Music Reviews

25 February 2011

Live Review : Sum 41

The problem for Sum 41 is that they hit the big time in the same period as Blink-182, New Found Glory and Simple Plan et al. During the era of ...

17 February 2011

Album Review : Emmure - Speaker Of The Dead

Straight from Queens, New York bruisers Emmure have been pulverising audiences with their brand of hardcore/metal since their inception in 2003. With a string of successful tours on this side ...

14 February 2011

So, What Do We Make Of Lady GaGa's New Single?

“Born This Way,” the first single and title track from the upcoming album from Lady Gaga, has officially been unleashed on the world today, and whilst we got a bit ...
9 February 2011

Live Review : Twin Atlantic @ Preston 53 Degrees

Heading back to the University Of Central Lancashire's student union almost three years after graduating from the same institution was always going to be a bit of a weird one… ...
9 February 2011

Album Review : A Skylit Drive - Identity On Fire

I have come to find A Skylit Drive in a rather roundabout way… on Saturday night my boyfriend decided to play Escape The Fate on our way to a Periphery ...

4 February 2011

Live Review : TesseracT @ manchester Academy 3

At 7pm on Wednesday night, I was sat on the sofa with a cup of tea, thoroughly unmotivated. I knew I was going to Manchester to review the TesseracT & ...

1 February 2011

Live Review : Attack Attack! @ Manchester Club Academy

A seemingly endless line of hardcore followers waited patiently outside of Manchester's Club Academy, in almost freezing conditions. With three support bands and an original date for their debut UK ...
21 January 2011

Single Review: Yellowcard - For You, And Your Denial

Yellowcard have returned in a big way with new single ‘For You, And Your Denial‘. Released as a teaser for upcoming album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes, it’s already ...

21 January 2011

Single Review: P!nk- F**kin' Perfect

F**kin’ Perfect is the follow up single to Raise You’re Glass and is taken from P!ink’s latest album Greatest Hits...So Far. On a whole the song is empowering to the listener, ...
21 January 2011

Album Review: Glamour of the Kill - The Summoning

The first thought listening to Glamour of the Kills’ anticipated debut is that they have a definite scene to fit into nicely. The second is that, based on The Summoning, ...

20 January 2011

Album Review: Social Distortion - Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes

It’s been seven years since their previous album, but finally Social Distortion have returned with a new record. It’s also not hyperbole to say this should already be a contender ...

19 January 2011

Album Review: Rihanna- Loud

On the way into work this morning I was listening to this album on my iPod and realised that for some unknown reason we’d not told you how utterly amazing ...
19 January 2011

Album review: Chase and Status- No More Idols

Finally the wait is over, Chase and Status’ second album is out this month and this electronic production duo is set to make their mark on the music world in ...

18 January 2011

Album Review: Bruno Mars-Doo-Wops & Hooligans

The long awaited debut album from Bruno Mars is finally here. Released on Monday the album seems a sure thing for the number one spot in this weekend’s album chart. Firstly, ...
18 January 2011

Album Review: Attack! Attack! - The Latest Fashion

Attack! Attack! have come along well since their self-titled debut, having supported the likes of Funeral For A Friend, Fightstar and Kids In Glass Houses, honing their craft. They’ve got ...
17 January 2011

Album Review: The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules

Seen as the godfathers of emo, The Get Up Kids have constantly fought to disassociate themselves from the scene they helped inspire. This is their first record since reuniting, and ...

17 January 2011

Live Review: Thin Lizzy

With an older crowd eagerly awaiting the latest reincarnation of Irish hard rock legends Thin Lizzy, The Supersuckers had quite a bit to prove. They wasted little time, performing a ...
14 January 2011

Single Review: Avril Lavigne - What The Hell

It’s sometimes hard to believe this is still the same Avril Lavigne who burst onto the music seen in 2003 with ‘Complicated’ and ‘Sk8r Boi’. Well, it’s hard when you ...
11 January 2011

Single Reviews by Ivyrise

Rumer – Am I Forgiven: Great voice, great tune, very easy listening but nothing too life changing. It has a nice little horn section which made Mark smile! “a mixture ...
11 January 2011

Single Review: My Chemical Romance - SING

After a huge amount of success following 2006’s The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance returned in November with a new album. Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys ...
10 January 2011

Single Review: Funeral For A Friend - Front Row Seats to the End of the World

It went a bit hit-and-miss with 2007 album Tales Don’t Tell Themselves, but Funeral For A Friend are officially back with their new free-download single. ‘Front Row Seats to the ...
10 January 2011

Album Review: Frank Turner - Rock & Roll

Frank Turner is a busy man at the moment. Finishing his latest tour, which took him all over the world, he had a week off to enjoy the success of ...
10 January 2011

Live Review : Kasiuss

Kasiuss are a band I have heard a load of folk in the music business mumbling about for a while now, and after hearing reports of a great set at ...

14 December 2010

Single Review: Matt Cardle-When We Collide

Despite not being the bookies favourite Matt received the most public votes every week of the X Factor live shows, except the opening week in which he was second to ...