The XX explore new sounds on I See You
EVER SINCE their Mercury award winning debut in 2009, The XX have, understandably, been watched by the music press with a beady eye. From the sparse and haunting xx to the even more minimal...
Author: Andrew Noel
SCM Music’s Top 51 Albums of 2016
YOU DON’T need me to tell you that 2016 had been a pretty horrible year. I’m almost sure that by the time this article goes up, another beloved celebrity will have passed away, another...
SCM Music’s Albums of 2016: Honourable Mentions
AS WE GEAR up for our top fifty albums of 2016, it’s important to look at the ones which didn’t quite make it. With so many fantastic albums coming out this year, of course...
Lady Gaga’s Joanne is a cluttered mess of a record.
RIGHT let’s get into this. Lady Gaga has always been somewhat hit and miss when it comes to her records. Artpop was a mixed affair; when there was a hit, it was a hit,...
Album released this week in… 2012: Tame Impala – Lonerism
2012 was the year that saw Australian five-piece (or Kevin Parker solo project) Tame Impala really moved into the spotlight. Having already released the stunning debut album Innerspeaker in 2010 following a string of...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: July to September – Skeleton Trees, Atrocity Exhibitions & A Corpse Wired For Sound
I WON’T lie, this quarter was tricky. What started out as a relatively quiet summer turned into heaps upon heaps of artists releasing great records. I’ve included what I can on this list, but...
Album released this week in… 2001: The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2
IT WAS A TOUGH choice for which album to review this week. 1991 saw Nevermind, Screamadelica and Blood Sugar Sex Magik all come into the world. Weezer’s seminal sophomore album Pinkerton came out in...
Album released this week in… 2008: Metronomy – Nights Out
SINCE its inception, Metronomy has utilised those big electronic beats that sat so comfortably within mid-Noughties British pop music. On the outfit’s second album, Nights Out, the band made the shift from proto-beats that...
Album released this week in… 1980: Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
WHEN PEOPLE talk about the best punk albums of all time, it’s important to place Dead Kennedy’s debut record up there alongside Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power, The Clash’s London Calling and The...
Album released this week in… 2009: The xx – xx
THE SHEER subtlety of The xx makes their 2009 debut all the greater. The winners of the 2010 Mercury Prize produced what is heralded as one of the best debuts to come out of...
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