Album review: Middle Class Rut – No Name No Colour

Published on February 16th, 2011 by The Editor

Middle Class Rut - No Name No ColourRemember when Jane’s Addiction weren’t a stadium-rock parody of the band they started out as? Middle Class Rut strip that down to the basics, and it rules.

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Live review: Monster Magnet at Moho Live, 25th November 2010

Published on November 30th, 2010 by The Editor

Dave Wyndorf and the Monster Magnet circus roll into Manchester, and roll back out again leaving grins on every fan’s face, no matter how long-standing.

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Single review: Trail – Killing Sun

Published on November 25th, 2010 by The Editor

Trail‘s new single “Killing Sun” is pretty much everything that To The End Of the World, their album from earlier this year, promised but failed to be.

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Album review: Monster Magnet – Mastermind

Published on November 10th, 2010 by The Editor

Monster Magnet - MastermindIf the last few Monster Magnet albums have disappointed, Mastermind might be the one to win you back over with its solid consistency and classic Wyndorf stories.

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Album review: Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart

Published on September 22nd, 2010 by The Editor

Black Mountain - Wilderness HeartTake a look over the lip of the void: Black Mountain return with Wilderness Heart, a lushly gloomy collection of stoned-out psyche-rock, drug-blues and protometal.

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Album review: Tweak Bird – self-titled

Published on August 26th, 2010 by The Editor

Tweak Bird - self-titledDon’t let the hipster imagery put you off too much: Tweak Bird have got all the glorious dumb noise-riffola but not much of the irony on their debut album.

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Live review: Nashville Pussy at Moho Live, 10th August 2010

Published on August 12th, 2010 by The Editor

Now listen up: if it’s spit’n'sawdust bar-room blues-rawk’n'roll you’re after, it doesn’t come much louder or more fun than a Nashville Pussy live set.

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Album review: The Culprit – self-titled

Published on August 11th, 2010 by The Editor

The Culprit - self-titledSynthetic rockers The Culprit might be a little too glossy for this jaded hack, but their eponymous album might turn the heads of younger less cynical listeners.

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Single review: Monotonix – Fun, Fun, Fun

Published on August 10th, 2010 by The Editor

Monotonix - Fun, Fun, FunYou can’t stop the rock’n'roll, and you certainly can’t stop Israeli garage loons Monotonix from touring and penning loud, brief and charmingly noisy records.

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Album review: My Sleeping Karma – Tri

Published on July 28th, 2010 by The Editor

My Sleeping Karma - TriStoner-rock bodhisattvas My Sleeping Karma spin the wheel of rebirth a third time on Tri, which is heavy post-rock or mellow post-metal, or something in between.

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