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London Grammar – Truth is a Beautiful Thing Album Review Metal & Dust / Ministry of Sound 4/5 With their debut EP described in The Guardian by Classic Pop’s own…
Blondie – Pollinator album review
Blondie are back with their 11th album Pollinator, and it’s rammed with guest singers and acclaimed songwriters. Are we still touched by their presence, dear? BMG 3/5 The problem with…
Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution album review
PARLOPHONE 3/5 “My mind is a running stream,” Paul Weller sings at the beginning of Nova, “stretching down by the side of a willow tree”. It’s a lyric that would…
Gorillaz – Humanz album review
More fun than a barrelful of monkeys, Gorillaz’ fifth long-player requires perseverance, but reveals itself over time as equal parts exciting and experimental Parlophone 4/5 The evolution of Gorillaz has…
Elbow – Little Fictions album review
Balancing the grandeur with delicacy, Elbow’s rhythmic seventh album is grounded by Guy Garvey’s Flashes of precious, and very human, insight [Polydor Records] 4/5 It’s dangerously tempting to assume an…
Brian Eno – Reflection Review
Should current events be causing too much turmoil in your life then we recommend Reflections by Brian Eno, which has been relaxing us all year long. Wyndham Wallace reviews. …
Tim Bowness – Lost In The Ghost Light Review
Full of prog flourishes and earnest lyrics makes Lost In The Ghost Light everything we could have wanted from a Tim Bowness concept album. Wyndham Wallace reviews. “You’re locked in…
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White – Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Review
The unlikely pairing of Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White has produced Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, one of our favourite cover albums in recent memory. London’s Flo Morrissey and Richmond, Virginia’s…
Gizmo Varillas – El Dorado Review
We’re yet to escape the biting cold but Wyndham Wallace thinks he’s found just the thing for it: Gizmo Varillas’ debut El Dorado. Britons may have to wait before…
The Blue Aeroplanes – Welcome, Stranger! Review
There’s a reason patience is a virtue as Wyndham Wallace discovered with the The Blue Aeroplanes long-awaited 13th album Welcome, Stranger! Having spent years hiding behind shades and ducking the…