4/5 stars It isn’t hard to see how Glasgow-based band The Ninth Wave won best newcomer at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards last year; their debut EP Reformation introduces them as a kind of weird, arty, gothic mix of The Vaccines and...
Fans can certainly forgive alt-J for their year of silence. Their unusual, mesmerising sound and thoughtfully crafted lyrics can only be the product of time immersed in writing, thinking and playing. The new single was worth the wait. After a minute...
Rating: 3/5 stars The first single from Lorde’s highly anticipated sophomore album Melodrama, ‘Green Light,’ begins with the emotional torment and bite of a recently ended relationship. “She thinks you love the beach/you’re such a damn...
Father John Misty has often satirised American politics in his music. One of the most significant traits of his style of writing is a sharp tongue and dry sense of humour, but it appears with this new album that there is no irony behind his...
Last week the electronic trio Major Lazer released a track collaborating with the formidable queen of rap, Nicki Minaj, to produce the upbeat dance track ‘Run Up’. Following a sample from Beyoncé’s ‘Hold Up’, Minaj whispers ‘barbie’...
There comes a point during most nights, from about 2 or 3 onwards, when the mood changes and things get a bit muddied up – the excitement of earlier has dulled and less desirable thoughts and feelings settle in its place. This emotional arc is...
4 /5 stars Ahead of her upcoming album Semper Femina, Laura Marling has released a beautiful, fluttering little taste of what’s to come in the form of ‘Wild Fire’. Whilst still possessing the shy vulnerability of past albums, this single...