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Brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone offer up their new EP Big Jet Plane, following great success from their second album Down The Way. Angus & Julia hail from Sydney, are being picked up left right and centre for film and TV soundtracks, and (and I know this shouldn’t matter) are almost painfully good looking. So what does this EP sound like? In short – great.

Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome! Oh, sorry, you want a proper review. Well, ok then, but just so you know those first five words are pretty accurate…

What an amazing debut solo album. The calm, slow few seconds at the beginning of ‘Refugee’ give a first impression that isn’t followed through, it suddenly bursts into an exciting, upbeat and catchy tune. The vocals of Jim Kerr draw in listeners, his individual and deep voice is enchanting. As the album goes on it [...]

After almost eight years of existence, Dutch drum and bass act Noisia finally reveal their debut album. That’s not to say they’ve been idle for all this time, they’ve seen their music released on scores of different record labels, composed music for video games and films, and most recently produced Hadouken’s latest offering “For The Masses”…

The short snippet of argument at the beginning of the album is confusing at first, but draws in listeners, so it does the job it is there for. It goes on to be a generally enjoyable album. ‘Zambony’ is a strong opening track, and gives a good idea of what is to be expected in [...]

Head First is the fifth album from Goldfrapp. You have probably heard of them, seeing as they have been around since the turn of this century, providing the charts with their own particular blend of ambient synth-pop and Alisons Goldfrapp’s excellent vocals. Having heard previous singles, I thought I knew exactly what to expect from this album – and I was right…

THE WORLD CUP CARNIVAL 2010 A MECCA TO WORLD CUP FOOTBALL & CUTTING EDGE MUSIC 11 JUNE TO 11 JULY 2010 SHEPHERDS BUSH PAVILION, LONDON www.worldcupcarnival2010.com Brazil certainly seems to have it all, with one of the most envied teams of the World Cup and a natural born ability to throw some shapes and party! [...]

On Tuesday 22nd June Example will be celebrating the release of his brand new album ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ in style with a treat for fans, friends and chicken lovers alike with his very own crawl of selected Nando’s restaurants on the London Underground Circle line. With his current single ‘Kickstarts’ at No.2 in the midweek [...]

Deluxe edition vinyl re-issues of “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning” and “Master Of Puppets” won Classic Rock Awards Re-issue Albums Of the Year at 2008 Awards (3rd November 2008). Following the hugely successful deluxe edition vinyl re-issues of the first three Metallica albums in early 2008 and “…And Justice For All” and “Metallica” in [...]

Electro has always been a popular choice of music amongst clubbers of all ages, and it’s the hardcore of this group of individuals who will enjoy Canadian dance act Let’s go to War’s new album “Karmageddon”. The album is loosely varied ranging from the Caribbean bashment sounding Push up ya Lighta! to the catchy, softer piano track Don’t Love Me which would not look out of place on a John Legend album.