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Album Review: Computerclub

By Joseph Stephens ⋅ November 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Before The Walls Came Down]
[Label: Split Records]

Birmingham’s Computerclub are the latest in a long line of new bands who sound like they’ve come straight from the 80s. Originally conceived as a way for vocalist Paul Hampton and guitarist Jonathan Baker to escape the “tedious” and “cliché-ridden” bands they were in previously, support slots with […]

Album Review: Herman Dune

By Angeline Liles ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Next Year In Zion]
[Label: City Slang Records]

This French duo (formerly a trio, prior to the recording of this, their tenth album) formed in 1999. Quite the prolific musicians, it’s a wonder they’ve had time to push out ten albums, what with playing in various others’ backing bands (including Kimya Dawson of Moldy Peaches fame) […]

Album Review: Euros Childs

By Marcus Alcock ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Cheer Gone]
[Label: Wichita]

Euros Childs is still best known as the former front man of the horribly underrated Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, despite ‘Cheer Gone’ representing the fourth in a string of excellent solo records. Whereas the slightly unhinged nature of his now defunct band saw them alternate wildly between Captain Beefheart inspired oddity and Beatles-esque […]

Album Review: The Research

By Marcus Alcock ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The Old Terminal]
[Label: This is Fake DIY]

The Research have endured a rather chaotic two years since the release of their début album. ‘Breaking Up’ was a particularly delicious slice of pop pie, yet it failed to prevent a violent storm engulfing the bands relationship with their record label, EMI. That ‘The Old Terminal’ has […]

Album Review: Dignity

By Steve P ⋅ November 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Project Destiny]
[Label: Napalm Records]

I’d like to start this review off with a little tip for you - if you stick an album into your computer, and all the track lengths are the same (give or take a few seconds), then you should be scared. Either the band is either manufactured nonsense or being heavily […]

Album Review: Dungen

By Rich E ⋅ November 3, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

[Album: 4]
[Label: Kemado Records]

Kemado’s penchant for the weird and wonderful continues with the fourth studio album by Swedish psychedelic band Dungen. This release marks a change in previous releases with a division of labour between raw guitar psychedelia and a change of focus for multi-instrumentalist Gustav Ejstes towards the piano. The compositions are dipped with […]

Album Review: Abigail Hopkins

By Mike Copus ⋅ October 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The Memoirs of an Outlaw]
[Label: Possessed Records]

Looking at the album cover for the unheard of Abigail Hopkins’ first album is a pretty effective method of deciding whether this is going to be for you. Exuding an undeniably folksy charm with a hint of vagrant imagery about it, you could go one of two ways […]

Album Review: Unearth

By John Skibeat ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The March]
[Label: Metal Blade]

Unearth have roots stretching back 10 years so this new album marks quite the occasion for the Massachussets metalheads. They have chosen this moment to focus on the idea of evil versus hope. Vocalist Trevor Phipps decribes it as telling the tale of either “a march of power and greed or […]

Album Review: Bison B.C.

By John Skibeat ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Quiet Earth]
[Label: Metal Blade]

Bison B.C., four Canadians hailing from East Vancouver in British Columbia, have a MySpace profile that suggests they are a combination of thrash and blues. Well, judging by debut album ‘Quiet Earth’ their music certainly has a passing connection to both genres but on first listen they appear to share a […]

Album Review: Jay Reatard

By Danny Sambuca ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Matador Singles 08]
[Label: Matador Records]

If ever an award for “The Most Songs Written And Released In 12 Months” existed then I’m pretty sure a certain Conor Oberst would have won this hands down over the past decade. Arguments will abound to the varying quality of these releases, of course, but prolific a writer he […]

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