Reviewed by James Lavender
The Waterfall is the latest release from American rock band, My Morning Jacket. It is their seventh album and the first of two new records coming out from the Louisville outfit over the next two years.
Snoop Dogg – Bush
Reviewed by Daniel Serotsky
So now Snoop Lion has shed the mane, metamorphosed back to a canid again; we have a new record with which to get busy, ten new tracks from the D.O. double Gizzy. The first the two lines of this review, whilst informative indeed, also exemplify my skills as a rap lyricist. Now, if there was one snag to my chances of making it on the rap scene, it’s that I can’t ‘spit’. Snoop Dogg’s flow prowess is well documented and he’s welcome to those two lines, gratis, on the strict proviso that he raps them.
Palma Violets – Danger in the Club
Reviewed by James Lavender
When Palma Violet burst on the scene in 2013 with their debut album 180, they were proclaimed the “saviours of indie music”. Their mixture of garage rock, punk and psychedelic gave British indie music a much needed shot of creativity. So now they come with their second album Danger in the Club.
Best Coast – California Nights
Reviewed by Andrew Scott
As I write this review I’m sat on Malibu Beach, enjoying a nice cold beer after a long day surfing in the California sunshine. At least that’s what it feels like after listening to the new album, California Nights, by Surf Rock duo Best Coast.
Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind
Reviewed by Andrew Scott
By the time Mumford & Sons had finished touring their last album, 2013’s Babel, they had become the band most people loved to hate. It also appeared that the band themselves weren’t that happy with what they had become. The band announced in September 2013 that they were going on hiatus and guitarist Winston Marshall was quoted as saying “Fuck the banjo. I fucking hate the banjo.”
Blur – The Magic Whip
Reviewed by James Lavender
After their reunion gigs in 2009 and 2012, the hype around a new Blur album grew like an exaggerated opinion poll in an election. Like the most recent election, Blur’s production and release of The Magic Whip, their first album in twelve years, is a surprising result to fans and critics alike.
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