Tech Blog

Love or hate them, Coldplay have been ubiquitous in the UK charts since Yellow showed up in 2000 and for better or worse have stubbornly refused to leave. However with album sales dropping stead

With an album cover that would feel at home on the front of any generic fantasy book or board game, Trivium have released In The Court of The Dragon. Having sat under the massive canopy of ‘heav

London based Tirzah is an unlikely hero in today’s pristine musical landscape, with her engaging brand of anti-pop gaining a healthy following in recent years. Mysterious, daring and hypno

How Do You Live marks the 25th year of a glittering career for Amon Tobin. Arriving via his own imprint Nomark, how will it stack up against the Brazilian’s astounding back catalogue? Whil

Even somehow managing to eschew the term of ‘prog’, Public Service Broadcasting are back with another album with their distinct, conceptual and sometimes borderline bizarre soundscapes. Taking i

With a stage name taken from the street she spent time on as a homeless teenager (and also an anagram of her first name) Halsey skyrocketed to fame almost overnight after releasing music online

Responsible for the opening soundtrack of one of this reviewer’s favourite films (Sexy Beast), which coincidentally, is only my second favourite peach-related song (thanks The Presidents of the

Credit: Sebastian Mlynarski, Kevin J Thomson Despite being very much USA-based this year for tours and recording, Scottish Synth-pop trio CHVRCHES have delivered their fourth studio album, Screen

Four hours, fifty-three tracks, and even more artists – buckle in, as The Metallica Blacklist is an absolute odyssey.  Outside of the track listing itself, Metallica has very little presen

Wolf Alice have been a favourite of mine ever since 2013’s second single ‘Bros’ became the biggest earworm ever to crawl into my lughole and head permanently to my brain. Though I’ve loved both

Where to begin with Tom Jones – he’s been going strong since the 1960’s, been described as a ‘musical shape shifter’, been a judge on The Voice (where he’s been persuaded to show off his d

Three albums in ten years. Despite a rocky start in the UK following their Australian conception – Royal Blood have been ubiquitous since charting, be it on radio replays or finding life o

London Grammar are back with their third album since their explosive release onto the scene in 2013. With a formula much unchanged, how will the signature sound of the three-piece hold up? Let m

After nearly 10 years away from record production, Dexter Holland is back with a PhD in Molecular Biology – oh and the rest of The Offspring. Will their same punk force hold up in 2021, or

Demi Lovato’s new album, Dancing with the Devil…the Art of Starting Over, is their 17th overall, and first since returning from a four year hiatus. This isn’t a hiatus in the sense of cre