Album Reviews

Babybird – ‘There’s Something Going On’ review

It may no longer be a man's world, but crouching in a Native American sweat lodge, pounding a tribal drum and sharing the mysteries of...

Me / Skull Orchard

LO-FIDELITY ALLSTARS/INDIAN ROPEMAN/GLAMOROUS HOOLIGAN London WC2 Astoria The first band is on and yet few people are here. Normally, you'd put this down to...

DJ Pogo Presents The Breaks

IT'S NOT REALLY THIS GRIM up north. The sleeve of Airedale skunk rockers Bedlam Ago Go's debut LP depicts a car dashboard, bristling with...

Obsolete

AS THE OLD-SKOOL REVIVAL RUMBLES ON, EVER MORE people seem keen to discover the origins of hip-hop. Thus the music's motherlode - cheaply produced...

Essential Selection Presents…Carl Cox Non Stop

THE MACHINES ARE AFTER US. Technology is our enemy. Or to quote Burton C Bell, lead singer with LA-based cyber-metallists Fear Factory, in his...

MP Da Last Don

THE LAST TIME we were hanging around these parts was for a theatrical production of Dracula on 'bloody' Valentine's Day back in February. We...

Master P – ‘The Last Don’ Review

An American chart-topping LP, 'The Last Don' is Percy 'Master P' Miller's fifth album and looks set to become his biggest seller. And, if...

Graham Coxon – ‘The Sky Is Too High’ Review

The others were more predictable. Damon's solo album: a triple opus rock opera called Darren, the story of a deaf, dumb and asthmatic accountant...

‘Best OF’

THIS IS THE MOST PERFECT rock'n'roll record EVER made. GAAA! They're called Guitar Wolf - which is the best band name ever. The album's...

Zero

AND SO, IN THE INEVITABLE TRIAL BY 'BEST Of', Guy Chadwick stands for his verdict. Will he be lauded as the visionary who, with...