Bernard Fanning - Departures
"It's difficult to say a bad word, but this just doesn't command the repeat plays it should."
Black Sabbath - 13
"No, it's not as vital as Master Of Reality or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but 13 exceeds expectations and stands as an important marker in the Sabbath canon."
Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
"Don't let the repetitive arc of the first single from the album, Alive, fool you. The Empire are back, in all their grandiose glory."
KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon
"As the album proves, heartache, it seems, suits Tunstall to a tee."
Surfer Blood - Pythons
"The thing that sets Surfer Blood apart from other rock bands is their ability to subtly turn your standard rock song into a work of art."
Austra - Olympia
"Olympia pushes the envelope both musically and thematically. A refreshing, stimulating album, it's probably one of the strongest releases of 2013."
The Love Junkies - Maybelene
"Maybelene will, if we're lucky, be the album we look back on as being a strong, even if derivative, start to a great career."
Andrew Stockdale - Keep Moving
"It's a feelgood album and leaves the listener with a definite spring in their step."
Miles Kane - Don't Forget Who You Are
"Kane's weakness lies in ballads, when he struggles to avoid maudlin and cliché, like Fire In Our Hearts."
Frankie & The Heartstrings - The Days Run Away
"There's something more to this group than the usual disco-infused punk derivatives that seem to be hemorrhaging out of northern England."
