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Album Review: The Ting Tings

If Nowheresville is where these sounds are from, it’s also where you can’t help but think The Ting Tings are going.

11/02/12

Live Review: Nada Surf

Now in their 40′s and boasting more than just a few grey hairs the New York trio are playing among some of their biggest UK shows ever, bucking the trend of diminishing returns after a certain age

11/02/12

Album Review: The Twilight Sad

No-one is expecting sunshine and lollipops. Good thing too. Because No One Can Ever Know is sinister in it’s darkness but generous in its quality.

06/02/12

Album Review – Young Empires

A debut offering that shows off Young Empires as a group more than capable of joining the dance-floor ready elite.

01/02/12

The band seem self assured and comfortable in their surroundings, loving every minute. They’ve played Brixton before of course but never right at the start of a tour with one eye on arenas as they do so.

31/01/12

Album Review – Lana Del Rey

Many have already made their minds up on Lana Del Rey and this isn’t the kind of album to change those opinions.

28/01/12

Album Review: The 2 Bears

When looking at its members you’d be a fool to expect a crooning country album, so it’s with little surprise but smiles all round that the record bursts with catchy dance-pop.

21/01/12

Album Review – First Aid Kit

Transcending the expectations of the listener, The Lions Roar has without a doubt become a contender for the most beautiful album of the year.

19/01/12

Album Review – Nada Surf

Quite simply and without putting too fine a point on it, this is a record full of smile-inducingly heart-winning indie-pop tunes.

17/01/12

Album Review – The Big Pink

Technically there’s nothing wrong with this kind of album. It’s easy listening, radio-ready for sure, but none of the songs are particularly memorable…

14/01/12