CD Reviews
14:10 - 28 August 2008
FANS of Sarah Bareilles, Duffy and Amy Winehouse will love the light, refreshing voice of Gabriella Cilmi. At just 16 years of age, she has been propelled to fame with her chart-topping single, Sweet About Me. This song is not only catchy but also grown... Full Story »
10:00 - 28 August 2008
Just like politicians, Go:Audio s sound strives for the safe middle ground of the chart music landscape for the widest audience possible. While these guys are armed with guitars and hair gel instead of empty promises and fake smiles, their cynical cores... Read More »
09:57 - 28 August 2008
TWTW is the result of a week of self-enforced exile for Sunderland s Peter Brewis, with no access to TV, radio or newspapers. An imagined crime thriller about a kidnapping, this 32-minute collection offers songs as snapshots of the tale, variously from th... Read More »
12:34 - 26 August 2008
THE band who has gone through more splits than a Chinese gymnast return with their first new material since their infamous 1997 release Urban Hymns. Having completed a sell-out world tour and produced blistering live sets at... Read More »
09:50 - 21 August 2008
Another debut record, this time a Portland, Oregon supergroup made up of members of long-dead but legendary (in certain circles) Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves. BB s Johnny Whitney takes on vocal duties, singing and screaming over a glam-ti... Read More »
09:48 - 21 August 2008
Actor turned singer Joe Van Moyland heads up this band, replete with arguably the most indulgently stupid moniker ever committed to record. Nevertheless, the triple Js sound isn t nearly as poor, kicking off with the propulsive and sublimely catchy Brit-... Read More »
12:30 - 20 August 2008
THIS is the debut album by Scandinavian teenager, Ida Maria who is probably best known for her deliberately provocative lyrics. The quirky I Like You So Much Better When You ve Naked shot her to fame winning her coveted slots at 2008 s Isle Of Wight and... Read More »
13:17 - 18 July 2008
ORIGINALLY on the vanguard of America s musical innovators, Beck has expertly whisked electronic and rock elements together for over a decade. Bizarre as it sounds, his more recent releases suffered for sounding like, well, Beck – he s not so much been cl... Read More »
13:16 - 18 July 2008
THE earnest Hertfordshire tykes return refreshed three years after a charming but average debut Young For Eternity thrust them into the indie spotlight. A significant sonic shift on some tracks have producer Butch Vig s (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) finger... Read More »
11:29 - 16 July 2008
WITH the big screen launch of Abba s Mamma Mia! comes an album dedicated to some of the Swedish super group s much-loved hits. Sung by actors from the film rather than Abba, the word cheesy immediately springs to mind as we find a collection of some of th... Read More »