it hit zero. Fans...
Pink is hard-rocking, soul-bearing proof that all the charisma and lung capacity in the world doesn’t necessarily make you an astute artist. Yes, she’s sold millions, her ballsy...
Deerhunter like to sum up their sound as ghost rock and ambient punk, which really aren’t far off the mark, though the ‘r’ and ‘p’ words might just throw a few gentler...
What is it about SP that keeps us funding their macrobiotic diets? They used to dwell on hazy nights after a Smarties tube-sized portion of amphetamines and slutty university girls. Now,...
It’s easy to forget that electronic dance music is still a young genre. So quickening is the technological pace that Roland has produced more than 100 models of synthesizer since 1973, not to...
The Kaisers are like a musical edition of the Daily Mail – self-satisfied, self-righteous, puzzlingly popular and unashamedly right wing. The big difference is that the Daily Mail is...
Things sure haven’t got any classier for the ’Babes. The promotional link-up with Barbie (a Pimp My Barbie face-off with Girls Aloud, in which Sugababes attempted to make their dolls...
Seattle quartert TAAS’s third full-length arrives with enough punk-rock volatility to drag British post-hardcore torchbearers (Hell Is For Heroes, Hundred Reasons, Million Dead…)...
These psych-blues rockers have always leavened their ’70s grooves with flourishes of proggy jazz and the delicate retro-folk of their Swedish homeland, but have shifted slightly sideways with...
Canary Islands-born bricoleur Pablo Diaz-Reixa finally makes his UK debut with this sun-bright mix of Animal Collective-like electronics, wonky rave and music from the Cuban and African traditions...
