“goon island. population around 60 million, with tendencies to drink in excess, fawn over z-list celebrities and over-hype undeserving, overpaid sportsmen. if this by now doesn't sound as though it's not too dissimilar to our own fair isles, we've wasted our time writing this up…”; release - ‘08 MORE>

"...with a propulsive Mani bass-line and a return to their (usually) creative peaks of krautrock/electronic influence, there always lingers the sense they sound how they think people want them to, as opposed to who they truly are..." MORE>

"...while my morning jacket can’t be blamed for the discourse that surrounds them, the song itself is a barely passable attempt at sexing up one, rather predictable, over-produced trick centred around a simple tension and release conceit, which I presume is designed as a rather crass metaphor for orgasm...." release – ‘08 MORE>

"cage the elephant's songs swagger about like that five foot kid at your school who boasted of his karate skills taught to him by his “well ‘ard” uncle geoff...”; release – ‘08 MORE>

“this is bloc party’s guitarist russell lissack and new york songwriter milena mepris paired up for one of those ‘2 albums in; time for a side-project’ moments. unlike the ‘shadow puppets however, this feels breezier and less weighted down by expectation…”; release – ‘08 MORE>

hove closes with a day as diverse at it was entertaining, with goldfrapp, ungdomskulen, converge, black mountain, ladyhawke and the used on hand amongst others to wave us goodbye as we departed norway. MORE>

“rockfeedback has a smile on its face – the very distinct, particular kind of smile that we only get as we announce another great line up for a club rockfeedback evening…” MORE >

"...Electro-acoustic-o supreme-o James Yuill is releasing his first single on Moshi Moshi records this month, and this here’s a lofi-piece of video magic to accompany it..." MORE >

“european cities are really finding their musical niche, berlin being the innovators of all things quirky, but it’s paris that is leading the way forward, providing us with some really sultry delights – the teenagers, i am the kit, les shades, plasticines and second sex to name but a few...” MORE>

"forget CSS, meet lucy and her friends, the popsonics. It’s pop music that couldn’t be more delightful..." MORE>

“these two are a couple of bands hotter than a mid-summer’s day dressed in a sheepskin coat and a woolly hat, and they’re not playing separately, but together next week…” MORE>