Author: Natalie Kaye
The Neighbourhood - I Love You Album Review
The Neighbourbood's debut album 'I Love You' sounds like a band trying to do edgy but not really getting there and sounding more like a try-hard boy band - with instruments of course. They're the...
Review posted on 29th May 2013
The Pigeon Detectives - We Met At Sea Album Review
We Met At Sea claims to hear The Pigeon Detectives abandon their 'polished indie-rock for something more plugged in, unpredictable and real'. And that statement just about sums the album up: confused and at a...
Review posted on 2nd May 2013
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights: 10th Anniversary Edition Album Review
For the aging music fan it's almost a little depressing to see special edition re-releases. 10 years since Turn on the Bright Lights? Really... What on earth have I been doing with my decade? The...
Review posted on 22nd November 2012
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros inhabit many worlds, they wear many hats and perform under many guises. This is not simply a reference to the fact that the band has a vast and ranging...
Review posted on 9th May 2012
Saturday Night Gym Club - How to Build A Life Raft
Okay, so the artwork isn't exactly world beating, but what's inside this tasty little package is much better so there's no need to fret.This Anglo-Irish collective, who have been garnering attention since playing Radio 1's...
Review posted on 5th March 2012
Maribel - Reveries
Atmosphere. It's a strange thing isn't it? Such a vital part of music, and yet it's not easily defined, or tangible. But then again when it's obviously lacking or synthetic (I'm looking at you: Lana...
Review posted on 2nd March 2012
Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
You may know Eleanor as one half of NY brother/sister duo The Fiery Furnaces. Their debut album, Gallowsbird Bark, was a fresh and lively experiment on the borders of jazz, pop and folk music, but...
Review posted on 26th January 2012
Future Of The Left - Polymers Are Forever
The undersung Future of the Left continue to inspire nonsensical dread with new EP 'Polymers are Forever.' Front man Andy Falco has been excelling at this since his days in Mclusky, pedalling dense, dark lyricisms...
Review posted on 26th January 2012
Chad Valley - Equatorial Ultravox
It seemed just a matter of time before we got a British answer to chillwave, and here it is. Dropping this album at a time when Washed Out's second full length is garnering fans the...
Review posted on 3rd August 2011
Various Artists - Rave On Buddy Holly
Rather than a clever name for a new band or album (which would work quite well, I think), this is in fact a tribute album. In celebration of his 75th Birthday, someone has put out...
Review posted on 3rd August 2011
Lady GaGa - Born this Way
Bursting from the cover of her third album, which depending on your edition depicts her as part-motorbike or part-alien, one thing is undeniable - Stefani Angelina Germanotta was certainly not born this way.What she has...
Review posted on 4th July 2011
Alexander - Alexander
Lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is rather contrarily named Alexander Ebert. Whilst it's business as usual for the band as they prepare to make their way around the festival circuit this...
Review posted on 19th April 2011
The Cave Singers - No Witch
Those who trade on animosity often like to switch things up for a subdued side project. See the likes of Dallas Green's side project City and Colour or Trent Reznor, who has gone full-time as...
Review posted on 24th March 2011
Yuck - Yuck
Cute name, isn't it? Well be prepared to feel the opposite of its sentiment. Born out of the ashes of Cajun Dance Party, and looking like they possess the physical prowess of a puppy you...
Review posted on 23rd February 2011
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
Deerhoof have certainly filled their 11 years together with many bold sentiments, but none so bold as battling against the forces of darkness. Deerhoof vs. Evil has arrived. It is their 10th studio album and...
Review posted on 23rd February 2011
Young And Lost Club - Compilation
Indie guitar music may be grating a little thin on most people these days, but the considerable influence on how it has been shaped by London duo Young and Lost Club cannot be ignored. Just...
Review posted on 27th September 2010
No Age - Everything in Between
No Age have always had a weight of expectation upon their shoulders. Signing to Sub-Pop is equal parts an endorsement and a sword of Damocles. There is still a particular expectation from the label based...
Review posted on 27th September 2010
Mother Mother - Body of Years
It isn't even a real country anyway! Sigh... etc. America's supposedly squarer cousin (actually just nicer and less shooty) really has invaded. But not in the style of Canadian Bacon, no, but since Arcade Fire...
Review posted on 27th September 2010
Mojo Fury - The Mann
I know band names mean very little generally. But really, Mojo Fury's name does little to recommend their sound. You say 'Mojo,' you immediately think double denim, add 'Fury' to it and you have dads...
Review posted on 27th September 2010
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
There's no shortage of surfer vibes around is there? From Wavves to Weezer to The Drums to Vampire Weekend, it seems like everyone is digging out their Beach Boys records for inspiration in the last...
Review posted on 30th July 2010
Perfume Genius - Learning
It's always best to approach albums with a 'back story' carefully, because let's face it, it's the sort of stuff that people cook up to sell records. Looking at the promo shots of Mike Hadreas,...
Review posted on 30th July 2010
Download Festival - 2010
The line-up took no prisoners. This was the 30th anniversary of the Donington festival, and with the likes of AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, Motorhead and Deftones, Download successfully united the most popular acts in...
Review posted on 17th June 2010
Primavera Sound Festival, 2010 Live Review
They say the Spanish are a race of people who wave their hands and say 'mañana,' at organisation. 'They' have obviously never been to Primavera. Set in a stylish suburb of an even more stylish...
Review posted on 2nd June 2010
The Golden Filter - Voluspa
In antediluvian times, there was MGMT or Natasha Khan. But as with any marketable, stylized area of music, it was inevitable that other folks would want a slice of the pie. But then of course,...
Review posted on 19th May 2010
Booka Shade - More!
Booka Shade (pronounced: 'shah-day') are a formidably respected duo in the world of European dance music. Their label, Get Physical is no slacker in providing quality House, Techno and Electro, and these guys have around...
Review posted on 19th May 2010
She & Him - Volume Two
Zooey Deschanel seems to live a pretty charmed life as far as I can see. The Indie Boy's Wet Dream™ is a successful actress with good looks, an indie musician husband and a talent that...
Review posted on 10th May 2010
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show of the World
The travelling circus of Will Oldham is in town again, with its usual ringmaster, but the show in the tent has changed. Like Jack White, Oldham is known for his take-charge approach to creative collaborations,...
Review posted on 10th May 2010
Kitsune - Compilation 9
The ice cream pastels embellishing the front cover scream 'summer is here!' And, I'll agree, as the weather brightens up, it's pretty hard to quell that burning sense of optimism in one's gut.The archly popular...
Review posted on 10th May 2010
Primavera Sound Festival - 2010
Not many festivals can claim to have snowballed on the same scale as Primavera Sound. Beginning its life as a 'boutique' event back in 2001, it attracted a thoroughly decent 8,000 people. And yet this...
Review posted on 26th April 2010
Oh No Ono - Eggs
'Curiouser and curiouser.' Lewis Carroll's famous misuse of English grammar may have a renewed application to Oh No Ono's 'Eggs,' an album which transports you to another dimension as swiftly as falling down a rabbit...
Review posted on 3rd March 2010
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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