Ten albums is a fair effort by any band’s measure and now, The Dandy Warhols have reached it with their upcoming, Distortland release that is out via Dine Alone Records. Whereas their peers in the psychedelic, disco-rock genre have often stumbled early on, The Dandy Warhols have maintained a…
In the office this album has been a bit of a running joke over the last year or so. With light-hearted jibes about if or when it would arrive. Well it's finally here and boy it's worth the wait! The title Warrior Sound is very apt as this…
The Scream have returned with something that harks back to their disco-punk yesteryears, it’s a return to form following 2013’s More Light which promised so much but wobbled slightly along the way. Chaosmosis is Primal Scream’s eleventh studio effort, a significant stretch by any musician’s career – what it…
Ouch, these Texans sure as hell know how to blister riffs past you at quite the phenomenal speed, White Denim are back with their hell-to-leather prog-blues/soul sound. Denim jackets, scrubby facial hair and trucker caps – it should be fairly to simple to pinpoint the musical origin of this…
For one who has been so productive since the release of his debut album in 1999 it is a bit of a surprise to learn that More Rain has been four years in the making. As well as the eight albums he has made as M Ward, there's the…
“I saw you licking a dollar bill / I'm in the graveyard if looks could kill” That’s quite an opening line to an album – profound, playful and hooky. It captures Miike Snow’s iii neatly, but when you consider Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg’s (also known as Bloodshy…
One of the great post-punk survivors, Barry Adamson has transformed himself over the years from an 18-year-old bassist who could hardly play (in the spirit of punk, of course) to a highly regarded soundtrack composer, remixer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and on-off member of first The Birthday Party, and then…
Boston’s Palehound are set to release their eight-track debut album which quickly follows, hot on the heels of the EP, Bent Nail. The full length debut begins to clarify why Ellen Kempner – brains behind the name; is such a stand out, prodigious child of music. If someone was…
The Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop is back with his 17th solo studio album – in the large scheme of things it acts as the 22nd if you span his work to incorporate that of The Stooges along the way. It’s a big, brash statement from a man who…
When psychedelia works hard, it often manifests into something fantastic, euphoric and all-encompassing. The KVB are an example of a pair that demonstrate exquisite work ethic within their music. Having initially been the brainchild of Nicholas Wood, the Southampton-based visionary, experiments were undertaken with hints of Krautrock, post-punk and…