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Rodrigo y Gabriela – Area 52 Review

January 29, 2012 – 2:24 pm | 455 views

Joe Hill is back with a review of Glastonbury favourites Rodrigo y Gabriela’s highly anticipated collaboration with C.U.B.A, Area 52.

Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour Review

January 21, 2012 – 12:34 am | 2485 views

Enter Shikari looks set to capture the number one spot with A Flash Flood Of Colour but is really worth buying, Joe Hill suggests not.

Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat The Factory Review

January 12, 2012 – 5:12 pm | 553 views

Could indie legends Guided By Voices recapture the magic on their first new album for eight years? Joe Hill reports.

My Favourite Album…The Holy Bible

November 26, 2011 – 6:13 pm | 245 views

Strictly Reviewer Joe Hill reveals his favourite album the Manic Street Preachers’ dark, distorted, at times repugnant, but ultimately heartbreaking nihilistic masterpiece The Holy Bible.

Top 5: Bad Songs On Good Albums

October 25, 2011 – 4:09 pm | 224 views

Don’t you just hate it when one blistering track is feeding into the next creating an absolute masterpiece of an album, and then, just as perfection approaches, WHAM! A chronic misfire of epic proportions that is simply impossible to ignore emerges. This week, our writers discuss their Top 5 Bad Songs on Good Albums.

Top 5: Opening Lyrics

October 20, 2011 – 4:24 pm | 147 views

Not all songs have great opening lines, but when they do, those couplets can stick with you for life; they can be incredibly meaningful, insanely funny or utterly idiotic, but they’re all, in their own way, entirely brilliant.

Album Review: Kasabian – Velociraptor!

September 27, 2011 – 2:25 pm | 84 views

Joe Hill wraps his ears around Kasabain’s most important album to date, Velociraptor. It might not be make it or break it, but if Kasabain are going to live up to their headliner fantasies this album simply has to deliver.

The Rapture – In The Grace Of Your Love Review

September 15, 2011 – 3:23 pm | 98 views

The Rapture helped bring indie back onto the dance floor under the stewardship of LCD Soundsystem impresario James Murphy, but times changed, and The Rapture stumbled. 2011 has seen the buzz return and word is The Rapture are back on track, could this be their big comeback LP? Joe Hill reports.