Print Music Editor Oliver Leader de Saxe decides if the hype surrounding indie up-and-comers is worth it on their debut record
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Single Review: The Strokes – Bad Decisions
Online editor Stephen Ong reviews The Strokes’ latest single
Album Review: Cigarettes After Sex – Cry
Taylor-William Hill reviews Cigarettes After Sex’s sophomore album
Single Review: Spector – Half Life
Online Music Editor Megan Frost reviews Spector’s latest single
Album Review: Two Door Cinema Club – False Alarm
Online editor Megan Frost reviews Two Door Cinema Club’s latest album
Single Review: Two Door Cinema Club – Dirty Air
Emily Pirie reviews one of the many Two Door Cinema Club singles that arrived in anticipation of their latest album.
Album Review: Interpol – A Fine Mess
William Harrop reviews Interpol’s latest EP.
Single Review: Courtney Barnett – Everybody Here Hates You
Barnett’s new single is emblematic of the same internalised paranoia that characterised her last awesome album: Tell Me How You Really Feel. She expressed in an email bulletin that she was afraid the lyrics were too personal for the song to even make it to recording. And they certainly are intense: dealing with how said […]
Live Review: Vampire Weekend @ Islington Assembly Hall
Online music editor Stephen Ong reviews Vampire Weekend’s comeback show
Album Review: Interpol’s Marauder
When compared to the avalanche of indie rock bands that sprung from the New York concrete in the early 2000s, Interpol are something of an exception. With the principle founders meeting in a history class on the First World War at NYU, ‘rock n’ roll’ is hardly a phrase that springs to mind. However, unlike […]