English rapper James Devlin’s third album ‘The Devil In’ falls flat, with clunky lyrics and derivative tunes.
Glastonbury bosses have revealed a line-up announcement is to be expected “some time in March”. The Eavis family spoke about the line-up at the NME Awards last night. So far Radiohead are the only confirmed headliners and The Avalanches have leaked that they will be performing. The 2017 NME Awards took place last night (Wednesday 15) at the O2 academy in London. Biffy Clyro beat The Last Shadow Puppets, Wolf
Continue reading…
Leeds-based trio Brooders deliver a brief and immensely enjoyable history of their rapid progress so far with a self-titled mini-album.
David Bowie swept up at the 2017 Grammys winning 5 posthumous awards. The rock icon’s 25th studio album, Blackstar, won The Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical album, Best Recording Package and Best Alternative Album and Best Rock Performance for the album’s title track. Blackstar and its title track won every award it was nominated for which gave David Bowie the most wins of any artist on the night. Unbelievably, the music
Having done so much to popularise grime as we know it today, Wiley’s 11th and final album ‘Godfather’ sees him bow out in style.
‘Night People’ showcases a You Me At Six most people have never seen before, with dark and heavier overtones, but it feels like a natural progression, the band maturing with their listeners.
With ‘Welcome To Sideways’ Simian Mobile Disco bring us further on their musical weirdness mystery tour.
Although ‘Mapping The Rendezvous’ is Courteeners’ most diverse and interesting record to date, its identity is muddled.
Opting for a more psychedelic rave style, there was great promise for a wonderfully original album from Crystal Fighters, but we’ve ended up with a surprisingly bland and lifeless one.
After the sunny success of ‘Howlin’, Jagwar Ma’s second album is an unimaginative follow-up.
