Originally posted on Gigslutz Courteeners fourth studio album Concrete Love tastes like having a dish at a restaurant for the second time – it’s not as good as you remember. The whole album feels very much like it wasn’t left to cook for long enough and this is validated by frontman Liam Fray’s admission … Continue reading Album Review: Concrete Love // Courteeners
Category: Album/EP Reviews
EP Review: Running Thin // Pixel Fix
Originally posted on Gigslutz Pixel Fix’s EP Running Thin is something to get excited about, for sure. The opening track, ‘Lungs’, is a breath of fresh air; it has fast paced, repetitive vocals – “little bit of time” – that perfectly combine with a dreamlike guitar melody in a manner that’s evocative of Little Comets. … Continue reading EP Review: Running Thin // Pixel Fix
Album Review: Sheezus // Lily Allen
Apparently a homage to ‘Yeezus’ as opposed to a barb at the infamous egotist Kanye West’s recent release, Lily Allen’s ‘Sheezus’ was surrounded by the same gimmicky attention-drawing publicity. Not only did Allen agree with a fan on Twitter that the singles from the album were “docile pop rubbish” but she seems un-bothered by her creation … Continue reading Album Review: Sheezus // Lily Allen
Album Review: New Love Engine
Three-piece Essex band ‘New Love Engine’ are certainly capable of making music for you to get your teeth into. Their sound is padded out with a tightly-honed instrumental (Annalise Woolfe on bass) and percussion (Nathan Taylor on drums) that is perfectly balanced with frontman Braden Clarke’s drawling vocal style. There may only be three of … Continue reading Album Review: New Love Engine
Album Review: Glorious // Foxes
Louisa Rose Allen – better known by her stage name ‘Foxes’ – couldn’t have named her debut studio album more aptly. ‘Glorious’ does exactly what it says on the tin; in fact, I can’t get enough of the 44:57 minute entity. I’m a little bit jealous I didn’t write this whopper of a debut myself. … Continue reading Album Review: Glorious // Foxes
Album Review: Underneath the Rainbow // Black Lips
Originally posted on Gigslutz The last time we heard from Black Lips was back in 2011 with ‘Arabia Mountain’ but we’re soon to be graced with ‘Underneath the Rainbow’, the band’s seventh studio album. The lyrics “I don’t want to wait” from Track No. 8 ‘Waiting’ are incredibly fitting; considering that’s exactly how I feel … Continue reading Album Review: Underneath the Rainbow // Black Lips
Album Review: Vampires of the Modern City // Vampire Weekend
Ezra Koenig, frontman of Vampire Weekend, abandoned a teaching career in favour of making it as a rock singer, and I can bet he’s glad he did. The third album ‘Vampires Of The Modern City’ saw the band win “Best Alternative Music Album” at the 56th Grammy Awards, on the 26th January of this year… … Continue reading Album Review: Vampires of the Modern City // Vampire Weekend
Album Review: A Long Way Down // Tom Odell
From the outset, the twenty-three year old invites the listener to grow old with him; a prospect that I couldn’t possibly begin to entertain mainly because of Tom Odell’s gratingly-annoying voice that becomes progressively more-so over the duration of the album. He’s a talented pianist and guitarist, granted, but the tone to his voice doesn’t … Continue reading Album Review: A Long Way Down // Tom Odell
Album Review: Settle // Disclosure
Everyone appears to have ‘latched’ onto the 19 and 22 year-old Lawrence brothers, who perform as Disclosure. Not only did 2013 see them score a trio of Top 20 hits; it saw them play Glastonbury twice and be nominated for a Grammy: ‘Best Dance/Electronica Album’. Amongst their successes was the fact I enjoyed their live … Continue reading Album Review: Settle // Disclosure
Album Review: Random Access Memories // Daft Punk
2013 saw the release of ‘Random Access Memories’, Daft Punk’s first studio album in eight years. It’s definitely the duos best commercial and critical success. For confirmation of this fact one only needs to look as far as the awards the album received at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards: ‘Album Of The Year’, ‘Best Dance/Electronica … Continue reading Album Review: Random Access Memories // Daft Punk
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