Rock & Indie Reviews

Latest Rock & Indie Reviews

• Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures

  
  A funny, powerful and edgy debut from new supergroup on the block.

  reviewed by David Quantick

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Keep Calm and Carry On Stereophonics

  
  Enough to sustain any fan’s biennial fix of Cwmaman rock.

  reviewed by Will Dean

• Rough Trade Shops – Indiepop 09 Various Artists

  
  An attractive and engaging postcard from the indie underground.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• An Acoustic Night at the Theatre Within Temptation

  
  A politely celebratory in tone acoustic trip through the Dutch band’s catalogue.

  reviewed by Alistair Lawrence

• Beyond Our Means Left With Pictures

  
  Lush pocket symphonies both lyrically arch and stunningly tender.

  reviewed by Rob Crossan

• So Tonight That I Might See Mazzy Star

  
  A far artier, more abrasive prospect than the totemic Fade Into You suggests.

  reviewed by Andrzej Lukowski

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• The Raincoats The Raincoats

  
  A period piece and sacred artefact, not least because of its subsequent endorsements.

  reviewed by Barney Hoskyns

• Rhett Miller Rhett Miller

  
  When Miller sticks to what he’s good at, he is a marvel.

  reviewed by Andrew Mueller

• Descent Maths

  
  A record that earns its place in the modern hardcore canon with grit and resolve.

  reviewed by Louis Pattison

• Trust in Numbers Lake Heartbeat

  
  Mildly bewitching, the Swedes’ debut album is effortless in its beauty.

  reviewed by Matthew Horton

• Blakroc Blakroc

  
  A surprisingly compelling and welcome rejoining of the rap and rock worlds.

  reviewed by Nick Neyland

• Wrecking Ball Dead Confederate

  
  Their cinematic scope is allowed to take flight in all its flawed glory.

  reviewed by Stephanie Burkett

• Empty Derivative Pop Songs 4 or 5 Magicians

  
  The realities of life as a 20-something man in an underground band are laid bare.

  reviewed by Mike Haydock

• Thunderclap Spring Pascal Babare

  
  An auspicious debut with the sense of a pull toward cult greatness.

  reviewed by Alex Tudor

• Live at Reading Nirvana

  
  Nirvana’s triumphant final UK performance finally released as a live album.

  reviewed by Stevie Chick

• This Is War 30 Seconds to Mars

  
  Its creators have tried to create a sense of drama and failed, dramatically.

  reviewed by Alistair Lawrence

• Run Rabbit Run Osso

  
  An unusual, but not unrewarding, statement of intent.

  reviewed by Rob Crossan

• Seek Magic Memory Tapes

  
  Pencil him in as delivering a future album of the year, now.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

• Gorilla Manor Local Natives

  
  SXSW buzz band’s debut album exudes a cheery effervescence.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• I Told You I Was Freaky Flight of the Conchords

  
  Try not to embarrass yourself by laughing in public.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day