album reviews

The Mystery Kindaichi Band The Adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke (Reissue) We Want Sounds French reissue label We Want Sounds is one of the rare ones operating today that really makes an effort to do things…

Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary Man Sony Music/Epic Records After a year of cancelled tours and growing health concerns, Ozzy Osbourne makes a triumphant return with his latest album, Ordinary Man. Backed largely by producer and guitarist…

Biff Byford School Of Hard Knocks Silver Lining Music Anyone who was in an English High School in 1980 could not have missed Saxon’s Wheels of Steel, it was the album every teenager into rock…

Marshall Holland Nice To Meet You (始めまして) Ricky Ninja Records It may seem an odd turn for a singer/songwriter/pop/rock performer to create an album of instrumental electronica, but that is exactly what the San Francisco…

Elephant Stone Hollow Elephants On Parade Elephant Stone has been around for almost a decade, and with the youthful originality of their sound, it’s often easy forget that. With such a vast and genius grasp…

Brian Posehn Grandpa Metal Megaforce Records Heavy Metal as a genre has often shown that it has a sense of humour. Anyone with a passing knowledge of Spinal Tap or The Decline of Western Civilization…

Nathaniel Rateliff And It’s Still Alright Stax Records He is a journeyman and a musical omnivore, and Nathaniel Rateliff’s third solo album and first in 7 years is a testament to both his staying power…

Tame Impala The Slow Rush Modular Recordings A decade ago when Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker dropped, it was if Cream had a love child with The Flaming Lips. With fuzzed out guitars, dreamy melodies and Lennonesque…

The Saxophones Eternity Bay Full Time Hobby Back in the ‘50s and early ‘60s, ballrooms and dance halls were in vogue. One of the popular features during dance nights was the so-called ‘ladies’ choice’, when…

Black Sugar Transmission Wandering Into The Bullseye Independent For the uninitiated, Black Sugar Transmission has existed for around a decade now, and they are about to enter an almost ridiculously prolific year, with three album…