Sunday 26 June 2016

A Few Words on... The Boxer Rebellion - Ocean by Ocean



The Boxer Rebellion have been another band who I've desperately wanted to review but when life, the universe and everything gets in the way and there then new releases are no longer new.

But no more I say!

Sunday 19 June 2016

Jake Bugg - On My One Review



Whilst there was nothing particularly wrong with Jake Bugg's previous releases, it seemed hypocritical of him to headline bait on how manufactured mainstream pop is when, he himself, uses co-writers and composers for his previous releases.

Whilst nowhere near as heartbroken as Noel Gallagher (although I do agree that he could have been in a band instead to help writing duties), Bugg is always marketed as Diet-Gallagher; headline grabbing, giving zero fucks and simply trying to make a name for himself against the same five people who write the majority of songs in the top forty (seriously folks, Google it).

Saturday 18 June 2016

A Few Words on... Revere - Man of Atom EP



In their ever evolving change of sound, Man of Atom is Revere's jump away from gypsy carnival fanfare and indie-rock into the mostly unknown territory of more electronica and dance influences (I say mostly as their cover of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence serves as a nice precursor to their sound here).