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Review: Philip Bailey – Love Will Find A Way
If you heard Billy Jack without knowing it was the first single off Philip Bailey’s comeback, you might think it was a lost Curtis Mayfield recording. Bailey gets his Gentle…
Review: Emeli Sandé – Real Life
“Last night,” Emeli Sandé sings, borne aloft as her third album reaches its finale, “I had a dream that I could fly”. She’s not the first to do so, to…
Review: Two Door Cinema Club – False Alarm
If you struggle to sleep, Google the ‘Two Door Cinema Club – False Alarm album launch into space!’ video. A record of how they sent their album into orbit because…
Review: Will Young – Lexicon
Back in 2015, one-time Pop Idol winner Will Young could be found on 85% Proof, winding up Thank You, about his ex, with the simple edict: “Fuck you”. Four years…
Review: Hot Chip – A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
To some, Hot Chip have always been pioneers of sensitive indie club-pop, while, to others, there’s something irksome about their inherent anxiety, as well as a sense they’re trying too…
Review: Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human
Given to eccentric pronouncements about collecting dead insects and watching Avatar every day, Aurora Aksnes has cultivated a cunningly alien, elfin look, ice-blue eyes framed by a sci-fi fringe and,…
Review: Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings
Sometimes a simple phrase captures the public imagination. Think of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow’s “conscious uncoupling”, or Dominic Cummings’ “Take back control”. To these, add “sad bangers”, which Mark…
Review: Kaiser Chiefs – Duck
Just over a decade ago, Kaiser Chiefs prepared for their third album’s imminent release, Off With Their Heads, with a riotous sold-out show at Leeds United’s Elland Road. This summer,…
The Daly Record: Gary Daly Interview
CHINA CRISIS’ LEAD SINGER GARY DALY HAS JUST RELEASED HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, GONE FROM HERE, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THE BEST THING YOU’LL HEAR THIS YEAR. ANDY JONES…
Stephen Duffy Interview: ‘I appreciate the past but I’ve never been nostalgic’
He left Duran Duran before they hit big and only ever achieved two Top 20 hits in his career. But why is the man formerly known as Stephen ‘Tin Tin’…