The way that I’ve always seen Coldplay is that they are the band who produced the soundtrack to the slow dance. Followed closely in second by Snow Patrol, of course. You know the type of songs that

Induction is the first single from the Mancunian lo-fi/psychedelic indie quartet, Patterns, under the Melodic Records label. Having only been discovered in a modest venue in their hometown last yea

Tori Amos is in character once again for her 12th studio album Night Of Hunters, describing herself as “The Protagonist”. Amos uses a string quartet, piano, woodwind arrangements and the vocals

Listening to The Moon and You feels like watching a musical, only without the cheesiness. The album is a performance; theatrical, intense and atmospheric. Foster has a gift for creating music th

“Well, well, well.” A full year has passed since the release of his last studio album and a prolific year it has been. Back with that characteristically smooth vocal prowess, embedded with a filagr

Some people are just born with it. That special something that others take years to develop and master. Patrick Vaughn Stump is one of the lucky ones; a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter a

Last Day of Meaning is Nitin Sawhney’s ninth studio album. Without doubt, Sawhney is one of the most versatile composers and producers around, known to dabble with ambitious themes a

The debut album from Louisville quintet Silver Tongues is a contrast of musical styles that incorporates highly strung vocals with carelessly classical instrumentation. It’s easy, big, alluring, a

An awful lot has changed since I last saw The Wombats play live way back at the 2007 V Festival. At the time I ventured into a half full tent to see this new Liverpudlian based band solely based

Ooh, they had a lot to live up to, didn’t they? I feel sorry for them, personally. We expect so much from them and sometimes it just doesn’t deliver, and we’re all really disappointed. Not that

Evanescence accomplished the impossible. In 2003 their debut single 'Bring Me To Life' was one of very few (if not, the only) gothic rock, albeit commercial, songs to not only reach number one in t

Burn This World, the debut album from Texan techno-metallers The Browning is sure to divide opinion amongst the metal masses. There will undoubtedly be a hoard of sour faced purists running to t

Let’s be honest – there is no longer such a thing as a single music genre. Bands and artists no longer play only rock music, indie music, dance music, R & B or just rap; it would be churlish

Toddla T has had some very bad luck over the last year; not only were stacks of copies of his new album destroyed in the warehouse burnings during the London riots this summer, but also his album w

The Travelling Band are a stomping folk act that have made a forceful impact throughout the festival seasons over the last few years, and their new release encompasses all the elements of this styl

Indie vocalists with Scottish accents only ever do one of two things – find a very special niche for their voice and become quickly catapulted to the dizzy heights of success in true Biffy Cly