Reviews
Everything Everything – Man Alive (Geffen) 30/08/2010
With their intelligence and breathtaking future pop Everything Everything may have just produced the début album of the year.
Gallops – Gallops EP (Holy Roar) 30/08/2010
It’s clear Gallops really know how to concoct a crescendo of Pop influences and avant garde electronica.
I Am Arrows – Sun Comes Up Again (Mecury) 16/08/2010
There are some positive moments on ‘Sun Comes Up Again’ but come Christmas it is unlikely that this will be considered a musical highlight of 2010.
Mogwai – Special Moves (Rock Action) 23/08/2010
“Special Moves” is a fantastic overall performance and showcases some of Mogwai’s greatest pieces of work over the past fifteen years.
Magic Kids – Memphis (True Panther) 23/08/2010
It’s pulled together with such finesse the half an hour or so flies by with arresting momentum.
Harlem – Friendly Ghost (Matador)
Bouncy surf garage and fuzzy indie/rock are all to commonplace these days. So what makes the bouncy surf garage and fuzzy indie/rock of Harlem so appealing?
Summer Sundae Weekender, Leicester 13-15/08/2010
Friendly, helpful security, excellent camping/facilities and a great line up. Highly recommended.
Hevy Fest, Port Lympne, Kent 06-08/08/2010
Within a couple of years I imagine seeing Hevy Festival competing with the big dogs of the summer festivals.
Sky Larkin – Kaleide (Wichita) 09/08/2010
‘Still Windmills’ show the band have possibly done better at what they’ve always done, the subtlety apparent in ‘Smarts’ shows that if they tried something different, nothing is impossible.
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Mercury) 02/08/2010
16 tracks does feel like a lengthy opus as you are kept waiting for the thrills, but it does make them huge
