I was really excited when I noticed that the La Casa Azul songs on the Elefant Records compilation I’d pick up were new. They released a triumphant EP a couple of years ago, featuring bombastic indie pop that only Spanish bands can produce.
Th[…]

Cruel Summer or Shut Up Sunshine!
It’s probably best not to look forward to things, but I do, and I’m often disappointed. I’d waited quite a few weeks to see Pirates of the Caribbean. I mean the trailer was great; skeletons, Rob Zom[…]

The Cheeky Girls – Take Your Shoes Off
Take your shoo-sies off, woo! Ah, the Cheeky Girls are back and seemingly reprogrammed. Objective: prove that the Cheeky Song was merely a statement of intent, that chart domination is inevitable. This ne[…]

Death metal never used to be this exhilarating. An epic soundtrack of damnation, greed and desire, it starts of sounding like a bootleg of Morbid Angel and Vanessa Carlton’s ‘A Thousand Miles’. The kick comes from the orchestration […]

Kelly Osbourne – More Than Life Itself
Shut Up is an album of loud rocking songs, no doubt about that, don’t mess with Kelly O, oh no! Track eleven is the one you really need to hear, a bombastic hard rock ballad, that could have been sung by[…]

I’ve just been waiting for some songs to be released, here are some I’ve liked whilst watching the Box and MTV.
Sarah Whatmore — Automatic — She stole or if you like, borrowed her ‘oh’s’ form J Lo’s &#[…]

I’ll admit it, I didn’t like ‘What I Go To School For’ when it first came out, I thought oh no, not a boy band with guitars, and no drummer, what new evil is this? But then as time went by it clicked, these guys aren’t s[…]

Poison — Stupid, Stoned & Dumb
It must be great to be in a rock band like Poison in 2002, no need to worry about respect from your peers, appealing to the kids or finding new musical directions. You can just concentrate on making party rec[…]

I was gonna write a comparison of the two Popstars the Rivals songs, but having heard them both, I have no doubt that Girls Aloud are going to be Christmas number one. Buy girls, bye boys indeed.
‘Sounds form the Underground’ is an excell[…]

Released on Christmas Eve in 1990, in a shrewd move to get a number one thanks to the loyalty of Maiden fans, I doubt if anyone who wasn’t already a fan bought it. Still the only chart topping single I’ve ever bought (though I can’t[…]