Author: Neal Addison
Glasvegas - Leeds Met
Glasvegas & White Lies Leeds Met University 7th December 2008 Live Review.On the back of their Christmas album release and Radio One supported 'Please Come Home' track Glasvegas are playing UK shows through December. In...
Review posted on 17th December 2008
Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
Most of the time reviewing records isn't the same experience as consuming music; I realise this might sound a bit counterintuitive, but usually you're scrabbling around for an appropriate metaphor to describe the latest Alex...
Review posted on 11th November 2008
Natty - Top 10 Tracks
Natty's Top 10 TracksNatty took us through 10 of his favourite tracks, some have helped shape his music and some have a personal sentiment, there's a few surprises too! Neil Young - Down By The...
Review posted on 10th November 2008
Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
Album review for This Coming Gladness by Josephine Foster released through Bo'Weavil Recordings. Every music paper, zine or blog is talking about folk music at the moment. Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom have become icons...
Review posted on 9th October 2008
The Needles - Girl I Used To Know/Dead Or Live
The NeedlesGirl I Used To Know/Dead Or LiveSingle Review(Dangerous Records 02/04/07)The 70s rock drag with a feel-good kick that draws out a contemporary Teenage Fan Club and Supergrass vibe, gives 'Girl I Used To Know'...
Review posted on 29th March 2007
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Bright EyesFour WindsSingle Review Part Dylan, part The Crimea, sees the return of Conor Oberst who has been getting tongues wagging and pens moving with his feeling packed theatrical and tremulous vocals, built upon an...
Review posted on 12th March 2007
Bloc Party - The Prayer
Bloc Party The PrayerSingle ReviewIt's 2007, and in 2007 we like nothing more than a good old indie-dance band. Three thousand years from now, when archaeologists uncover how we lived at the beginning of the...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - War Of The Worlds
Get Cape. Wear Cape. FlyWar Of The WorldsAtlanticSingle ReviewOtherwise known as 20 year old Sam Duckworth, Get Cape. got his break at Manchester's In The City showcase, before impressing at SXSW in Texas. He tours...
Review posted on 20th December 2006
Bat For Lashes - Trophy
Bat For LashesTrophySingle ReviewOriginally the pseudonym of Natasha Khan, Bat For Lashes now consist also of Ginger Lee, Abi Fry and recent addition Lizzie Carey. Currently trekking around Europe, they will return to England in...
Review posted on 9th November 2006
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager. Album ReviewThe self confessed 'bohemian teenager' in question is Sam Duckworth, only just turned 20. For me, this title doesn't bode well, after all,...
Review posted on 9th October 2006
The Blueskins - Change My Mind
The BlueskinsChange My MindSingle ReviewI'm probably the best person to review this single. When it was handed to me and told it's being used in an advert I was blanked faced, then I was told...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Dan Sartain - Join Dan Sartain
Dan SartainJoin Dan SartainAlbum ReviewWhen I was transferring this to my MP3 player, the online CD database labelled it "art rock". Live Mr Sartain's songs are stripped down to his voice, guitar and whatever beats...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin
Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like DancinSingle ReviewIn supermarket CD aisles across the country, the Scissor Sisters are poised to make themselves an even more formidable force. Sure I loved 'Take Your Mama'. I love...
Review posted on 30th August 2006
The Drips - 16,16, Six
The Drips16,16, SixSingle ReviewThe first few seconds are promising, but unfortunately this song falls into a predictable and rather clichéd chorus with lyrics like 'it's tearing me apart' and 'another broken paradise'. The singer's growls...
Review posted on 17th July 2006
Tapes ‘N Tapes - Insistor
Tapes 'N TapesInsistorSingle ReviewAn immediately arresting song with a driving, stomping pulse that, although has a unique sound of its own, could be said to be vaguely musically reminiscent of (a very speedy) Johnny Cash,...
Review posted on 17th July 2006
Radio 4 - Enemies like this
Radio 4Enemies like this. Single ReviewBrooklyn based band Radio Four sound, it must be said, like most other crappy indie rock bands that are surfing the 80's new wave movement at the moment, remind me...
Review posted on 12th June 2006
Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
Radio 4Enemies Like ThisAlbum ReviewA new dance-rock album in 2006: a prospect akin to giving Rupert Murdoch a quid, he's got enough. But let's be fair, the New York quintet were punk-funking it way back...
Review posted on 16th May 2006
The Strokes - Hard to Explain / NYC Cops / Take It Or Leave It Single Review
The Strokes: a band who deserve fame simply because of their name, fresh faces from the Big Apple and soon to be the most talked about new band of the moment. They are destined for...
Review posted on 16th May 2006
Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
This is music that wants to get people dancing again. Calvin Harris is making his mark on 2007 in fine style. Acceptable In The 80s is Calvin's first proper single release. It sparkles with highgloss,...
Review posted on 16th May 2006
Layo & Bushwacka - Life2Live
Layo & BushwackaLife2Live Single reviewBritish dance heavyweights and founders of super trendy London nightspot The End, now celebrating it's 10th birthday, return with their third studio album 'Feels Closer' in March 2006. 'Feels Closer' has...
Review posted on 11th January 2006
Nizlopi - JCB Song
Nizlopi JCB Song FDM RecordsLuke and John have been making music together since the day they first met on the school bus at the age of 13. The Nizlopi sound is one acoustic guitar, one...
Review posted on 5th January 2006
pharrell williams - Angel
Pharrell Williams AngelVirgin Uk Release Date Tbc The man behind so many hits for other people is now doing it for himself. In "Angel" Pharrell as delivered the ultimate cross-over radio friendly slice of R&B...
Review posted on 15th November 2005
Young Jeezy - Feat Akon, Soul Survivor
Young Jeezy Feat AkonSoul Survivor â Def Jam Uk Release Date 23rd January This isn't gonna be big, it's gonna be Jurassic. "Soul Survivor" is already huge Stateside and with a release date of mid-January...
Review posted on 15th November 2005
Kanye West - Heard Em Say
Kanye West Featuring Adam Levine Heard Em Say - Def Jam Uk Release Date 5th December This has the potential of being Kanye's biggest hit to date featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5 fame it...
Review posted on 15th November 2005
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
Mariah Carey Don't Forget About UsDef Jam Uk Release Date 12th December So how do you get just about the biggest selling world-wide album of 2005 to sell even more copies through Christmas when just...
Review posted on 15th November 2005
Rihanna - If It's Lovin' That You Want
Rihanna – If It's Lovin' That You Want – Def Jam Uk Release Date 28th November Following hard on the heels "Pon De Replay" comes the next track from Rhianna. This track is catchy infectious...
Review posted on 15th November 2005
David Ford - Leeds Uni
David Ford Leeds Uni3/11/05Once in a while you go and watch a gig and it really makes you gasp with delight. This happened to me last night. The performer was David Ford; he has been...
Review posted on 10th November 2005
Gorillaz - Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House 04/11/05
Gorillaz - Demon Days Live Manchester Opera House 04/11/05Well, the album has been out for a few months now and sold over 3 million copies. There has been an MTV awards performance in Lisbon, Portugal...
Review posted on 10th November 2005
Prodigy - Out of Space Audio Bullys Remix and Voodoo People
The Prodigy, Out of Space Audio Bullys RemixSingle reviewIn 1976 Max Romeo and The Upsetters released 'War In a Babylon' on Island records. The genius reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry was obsessed with doin' something...
Review posted on 18th October 2005
Pharrell Williams - Can I Have It Like Tat
Pharrell Williams Feat Gwen Stefani â Can I Have It Like Tat â Star Track Uk Release Date 31st OctoberWell he is hailed as a genius from everyone from Snoop Dogg to Justine Timberlake he...
Review posted on 28th September 2005
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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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