http://www.skiddle.com/news/ Latest Album and Single Reviews news and reviews.. including album releases, gig and tour news, festival dates and ticket competitions en-us Copyright Skiddle.com 2012 support@skiddle.com 40 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:16:42 GMT Night Slugs co-founder L-Vis 1990 releases his debut full length album 'Neon Dreams' in September. Tony Bennett has a listen...> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-review-L-Vis-1990-Neon-Dreams/9790/ Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:30:00 BST Josef Minta loves the latest track from London based four piece Joana and The Wolf.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-review-Joana-and-the-Wolf-Hide-Me-Vagabond-Song/9020/ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:03:00 BST Alan Ashton-Smith finds that Dana Jade's cover of M.I.A's 'Galang' lacks the punch of the original, but enjoys double A side 'Little Sister'.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-review-Dana-Jade-GalangLittle-Sister/8936/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:44:00 BST Alan Ashton-Smith listens to city-banker-turned-singer-songwriter Tom Moriarty's collection of heartfelt folk-pop tracks.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Tom-Moriarty-Fire-In-The-Dolls-House/8934/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:27:00 BST Alan Ashton-Smith reviews the second single from Jamie Woon's Mirrorwriting album.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-review-Jamie-Woon-Lady-Luck/8932/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:47:00 BST Chris White listens to the latest release from Newcastle girl band Sirens and finds a catchy pop record with promise. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-review-Sirens-3-Opium-Apathy/8806/ Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:04:00 GMT Glasvegas' long awaited follow up to their self titled release in 2008 marks a reassuring development for the Glaswegian band. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-review-Glasvegas-Euphoric-Heartbreak-/8728/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:33:00 GMT Chris White puts his hands in the air for 'Till the World Ends'; the second single from Britney's seventh studio album Femme Fatale.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Britney-Spears-Till-The-World-Ends/8678/ Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:43:00 GMT Kelly Murray listens to GFJD's erotically challenged, musical debauchery project, the kind that only New York City could breed and then boast of to the rest of the world.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Gay-For-Johnny-Depp-What-Doesnt-Kill-You-Eventually-Kills-You-/8524/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:48:00 GMT Could the most anticipated song in recent pop history, also be the most underwhelming? Chris White finds out. It's here, Lady Gaga's Born This Way...> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Lady-Gaga-Born-This-Way/8496/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:45:00 GMT Britney Spears. Dubstep. It just should't work. But as Chris White finds out, it may be just what Ms Spears needed to regain her pop crown. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Britney-Spears-Hold-it-Against-Me/8254/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT We review the anti XFactor single 4'33", a splendid cover of avant garde composer John Cage's work in which he recorded 4 minutes and 33 seconds of an orchestra not playing. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Cage-Against-the-Machine-433/7854/ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT As the charts and radio waves become swamped with the inevitable surge of dreary emotional Christmas ballads, along comes a sprightly Miss Minogue with the third single from her Aphrodite album Better Than Today.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Kylie-Better-Than-Today/7778/ Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT The first single release from Badly Drawn Boy's forthcoming LP trilogy sees the Mancunian Damon Gough seriously back on form. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Badly-Drawn-Boy-Too-Many-Miracles/7259/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 BST Dave Goliath is disappointed by The Charlatans' 'lazy' slump into middle age, with the first single from their new album.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-The-Charlatans-My-Foolish-Pride/7260/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 BST Jonathan Campbell listens to the offspring of Eddy Temple-Morris and Tom Bellamy's musical side project, Losers.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Losers-Beautiful-Losers-/6961/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:08:41 BST Tony Bennett reviews the much anticipated release by The Count and Sinden, and finds it to be a grower of an album. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Count--Sinden-Mega-Mega-Mega/6950/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:48:09 BST Alan Ashton-Smith is unstirred by Roger Knott's solid, polished collection of country and western tinged songs. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Roger-Knott-Big-News-from-a-Small-Town/6918/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:24:51 BST Alan Ashton-Smith listens to the confessional album by Inverness singer-songwriter Andrew Howie. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Calamateur-Each-Dirty-Letter/6917/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:17:05 BST Tony Bennett listens to the latest FabricLive compilation - this time mixed by New York DJ, producer and label head Luca Venezia, aka Drop the Lime.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Drop-The-Lime-FabricLive-53/6889/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:37:01 BST Destroying rave after rave, club after club; Bright Lights is without doubt, one of the biggest tracks of this Summer.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Die--Interface-Bright-Lights-/6861/ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:52:56 BST This musical ensemble created enough of a stir with their debut album last year to have secured a major record label deal and re-packaged version of their eponymous album due for release next month. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Gabby-Young-and-Other-Animals-Re-release/6729/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:56:06 BST Simon Lee is lifted higher and higher by the latest offering from the king of Ibiza chill-out, Chicane. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-review-Chicane-Giants/6728/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:45:17 BST Tim Forrester is left cold by New York's Cielo nightclub's hand-picked selection of 'bone fide gems' and 'inspirational grooves'. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Cielo-Paradizo-2/6707/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:10:02 BST Pendulum continue to bridge the gap between rock, drum and bass and popular chart music, but for how long?> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Pendulum-Witchcraft/6633/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:46:00 BST Tony Bennett listens to WTF?!'s 2010 reworking of the Dead Prez classic. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-WTF-and-Dead-Prez-Its-Bigger-Than-Hip-Hop/6557/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:46:10 BST July 26th sees R.I.Os follow up single to 'Narrow Roads', which picked up some notable air play. Now he's looking to pick up the momentum with his next single; 'Mr Unpredictable'.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-R-I-O-Mr-Unpredictable/6554/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:10:28 BST Tim Forrester discovers a gritty melange of early 90s angst in the self-titled album by Ozzie grunge rockers Violent Soho. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Violent-Soho-Violent-Soho/6541/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:22:56 BST James Massoud listens to London singer-songwriter Alan Pownall's debut album, and discovers a perfect blend of Summer sounds. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-review-Alan-Pownall-True-Love-Stories/6536/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:24:16 BST Smooth liquid jazz travels in all directions, never failing never faltering. The second LP by English artists Utah Jazz is an earthquake of trembling high-hats.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Utah-Jazz-Presents-Vintage/6487/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:08:05 BST Jay Longley listens to the latest album by influential dance artist Lange. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Lange-Harmonic-Motion/6442/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:49:43 BST After what feels like an eternity, Miss Minogue returns with a new single; the first from her forthcoming eleventh studio album Aphrodite.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Kylie-All-The-Lovers/6266/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:12:56 BST Like some kind of relentless pop monster (album title, check), the Lady of Gaga returns with yet another single, the third from her album The Fame Monster. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Lady-Gaga-Alejandro/6265/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:06:18 BST James Massoud listens to Pendulum's anticipated third album Immersion, and doesn't find much to get excited about. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Pendulum-Immersion/6170/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:09:00 BST Luke McGee listens to the catchy debut album by Dublin indie rock band Black Soul Strangers. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Black-Soul-Strangers-Animate/5900/ Thu, 06 May 2010 16:59:54 BST Josef Minta struggles to find anything to like in the EP by Brighton 'pop punk/new wave' band Bullit. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Ep-Review-Bullit-Get-With-it/5872/ Tue, 04 May 2010 14:13:18 BST Mark booth listens to the follow-up to She & Him's 2009 Volume 1 - the imaginatively titled Volume 2 - and finds Zooey Deschanel's musical potential much more convincing this time round. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-She--Him-Volume-2/5853/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:27:13 BST The masters of Heavy Metal and one of the most prolific bands of all time have re-released three of their Dio-era classic albums as beautifully presented, remastered Deluxe Expanded Editions.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Black-Sabbath-Deluxe-Expanded-Editions-/5852/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:17:48 BST Having merged the growing genre of Dubstep with their Drum n Bass origins, Dan Stephens and Joe Ray (AKA Nero) have released two tracks as a prelude to their debut album due out later in 2010.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Nero-Innocenceelectron-/5828/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:22:51 BST James Massoud believes that Yes! is a return to form for the Trinidad-born Toronto-raised MC, K-os. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-K-os-Yes/5820/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:32:42 BST James Massoud has his heartstrings tugged by the Edinburgh sextet Meursault's haunting second album. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Meursault-All-Creatures-Will-Make-Merry/5819/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:22:41 BST James Massoud listens to drum n bas ambassador Sub Focus' latest single, 'Splash' - featuring the vocals of Coco Sumner. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review-Sub-Focus-ft-I-Blame-Coco-Splash-/5818/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:06:04 BST Jess Grant reviews the latest single from The Operation's debut album, Beautiful Days. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Single-Review--The-Operation-Come-Clean/5808/ Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:44:02 BST Tim Forrester nervously presses 'play' on the debut album from Dutch Drum 'n' Bass duo, Noisia - only to be brilliantly surprised. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Album-Review-Noisia-Split-the-Atom/5709/ Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:50:45 BST Subsource release 'The Ides' in anticipation of their 'Tales From The Doombox' album.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Subsource---The-Ides-/5611/ Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:00:11 BST The life of a true music lover is a divine mixture of beauty and obsession, dedication and impulse; and there are very few who can be fairly catagorised as a true music lover more than Thomnas Koch, aka DJ T.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Fabric-51-DJ-T-Review/5547/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:30:20 GMT The latest album by To Rococo Rot released 29th March by Domino Records takes us down a beautifully murky world of atmospherics and precise electronics.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/To-Rococo-Rot---Speculation/5480/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:31:48 GMT The North-West`s comedy folk legends return with another helping of cleverly crafted pop banter - Released on April 26th > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/The-Lancashire-Hotpots---Criminal-Record-Mini-lp-Review/5456/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:58:35 GMT Elliott Smith's debut album, now re-mastered and re-released on April 5th, quietly highlights songwriting greatness.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Review-of-Elliott-Smiths-/5399/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:35:53 GMT Guaranteed to put a smile on your face, it's a glam-jazz extraveganza... it's better than it sounds, even though it sounds freakin' awesome.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Review-of-Eric-Ness-new--Ep/5217/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:56:56 GMT