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.
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.”
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.
Nothing Off Note 