Album review: One Direction – ‘Midnight Memories’

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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Should Directioners be worried? A quick look at a brief history of boybands shows that, for many, album #3 can be their last... until the reunion of course. Like Take That and *N Sync (who called it a...

Album review: Robbie Williams – ‘Swings Both Ways’

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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Hark back to November 2001, and following the release of three commercially (and largely critical) solo albums, Robbie Williams had cemented his place in the UK’s music scene. Songwriter of modern-day anthems, showman to rival the greats; the...

Album review: Lady Gaga – ‘ARTPOP’

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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); First and foremost, let it be made very clear that ARTPOP (which, as we should all know by now, should always be capatalised) was listened through headphones, as per the artist’s instructions. Secondly, it will also be very...

Album review: Eminem – ‘MMLP2’

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The release of a new Eminem album is a BIG deal. Since bursting onto the scene with his studio debut The Slim Shady LP way back in 1999, the Detroit artist has worked hard to cement himself as the world's greatest living rapper....

Album review: James Arthur – ‘James Arthur’

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There's an unfortunate issue that faces James Arthur. For those who may not be acquainted with Arthur, the singer-songwriter became the shock winner of last year's UK version of hit TV show The X Factor. Shock not due to his talent , moreso due...

Album review: Morcheeba – ‘Head Up High’

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Hate them or love them (we're still yet to find anyone who hates them), you'd be hard-pressed to find someone without a Morcheeba reference to some kind of musical memory. For early 30-Brits, the Channel 4 reality show Shipwrecked was the first time many had...

Album review: Lucy Spraggan – ‘Join The Club’

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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Of all the oddballs that have genuinely believed they have The X Factor; the Jedwards and Wagners and Goldies, Lucy Spraggan was probably the most bizarre. A talented, guitar-playing songwriter, who had already independently released her debut album;...

Album review: Kings Of Leon – ‘Mechanical Bull’

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Words by: Mari Louise Healy / Gigslutz.co.uk Follow @gigslutz_ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); After a temporary rift (3 years is short compared to a Gallagher bust-up) the familial Followill clan are back with their sixth album Mechanical Bull. It’s a return to Kings of Leon form with lashings...

Album review: Chase and Status – ‘Brand New Machine’

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The past 12 months have been fairly exciting for the UK dance scene; not only has Britain produced some of the biggest musical exports of the year (Rudimental, Disclosure and AlunaGeorge to name but three), but with a new wave of artists also appearing...

Album review: Miley Cyrus – ‘Bangerz’

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Words by: Dan Bull Follow @DanBull7609 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); It might have escaped your notice – she’s not making a big deal of putting it out there – but Miley Cyrus has grown up. She hasn’t been Hannah Montana for some time now, but she isn’t even...