JEFF The Brotherhood – Hypnotic Knights

Rock and roll is certainly not dead and the new JEFF The Brotherhood album Hypnotic Knights proves that. The brother duo consisting of Jake and Jamin Orrall, completed the album in a week with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys … Read More

Yellowcard – Southern Air

After a two-year hiatus, the return of Yellowcard in 2010 was met with positive critical appraise after their 2011 release of When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes and various tours in different countries where fans were reminded of why they … Read More

Timomatic – Timomatic

No doubt you have heard his songs on the radio more than a few dozen times and have danced aimlessly to remixes featuring his songs in all the clubs you hit up on the weekend. So it is quite obvious … Read More

Linkin Park – Living Things

Since their rise twelve years ago with EP Hybrid Theory hugely successful rock act Linkin Park have provided fans with a consistently unique sound, including facets of hip-hop and metal tones.  However after the early years of rich and powerful … Read More

The Ghost Inside – Get What You Give

Los Angeles hardcore outfit The Ghost Inside have come a long way from their roots under the title of A Dying Dream when they formed back in 2006.The evolution from being fans of hardcore to becoming one of the biggest … Read More

Micachu and the Shapes – Never

Micachu (Mica Levi) is the queen of weird, bringing us the strange and exciting in her demented second album with the Shapes,Never.

The British band, made up of Levi, Raisa Khan, and Marc Pell, tear sound apart and stick it … Read More

REVIEW: Nas – Life is Good

Does Life is Good snap the Queensbridge emcee’s losing streak and save his deteriorating image, or is it proof that Nas no longer has a place in modern hip hop?Read More

Nas – Life is Good

Few hip hop artists have managed to remain relevant after extended stints in the game. Even the most legendary of stalwarts (Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap, for example) have failed to match the output that sparked their … Read More

Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

Sweet Life, the fifth track on Frank Ocean’s sophomore release begins with the line “the best song wasn’t the single” and there couldn’t be a more fitting album for that lyric to be on than Channel Orange. There is no shortage of tantalising tracks … Read More

Purity Ring – Shrines

Canadian “future pop” rockers Corrin Roddick and Megan James, founding members of the two-piece Purity Ring, released their debut album, Shrines, this week. However, it sounds far from a first album.

While many bands take two or three albums to … Read More