Reviews / Album

Increasingly there’s something of a faux world music scene happening in Melbourne, though few do it with as much exuberance and inventiveness as The Bombay Royale.

"Never has there been a more appropriate album name in the history of album naming."

It’s a simple album, no lyrical or musical masterpiece, but the realist attitudes of the band genuinely shine through

The Fray do what they do very well even if it lacks originality and meaning.

"The album is relentlessly upbeat and enjoyable, tempered only occasionally by the feeling that the supporting artists get a little more out of the collaborations, in the way of cred points, than the veteran troubadours get in musical input."

Tomorrow Never Comes finishes the album with sonic references to Tomorrow Never Knows, and it’s a good reference point for the whole record.

Most of the tracks explode in a frenzy of punk rock excitement with punchy drums smashing through highlights and holding back to create space where needed.

Orbital are dance music’s original not-quite-superstars, a duo whose seven studio albums between 1991 and their 2004 split arguably constitutes a finer body of work than Underworld

The OF Tape Vol 2 confirms every prejudice you have about OFWGKTA.