TRACK REVIEWS WITH ANDERS JAEGER – NOV PEARL HQ November 8, 2014 BPM, CD Reviews Years & Years – Real Band trio ‘Years & Years’ out of London have put together one of the ‘catchiest’ and perfectly assembled pieces I’ve heard of the genre. This alternative sound is heading into...
RYAN ADAMS – Ryan Adams (SONY MUSIC) PEARL HQ October 8, 2014 CD Reviews How does the average bloke go about reviewing a Ryan Adams album? Yes in the past he has had some, lets say… odd ideas, some worked (Jacksonville City Lights from 2005 springs to mind), and others that...
POSEIDON’S CROWN – The NbC’s (INDEPENDENT) Matt Rippon October 8, 2014 CD Reviews The Debut LP from The NbC’s AKA Natural Born Chillers kicks off with an awesome, psychedelic garage-rock tune “Aunty Meredith”, there’s wah-wah on a big guitar riff, lyrics about a local festival, and...
747 – Lady Anterbellum (DELUXE) PEARL HQ October 8, 2014 CD Reviews The new Lady Ant offering is just what you would expect from the new world of pop country. It’s catchy, and just like their previous albums produced and polished to within an inch of its life. The first...
IV – Hurst (Independent) Hadyn Levett October 8, 2014 CD Reviews A really impressive debut EP from Sydney four piece “Hurst”. “IV” is four tracks long and filled with some really cool songwriting. “Whine” is the first up, with an awesome funky riff on guitar and...
CLASSIC CUTS (October 2014) – THE TRAVELING WILBURY’S Ray McGrotty October 8, 2014 CD Reviews The Traveling Wilbury’s were a rather unlikely supergroup. It was always understandable that ex-Beatle George Harrison and Bob Dylan would work together because they had done so before and were very close...
MIXTAPE OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER (2014) Ministry Of Sound House Sessions PEARL HQ October 7, 2014 BPM, CD Reviews Ministry of Sound go pacific in their latest look into the flourishing world of house music with House Sessions. Danny T takes the evolutionary path of man, music and moustache to new heights on Disc One,...
TRACK REVIEWS WITH DUANE BARTOLO – OCTOBER (2014) PEARL HQ October 6, 2014 BPM, CD Reviews Teraform - The RaiderZ (Original Mix) Duo ‘The Raiderz’, coming out of Melbourne have crafted one of my favourite tracks this year. The first time I listened to this song I was instantly hooked on its...
Void (Vanna) Jesse Lane September 4, 2014 CD Reviews VANNA Void (PURE NOISE) Swapping in Catchy clean choruses for in your face punk anthems, Boston Massachusetts own Vanna have made their complete transition from Post-Hardcore to a thrash influenced...
The Ocean At The End (Tea Party) Hadyn Levett September 4, 2014 CD Reviews THE OCEAN AT THE END The Tea Party (SONY MUSIC) Canadian trio, The Tea Party, have unleashed their brand new album. The Ocean At The End is an album that has had fans waiting for a decade. For such...
