Recommended by Bex:
This album is such a grower! I get the impression myself and Avril are at similar phases in our respective lives. We grew up too soon, acted like adults, worked hard; now we're back to being young and carefree.
Standout tracks include: Rock n Roll, Give You What You Like, Bad Girl, Hello Kitty, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, Hello Heartache.
Monday 23 February 2015
Saturday 14 February 2015
Lights - Little Machines
Recommended by Bex:
Lights has become a wife and mother since the release of Siberia and this could explain the more mature sound to her music. Album opener 'Portal' marks an incredible shift dynamically for Lights. It's slow paced and emotionally brooding, offering chances to break free but ignoring every one of them.
Her love of poetry and art has resulted in one of 2014's strongest pop albums lyrically, and has the simple pop genetics to back it up. There are signs of her perhaps adding recent life experiences to her songwriting in Little Machines (such as 'Don't Go Home Without Me'). As an individual, she is a strong role model and conveys a very positive outlook on life.
Lights has become a wife and mother since the release of Siberia and this could explain the more mature sound to her music. Album opener 'Portal' marks an incredible shift dynamically for Lights. It's slow paced and emotionally brooding, offering chances to break free but ignoring every one of them.
Her love of poetry and art has resulted in one of 2014's strongest pop albums lyrically, and has the simple pop genetics to back it up. There are signs of her perhaps adding recent life experiences to her songwriting in Little Machines (such as 'Don't Go Home Without Me'). As an individual, she is a strong role model and conveys a very positive outlook on life.
Monday 9 February 2015
Charli XCX - Sucker
Recommended by Bex:
Following collaborations with Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora, not to mention a big solo hit with 'Boom Clap', Charli XCX has been catapulted into the mainstream. And it's about time, as she had been gnawing at its edges, full of infectious, self-penned songs for no little while.
This is her third album overall, and the first that will really engage with a sizeable audience, but its maker hasn't compromised an inch. Sucker finds that same, singular performer rewriting the rules entirely, never mind breaking any, and beating pop at its own game.
Listen to the excellent predecessor, True Romance, in full here.
Following collaborations with Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora, not to mention a big solo hit with 'Boom Clap', Charli XCX has been catapulted into the mainstream. And it's about time, as she had been gnawing at its edges, full of infectious, self-penned songs for no little while.
This is her third album overall, and the first that will really engage with a sizeable audience, but its maker hasn't compromised an inch. Sucker finds that same, singular performer rewriting the rules entirely, never mind breaking any, and beating pop at its own game.
Listen to the excellent predecessor, True Romance, in full here.
Sunday 1 February 2015
Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter
Recommended by Bex:
This is the first Slipknot album that has really captured my attention since the Iowa days. The new tracks sounded brilliant live in Cardiff, demonstrating their consistency and continual progression.
Such was the level of fandom in the arena that frontman Corey Taylor was bordering on speechless when the crowd sat down in the middle of 'Spit It Out', no instructions necessary; they knew the old sit down, jump up routine that the band requests in big live gigs. Being a witness to this night of extremes – visual, audible and physical – was incredibly fun.
This is the first Slipknot album that has really captured my attention since the Iowa days. The new tracks sounded brilliant live in Cardiff, demonstrating their consistency and continual progression.
Such was the level of fandom in the arena that frontman Corey Taylor was bordering on speechless when the crowd sat down in the middle of 'Spit It Out', no instructions necessary; they knew the old sit down, jump up routine that the band requests in big live gigs. Being a witness to this night of extremes – visual, audible and physical – was incredibly fun.
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