Reviews / Album

Nomad is the sound of a hugely gifted musician who’s been placed into the right hands and it’s simply brilliant.

So… Authentic? Okay, authentic to what? If this is an authentic representation of Smith’s vision, it is not an interesting one. Avoid.

Come confess your party sins.

Heaven In This Hell is fine for a light rock-pop album and some rebellious tweens will probably love it, but Orianthi has the potential, the depth and the talent for a more memorable record.

Slow, gothically inclined rock.

Like an audio holiday, Steal The Light shows that even after a decade in the game The Cat Empire have still got it.

Listening to Monomania a number of times, you’ll get a sense of its longevity and there’s something different to take note of each time.

#willpower’s greatest flaws are those of its maker. Making your album’s title a hashtag is absolute bottom-of-the-barrel stuff.

With as many missteps as triumphs, Indicud leaves us wishing Cudi would just sit still for a minute to deliver on his prodigious talent.

Their sound is so well realised and natural that even while jumping around styles and ideas like kids with ADHD it all works and sounds like them.

Rkives finishes off with the twee The Frug and a hidden track, and it’s not hard to see why Rilo Kiley called it quits: their era has passed us by. But what an era it was.