Tonight proves without doubt that Therapy? are back and still a formidable force as a live act. All the songs on Hard Cold Fire sound simply immense, and the thought of hearing them again live when they tour later in the year is definitely an exciting prospect.

On a rainy Friday night in November, the long awaited Conan tour (rescheduled twice for obvious reasons), hit Nottinghams Rough Trade venue and as nights of sheer heaviness go, it was more than worth the wait. . .

Cobalt Chapel reeks with the possibility of forbidden pleasures or occult horrors – the possibilities of sex and violence – that blazed down a cathode ray tube late at night.

It’s a critical moment for The Hold Steady. In the wake of their breakthrough 3rd album ‘Boys And Girls In America’ the pressure’s on to deliver a convincing follow up. From the moment the first bars of ‘Constructive Summer’ belt out of the speakers, w …

Well, this is a first. Never have I had to Google the name of a band’s new record, just to make sure I’ve been given the right CD. It’s not that some of the tracks on My Morning Jacket’s fifth album merely sound like a change of direction for the Louis …

Despite the loss of Jaime Tambeur who parted ways in 2006, citing a loss of interest in being in a band, Islands continue on with their second release under this moniker. Could Jaime’s departure be because of the ever maturing trajectory of their music …