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Live Review: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne Live

That Jay-Z and Kanye West are the current kings of hip-hop was undeniable even before they released their joint album, Watch The Throne, last year. As solo artists, each rapper has produced enough hits to sell out the O2 on their own and with Watch The Throne the pair have delivered a collaboration that stands [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Mr. M by Lambchop

Nearly three years on from the death of his close friend Vic Chesnutt, Kurt Wagner returns with a ‘radical’ new album. At least, radical in a way only a band such as Lambchop could be. Unlike Lambchop’s previous albums, which were all based around group performance, Mr. M is very much a studio creation. Lush [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Boys Noize – The Remixes 2004-2011

At 22 Hamburg resident Alexander Ridha began DJing under the name of Boys Noize. In the years that followed he set up his own record label, was three times named the Best Electronic Artist on Beatport and remixed everyone from N*E*R*D and Nelly Furtado to Daft Punk and David Lynch. This compilation of the best [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Live At Rockpalast by Public Image Limited

“We’re not bad are we?” John Lydon says to his German audience. Not bad at all, John. Unlike PiL’s other ‘80s live records, Paris Au Printemps and Live In Tokyo, which were both made out of necessity (the former to fund Metal Box, the latter to test digital recording methods), Live At Rockpalast was never [ READ MORE ]

Live Review: S.C.U.M / Bo Ningen

S.C.U.M / Bo Ningen Green Door Store, Brighton 21st February 2012 Being upstaged by your support act has to be the worst thing that can happen to a headline act. At the Green Door Store last night, S.C.U.M were supported by Bo Ningen, who put on such an impressive 30-minute set that it outshone S.C.U.M’s [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Purple Naked Ladies by The Internet

The aim of a film score is to encapsulate the mood of the movie, to add an aural element to fully immerse the viewer in the storyline. The very best of these can stand alone as albums in their own right, like the scores to Grease and The Godfather, or soundtracks to films such as [ READ MORE ]

Live Review: Low at The Old Market, Hove 3/12/11

In 1974, at 14 years old, my father went to see Pink Floyd at Wembley. Along with his friends he stood on his seat and cheered loudly as the band came on stage but was immediately given a stern tap on the shoulder by a Floyd fan who said; “Sit down you lot, they’re not [ READ MORE ]

Live Review: Summer Camp at The Green Door Store, Brighton 19/11/11

The lights go down and the crowd goes quiet. The strumming of an acoustic guitar and the opening lines to ‘Better Off Without You’ become audible but there’s no one on stage. Heads turn to the back of The Green Door Store and from behind a curtain emerges Elizabeth Sankey singing at the top of [ READ MORE ]

Live Review: The Fall at Concorde 2, Brighton 17/11/2011

Mark E Smith is squaring up to me and everyone else in the audience. The bloody cheek of us Fall heads having paid £20 a ticket to come and see his band. How dare we? And they are his band. Within minutes the Fall front-man is asserting his authority by turning down the amps of [ READ MORE ]

Live Review: Scroobius Pip at Coalition, Brighton 11/11/2011

From the moment the doors opened at The Coalition on Friday night Scroobius Pip was manning the merchandise stall. With an album, book, t-shirts and hats on sale, the most hirsute man in British hip-hop was posing for photos, shaking hands and signing each and every item he sold as his fans crossed his palm [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Sticks + Stones by Cher Lloyd

After the irritable ‘Swagger Jagger’, Cher Lloyd delivers a debut album bursting with personality. Every track on Cher Lloyd’s debut album could easily have come from a different artist. From the dancehall bounce of opening track ‘Grow Up’ to the balladry of ‘Beautiful People’; the album is an erratic and jumpy affair saved by its [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay

At this year’s Glastonbury Festival, Coldplay put on a show so spectacular that the Pyramid Stage itself burst into life with an explosion of colour. On Mylo Xyloto the colour is splashed right across the record sleeve, but musically there isn’t quite as much colour as youone might hope. Jonny Buckland’s Edge-like guitar-play and Martin’s [ READ MORE ]

Album Review: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming by M83

15 million light years from earth, the M83 Galaxy has not only been the site of 6 supernovae but also contains several red knots – the parts of space where active star formation takes place. Its spiral arms create a mesmerising view, earning it the nickname of the Pinwheel Galaxy. All in all, the M83 [ READ MORE ]

I’ve Listened to This Song 20 Times Today…

  … and I’ve loved every single moment of it[ READ MORE ]

Album Review: New Brigade by Iceage

Despite one being a Danish punk band and the other being an LA hip-hop collective, there are comparisons that can be drawn between Iceage and Odd Future (OFWGKTA). The hype surrounding both comes largely from their highly energetic live shows, which often end with injuries sustained to both band and audience. Taking a look at [ READ MORE ]

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