The Avalanches finally return after 16 years with Wildflower
BEFORE we get into this, let’s establish one thing; Since I Left You came out 16 years ago. Yes, it’s a classic, but let’s not dwell on the past. The entire musical landscape has...
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Summer 08 is another quality album in the Metronomy discography
WHEN people talk about great album streaks, British Synth-pop outfit Metronomy are often unfairly overlooked. From the clunky-instrumental Pip Paine (Pay Back The £5000 You Owe) to 2014’s melancholy funk drenched Love Letters, every...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: April to June – Glowing men, Teens Of Denial and Strangers
WOW, WHAT an eventful three months we’ve had. WHAM! Prince died. BAM! The UK left the EU. THANK YOU MA’AM! A load of great albums were released. In fact it’s been incredibly difficult to...
The Getaway: A decent enough comeback for Red Hot Chili Peppers
TO CALL Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2011 release, I’m With You, mind blowing would be a lie. Sure, there were a few decent tracks, but on the whole, the album merely reinforced the point...
Joe’s Controversial Opinions: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
NOSTALGIA IS NOT an excuse for complacency. These seven words should be branded across the front of every recording studio as a reminder to any band making an album after an extended break. It’s...
Album released this week in… 1995: Björk – Post
THIS week, a landmark album turns 30. Yes, The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead set the benchmark for all Indie rock, propelling the band into such fame the NME would write at least one...
Album released this week in… 2008: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
FLEET Foxes’ eponymous debut album is a game changer for sure. Certainly, folk rock took a good, hard look at itself after Robin Pecknold’s merry band of musicians came out with this gem, an...
Album released this week in… 1966: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
PET SOUNDS has, and always has had, the power to make me weep like a child. There’s a reason that Brian Wilson and his troupe’s masterpiece tops innumerable Best Album Ever lists; it’s just that...
Album released this week in… 2010: The National – High Violet
WHEN I FIRST listened to The National, way back in 2011, I dismissed them as being, drab, boring and slow. Oh what a young sceptic I was. Revisiting High Violet around three and a...
Weezer – The White Album: It’s Not Pinkerton But It’ll Do.
NOTHING IS EVER going to be Pinkerton again and maybe that’s a good thing. It has to be around twenty years since Weezer released what is still regarded as their best album, but the...
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