Album Reviews

• Laura Marling: 'I Speak Because I Can'

  Since Marling released her debut album as an 18-year-old in 2008, English folk bands have assumed a chart presence hitherto unknown.

   
• Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: 'The Logic Of Chance'

  There is a reason it is difficult to have revolutions in capitalist countries; people’s needs and wants are channelled into consumer behaviours and can hence be safely contained.

   
• Jimi Hendrix: 'Valleys Of Neptune'

  What we hope for when the work of a major artist is exposed for a fresh glimpse is that the occasion will afford us a genuine opportunity for reappraisal.

   
• The Automatic: 'Tear The Signs Down'

  'Tear The Signs Down' is the third album from The Automatic in five years and it is an industrious but hardly outstanding effort.

   
• Punx Soundcheck: ‘From The Roots’

  ‘From The Roots’ is the third album from dubstep duo John Taylor and Arif Salih, A.K.A Punx Soundcheck.

   
• Two Door Cinema Club: 'Tourist History'

  Relentless good cheer, high energy, and a seeming assumption that electric guitars exist solely to generate crisp loops of euphoric whooping characterises this buoyant debut album from Bangor three-piece Two Door Cinema Club.

   
• Delorentos: 'You Can Make Sound'

  Irish four piece Delorentos have already scored chart-topping success in their homeland.

   
• The Strange Boys: 'Be Brave'

  This rustic group from Austin, Texas make music that combines the wiry, spasmodic energy of The Strokes and the sprawling intensity of The Band.

   
• Holly Miranda: 'The Magician’s Private Library'

  Not many unsigned artists have the clout to acquire the services of possibly the most in demand producer currently working within the indie/pop world to helm the recording process of their debut album - yet, in hiring TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, this is exactly what Tennessee native Holly Miranda has done.

   
• Quitzow: 'Juice Water'

  Free spirited Erica Quitzow is an art lover’s favourite musician. She’s well travelled, rebellious, and experimental, with her music effortlessly synchronising with her personality. A journalist’s nightmare.

   

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