Archive for Category: "Music"
Razorlight reveal new line-up
The announcement, which reveals a zombies-do-Pirates-of-The-Caribbean look, leaves singer Jonny Borrell as the only remaining founding member.
Album Review – White Lies
White Lies follow up their no.1 debut with another fine set of gloomy barritone-rock that proves they come in every colour, as long as it’s black.
Ones to Watch in 2011 – The Vaccines
Good to see people getting excited by a British guitar band again. Whether or not they can live up to the hype will be another thing.
Ones to Watch in 2011 – Boy & Bear
Finally – folk-rock with a smidgen of sex appeal. Fleet Foxes on viagra if you will.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 1
16 songs. 60 minutes. 1 utterly enthralling album from Canada’s finest. One of the few undeniably essential records of the year.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 2
In danger of becoming the pantomime villain, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy once again made us remember why he is the golden child of hip hop.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 3
The National’s star continues its slow rise with another album of breathtaking quality. Their most direct record to date also gives us an intriguing glimpse into where they could go next.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 5
Brooklyn hipsters Yeasayer’s lurch towards pop proves utterly enthralling. One of the few albums released this year to do justice to the term indie-disco.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 6
The Walkmen continue to be indie-rock’s nearly men in terms of mass popularity, which appears to be so elusive for them, but that doesn’t make Lisbon – another step up for them – any less gorgeous.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 7
20-year-old Laura Marling’s I Speak Because I Can is, quite simply, a fantastic piece of work from a truly special individual. A British artist to truly treasure.
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 8
New York five-piece Freelance Whales turn in a storming debut chock full of idiosyncratic indie-pop on which glockenspiel cosy’s up to acoustic guitar and silky synths.
