Reviews

Review: The Men – New Moon

March 14th, 2013

Nnnggghhh…is this going to be another Japandroids? Some smart-arse, post-something-or-other thrashabits that apparently exude “raw energy” in unspoken mitigation of .

Review: Apparat – Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)

March 14th, 2013

Sascha Ring’s tenth album as Apparat was originally intended for a stage production of Tolstoy’s Krieg und Frieden (that’s right, .

Review: Mazes – Ores and Minerals

March 14th, 2013

…on which this Manchester lot take a bold leap forwards in a manner that reminds of Alfie on Do You .

Review: Youth Lagoon – Wondrous Bughouse

March 14th, 2013

Idaho’s Trevor Powers enlists Animal Collective and Deerhunter producer Ben H Allen for an emboldening of the felty, sepia-tinted psych-pop .

Review: Bilal – A Love Surreal

March 14th, 2013

Don’t be put off by that ridiculously earnest cover art: if neo soul is a thing now, and Frank Ocean’s .

Review: Devendra Banhart – Mala

March 14th, 2013

In purely songwriting terms, Devendra Banhart continues to make a little go a long way. The Houston oddball shows little .

Review: My Bloody Valentine at Hammersmith Apollo

March 14th, 2013

That’s the first gig that Rocksucker can recall having earplugs handed to us upon entrance. Then again, it was our .

Review: Space at O2 Academy Islington

March 10th, 2013

We’ve still got a few months to wait until Liverpool heroes Space unleash their fifth album Attack of the Mutant .

Review: The Sea and Cake at Scala London

March 10th, 2013

The word ‘awesome’ is grossly overused in these times of ironic Chuck Norris veneration, but Rocksucker could have no qualms .

Review: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

March 7th, 2013

As I grow older I feel I no longer have the fanatical dedication to bands that I once did. This .

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