Review: The Prodigy reinvent their own wheel on new album, No Tourists
Essex rave veterans The Prodigy serve up another assault course of breakbeats and electro-punk on No Tourists, their seventh studio album.
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Album, EP and single reviews of both local bands and those playing in the region soon.
Hoopla Blue’s ‘Fire Alarm’ is a delightfully weird outing for the cult Brummies
Hoopla Blue deal up a slice of electro-funk that marks them out as one of Birmingham’s most unique young acts
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Mumford and Sons disappoint with new single ‘If I Say’
The latest single from Mumford’s upcoming album feels trite and cliched in what is becoming an increasingly predictable disappointment.
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Album Review: Razorlight are reawakened with new album ‘Olympus Sleeping’
The Britrock whipping boy Johnny Borrell and his band are back, but will Razorlight’s fourth album provide much-needed redemption? Sam Lambeth finds out.
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Review: Ocean Colour Scene return with mellow and melodic EP
Ocean Colour Scene, one of Birmingham’s biggest and most enduring of bands, return after a five-year hiatus with a mellow, muscular EP
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Review: Gary Numan’s ‘The Fallen’ EP offers an extension of his recent, goth-tinged output
Goth-pop protégée Gary Numan makes a modest return with a new EP, a more accessible turn than his last album.
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The 1975 release tragically catchy new single
The fifth pre-album single from The 1975, ‘It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)’, is out, and it’s a certified banger.
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Review: Riscas mix summer and winter on engaging ‘Calypso’ EP
Riscas, one of Birmingham’s brightest and biggest bands, serve up a cracking cocktail of contemplative melodies and sun-drenched choruses.
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Review: Violet’s Heaven Adores You is a misty shoegaze anthem
Midlands based shoegaze band Violet reinvent their indie/grunge inspirations with the powerful new single ‘Heaven Adores You’.
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Review: Wood and Nails turn the ‘Lights Out’ on new single
Birmingham’s earnest – and inebriated – rockers Wood and Nails return with sublime new single ‘Lights Out’, set for release in November.
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