Onwards and upwards for the Band of Skulls. By Daniel Lombard

“Perfect soundtracks to your own imaginary movie.” by Daniel Lombard

A veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of delicious melodies, you’ll be humming the choruses hours after the lighters come down. By Daniel Lombard

On the basis of a superb debut and memorable performance at the Garage, The Family Rain are bound to continue winning plenty of admirers. As for me, I’m off to chase swamp monsters round Hackney Marshes with Under the Volcano on my MP3 player. By Daniel Lombard

Good driving music at a push, or a perfectly reasonable background to Saturday-afternoon shopping at Foot Locker. Just not something that inspires me to smile, dream, sweat, shiver or breakdance. By Daniel Lombard

Brundlehorse’s first release contains enough glimpses of potential to suggest they could yet build an army of followers. – By Daniel Lombard