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The Kills – No Wow (2005): Review
Produced by The Kills Label – Domino “No Wow” is the sophomore release from the low fi indie art rock duo, Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince. At the onset of the new millennium there seemed a myriad of...
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Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate (2016): Review
Produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo and Paul Butler Label – Polydor/Interscope Kiwanuka has long been touted as the next great British R&B singer songwriter. In 2012 he earned the respected honour of...
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Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1978): Review
Produced by Muff Winwood Label – Vertigo/Warner Bros It’s to their credit that Dire Straits made such an impact, given the inclement wasteland for rock/pop music at the end of the 70s. Indeed, the UK...
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The Horrors – Strange House (2007): review
Produced by Alan Moulder, Rob Kirwan, Nick Zinner, Ben Hillier, Jim Sclavunos, and Dimitri Tikovoi Label – Loog There was a regular case of media reservation attached to The Horrors rise, with at...
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Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969): Review
Produced by James William Guercio Label – Columbia When Blood Sweat & Tears leader Al Kooper ditched the band following a moderately successful debut (“Child Is Father To The Man”), the remaining...
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The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America (2006): Review
Produced by John Agnello Label – Vagrant The American invasion is coming folks, and it starts here. The bloated blue colour chug from The Hold Steady had already gained head turning critical acclaim...
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The Cure – Pornography (1982): Review
Produced by Phil Thornally and The Cure Label – Fiction “I wanted to make an album that was unbearable” says Robert Smith of his band’s fourth studio album “Pornography”. Weary from 200 shows over the...
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The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang (2010): Review
Produced by Ted Hutt Label – Sideonedummy During recent interviews, The Gaslight Anthem’s front man Brian Fallon confirmed that much of his inspiration for the band’s third album came from his own...
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Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1980): Review
Produced by Killing Joke Label – E.G. Formed in 1979, Killing Joke were a band of uncompromising confrontation both on and off record. Refusing to entertain the interest from major record labels,...
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The Electric Soft Parade – Holes In The Wall (2002): Review
Produced by The Electric Soft Parade, Chris Hughes and Mark Frith Label – DB Brighton’s very own indie heroes started out selling E.P’s under the name Feltro Media. Brothers Alex and Tom White’s early...
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The Replacements – Let It Be (1984): Review
Produced by Steve Fjelstad, Peter Jesperson and Paul Westerberg Label – TwinTone “Let It Be”, The Replacements fourth studio collection, came at a time when the band had become increasingly aware that...
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The Cure – Faith (1981): Review
Produced by The Cure and Mike Hedges Label – Fiction The Cure’s previous effort “Seventeen Seconds” showed a band scaling down their spiky art punk, and developing a more introspective new wave sound,...
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Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard (1957): Review
Produced by Bumps Blackwell Label – Speciality If nothing else, when reviewing any previous work by Little Richard (Penniman), one has to admire the balls he possessed. A black entertainer, who wore...
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The Cult – Dreamtime (1984): Review
Produced by John Brand and Chris Kimsey Label – Beggars Banquet After releasing two previous L.P.’s as the Southern Death Cult and Death Cult, the band shortened their name to The Cult and launched...
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Yes – Fragile (1971): Review
Produced by Eddie Offord and Yes Label – Atlantic Released less than a year after its predecessor (“The Yes Album”), “Fragile”, the band’s fourth studio album, would mark the point that brought...
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The Charlatans – Us And Us Only (1999): Review
Produced by The Charlatans Label – Universal For all the fraught difficulty that brought about the inception of 1997’s “Tellin’ Stories” two years previously, the album was an enormous success for the...
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Radiohead – The Bends (1995): Review
Produced by John Leckie Label – Parlophone Broadly speaking, most fans, listeners and critics who heard “Creep” in 1993 would have naturally believed that Radiohead were a grunge act, worse still, a...
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The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984): Review
Produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange and The Cars Label – Elektra Owing to diminishing returns with each successive release, I sometimes wonder if the big wigs at Elektra exerted an amount of pressure...
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Bauhaus – Mask (1981): Review
Produced by Bauhaus Label – Beggars Banquet “Mask”, the second long player from Northampton gloom exponents Bauhaus, shows a development that incorporated funk and dance grooves to their signature...
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The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992): Review
Produced by George Drakoulias Label – American Recordings When the Atlanta quintet broke through with “Shake Your Money Maker” in 1990, they were heralded as the most “Rock ‘n Roll” Rock band in the...
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