Tracks - Luton on Sunday

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	Oasis - The Shock of the Lightning SINGLE REVIEW When I heard that Oasis were coming back, I could barely disguise my apathy. If you ask me, they've been doing little more than simply go through the motions since 'Be ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Keane - Spiralling SINGLE REVIEW Oh, now come on, this is ridiculous. I mean, seriously, what the hell is this? It sounds a lot like a tribute to the bands of the early 80s, like ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Faint - The Geeks Were Right SINGLE REVIEW The Faint are one of many bands who've been pottering around for years without ever quite getting the level of success they deserve, and unfortunately that's something that's unlikely to ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Katie Perry - I Kissed a Girl SINGLE REVIEW Big deal, so have I, but you don't see me writing songs about it do you? Now then, if you cast your mind back a mere four years there were ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] City Girls - OMG SINGLE REVIEW This is a song about deleting Internet stalkers from your MySpace profile. How utterly ridiculous. I mean, seriously, MySpace? Everyone knows that all the cool kids are on Facebook and Bebo ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Xpress 2 featuring David Byrne - Lazy SINGLE REVIEW Sometimes old songs get remixed or updated and a lot of the time I wonder why they bothered. On the face of it, you'd think Lazy would be one of ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Delays - Keep It Simple SINGLE REVIEW On the face of it, the Delays have a lot in common with the Feeling and the Scissor Sisters. Both of them produce fairly cheerful melodic middle-of-the-road pop tunes ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Portishead - We Carry On SINGLE REVIEW I said this was good when Third came out, and it's nice to discover that somebody at their record label agrees because here it is as a single. I won't ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life SINGEL REVIEW Perhaps I read too much into what people are singing about. See what you reckon ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Bloc Party - Mercury SINGLE REVIEW Looks like Flux wasn't a one-off, then. There's a dancey feel to this one too, although this time it's far less pronounced. It sounds like something Adam and the Ants might have ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Kooks - Shine On SINGLE REVIEW There's no denying it, you know. Shine On is a fantastic song. The way the guitars kick in during the chorus, the way the bass moves to the forefront during the ... (09/07/2008) [Read More] N.E.R.D - Everyone Knows (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom) SINGLE REVIEW Is that a long enough song title for you? It'll certainly do for me, I've just had to type all that in and it was nearly dark by the time ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go SINGLE REVIEW Well, I've already given them three good reviews this year, that's how busy they've been. Seeing as this is the fourth, I'll get this one over and done ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Feeling - Turn It Up SINGLE REVIEW Am I the only person thinks that The Feeling sound like a band from 1980 that went off to their local branch of Andy's Records one day, got lost in ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] The Zutons - Always Right Behind You SINGLE REVIEW The phrase 'best Zutons single ever' surely must rank up there with 'most convenient limb to lose in the event of an accident', at least it does in my book ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Jonas Brothers - SOS SINGLE REVIEW So, this is what mechanically recovered pop music sounds like. You know, when all the good ideas have already been filleted and all that's left are the giblets ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Portishead - The Rip SINGLE REVIEW Ah, now here we've got a proper song. Portishead's new album is a rather bleak affair in places, but when the songs are as good as this who cares? Personally, I'm ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Sandi Thom - The Devil's Beat SINGLE REVIEW Before I heard this song, I had two theories as to what it might be about. The first one was fairly straightforward: Sandi Thom delivers a stinging critique of dance music ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Nickleback - Photograph SINGLE REVIEW Even now, considering its been in the charts for longer than most of its listeners have been alive, I actually still like Rockstar, it's cynical, funny. Yes, the tune's a ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] We Are Scientists - Chick Lit SINGLE REVIEW Anyone who can come up with a song that sounds like an early Duran Duran song with a lit firecracker rammed up its bum deserves respect ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Guildean Gang - Swirls/Pat Attack SINGLE REVIEW Guildean Gang put out a self-released single, the sun comes out and everything's alright with the world. Coincidence? ... (11/05/2008) [Read more] Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - Look For The Woman SINGLE REVIEW Scroobius Pip is silently becoming one of the major pioneers in UK hip hop after his first single 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' found cult success ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists SINGLE REVIEW Managing to find time from crowding small stages in venues across the United Kingdom, young Welsh septet Los Campesinos! release their sixth single, from their critically acclaimed debut album 'Hold ... (25/04/2008) [Read More] Shapes - Unsung Hero EP UNSIGNED DEMO Somewhere there's a warehouse party in desperate need of being Shape-crashed. This is a band in peak physical condition and 'Unsung Heroes' delivers razor-blade, stuff-strutting angularity to fulfil a year-long promise ... (11/04/2008) [Read More] Toydrum - Lifetime Guarantee EP UNSIGNED DEMO At first listen, Luton based four-piece Toydrum seem to be one of those bands attempting an "epic" sound, something which few bands manage to pull off. Fast paced songs, reverb ... (03/04/2008) [Read More] Portishead - Machine Gun SINGLE REVIEW It's not often I hear a song that leaves me utterly speechless, but this is definitely one of them. This is hard, relentless, threatening, brutal and minimal all at the same ... (03/04/2008) [Read More] Britney Spears - Break the Ice SINGLE REVIEW It's songs like this that make me think that if I was ever to become a session musician, being a keyboard player would be my chosen career option ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] No Going Back - Mum Is Right UNSIGNED DEMO "When I turn 17 I'll be rocking MTV" optimistically states Arron Brown, lead singer of Luton band No Going Back, and with the exception of a possible meteoric downfall in ... (28/03/2008) [Read More] Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds SINGLE REVIEW 'Parallel Worlds' is the fourth single from York five-piece Elliott Minor's forthcoming self titled debut album, following three previous Top 40 singles over the last year. From the outset it's ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French SINGLE REVIEW Do you know what, I can't be bothered with this single. It's repetitive, mid-paced and predictable. Never mind - there's always the B-side. ... (27/03/2008) [Read More] UNKLE - Restless SINGLE REVIEW To be honest, this feels more like an UNKLE remix of a Queens of the Stone Age single than an UNKLE single, not that that's a bad thing of course ... (19/03/2008) [Read More] There She Goes - The La's SINGLE REVIEW How can you not like it? It's a classic. All those jangly guitars, not to mention the fact that local radio have barely stopped playing it ... (19/03/2008) [Read More] The La's - Way Out SINGLE REVIEW Now, this is much more like it. I first encountered this song on The Chart Show way back in 1987 and it wasn't until years later that I found out ... (19/03/2008) [Read More] Cascada - What Do You Want From Me SINGLE REVIEW I was rather hoping for a poppy remake of the ancient Monaco track, but sadly some things just aren't meant to be. It doesn't start too promisingly, this one - the ... (19/03/2008) [Read More] Simian Mobile Disco - Clock EP SINGLE REVIEW Well now, here's something I don't get to review too often - a four track EP consisting entirely of instrumental tracks ... (19/03/2008) [Read More] Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric SINGLE REVIEW I've never quite managed to work out why Cars has been remixed and reissued so many times, while the best this song's had until now (at least that I can ... (20/02/2008) [Read More] Fightstar - Floods SINGLE REVIEW I love it when I'm proved right, even if it is only sort of halfway right. A few years back, I reviewed a single by Charlie Simpson's previous band and I ... (20/02/2008) [Read More] Craig David - 6 of 1 Thing SINGLE REVIEW It says Craig David on the cover, but it sounds for all the world like one of Wet Wet Wet's happier offerings, but Craig sounds, well, he actually sounds a ... (20/02/2008) [Read More] Andy Scott-Lee - Unforgettable SINGLE REVIEW I beg to ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] David Jordan - The Sun Goes Down SINGLE REVIEW Maybe it's because I'm old enough to remember the 80s, but this tune reminds me a little bit of What's The Colour Of Money by Hollywood Beyond ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] Kylie Minogue - Wow SINGLE REVIEW Oh, this is disappointing. After the rather wonderful 2 Hearts, Kylie reverts back to bog-standard pop tunes ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] Mark Ronson - Just SINGLE REVIEW Now then, on the other end of the scale from Wet Wet Wet ballads, when Radiohead turn out a really, really good tune there's not many bands around that can ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] Wet Wet Wet - Weightless SINGLE REVIEW There are few things on earth more irritating than a Wet Wet Wet ballad. That's just my opinion of course, and seeing as in their heyday most of their chart-toppers were ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] The Hives - T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. (We Rule The World) SINGLE REVIEW There are many malicious viruses distributed these days that affect our lives, computer viruses, hospitals superbugs and even our livestock are at risk with mad cow's disease and bird flu. ... (19/02/2008) [Read More] Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music SINGLE REVIEW There's meant to be this thing called Six Degrees Of Separation, in which you're supposed to be able to connect yourself to anyone else in the world in six moves ... (12/02/2008) [Read More] Janet Jackson - Feedback SINGLE REVIEW Blimey, janet Jackson, there's a name from the past ... (12/02/2008) [Read More] Goldfrapp - A&E SINGLE REVIEW When you hear a song and the first thing that springs to mind is 'Erasure were doing this sort of thing and better 15 years ago', there's a problem ... (06/02/2008) [Read More] Michael Jackson with Will.I.am - The Girl Is Mine 2008 SINGLE REVIEW Where to start OK, first off, any song that has the year of its release stapled onto the end of its name is almost guaranteed to be a pale imitation ... (06/02/2008) [Read More] Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place SINGLE REVIEW Radiohead give away their new album on the Internet in October, and in January the physical versions of In Rainbows go straight to Number One on the album chart ... (18/01/2008) [Read More] Underworld - Beautiful Burnout SINGLE REVIEW Ever wondered where it all went wrong for Underworld? I know I haven't ... (18/01/2008) [Read More] Utah Saints - Something Good 2008 SINGLE REVIEW Seeing as the Utah Saints were creating dance tracks from the most unlikely source material way before the likes of Eric Prydz and Uniting Nations, I suppose it's only right ... (18/01/2008) [Read More] Dave Gahan - Saw Something/ Deeper and Deeper SINGLE REVIEW Well, Kingdom didn't do very well, so this time round Dave Gahan's bringing out a double-barrelled single. Saw Something is a bit gloomy and plodding, truth be told... (18/01/2008) [Read More] Queens Of The Stone Age - I Wanna Make It Wit Chu SINGLE REVIEW Historically, Queens Of The Stone Age are debutants of the devilishly stylish, Desert Rock. Many sounds have since evolved from the early Californian desert jams thrown from Josh Homme's previous band Kyuss before they adopted their new name ... (14/12/2007) [Read More] Maroon 5 - I Won't Go Home Without You SINGLE REVIEW Los Angeles loveable cuddly answer to lo-fi giants Snow Patrol come back with another single from their follow up album 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' ... (14/12/2007) [Read More] Kaiser Chiefs - Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) SINGLE REVIEW Leeds angry indie-mob quintet churns out fourth single from their superb second album ... (01/11/2007) [Read More] Reverend & The Makers - Open Your Window SINGLE REVIEW Hats off to 'The Reverend' Jon McClure as he stuck to his guns despite being hounded by the record industry fat cats to replicate an Artic Monkeys type 'Cheeky Chappie' album and instead, chose to pursue his own style and sound ... (01/11/2007) [Read More] The Hives - Tick Tick Boom SINGLE REVIEW I'm fairly sure this is one of the bands that time forgot. They first appeared a few years back, with loud, fast guitar-driven tunes and they're still doing exactly the ... (05/10/2007) [Read More] Underworld - Crocodile SINGLE REVIEW The first time I heard this I hated it. Absolutely hated it. It just sounded so bland. The second time I heard it I thought it was incredibly average ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Dave Gahan - Kingdom SINGLE REVIEW Hey kids! Are you having fun? Yeah? Don't listen to this then, it's no good as far as you're concerned. This is four and a half minutes of relentlessly pounding ... (05/10/2007) [Read More] Kate Nash - Mouthwash SINGLE REVIEW Well, this is annoying. The tune's actually OK - it's quite jaunty and upbeat, actually. A fair bit heavier than Foundations too, as it happens ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Ian Brown - Illegal Attacks SINGLE REVIEW Rare is it that you can be the spokesman for a generation (with The Stone Roses) and then 20 years later still be making his voice heard, kicking against the ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Babyshambles - Delivery SINGLE REVIEW Welcome back Mr Doherty. After two years of tabloid cat and mouse the so-called spokesman for a generation is back doing what he is supposed to be best at. Although it's ... (27/09/2007) [Read More] Lil Chris - We Don't have to Take Our Clothes Off SINGLE REVIEWS In which another 80s classic gets dusted down and handed over to a pop star looking to save his career. I bet if I visited Jermaine Stewart's grave, I'd probably ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart SINGLE REVIEW Not really a lot I need to say about this one, except well done to the record company for re-issuing it, not only with its original cover design but with ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK SINGLE REVIEW Here's a genuine classic. A 1976 vintage that's lost none of its edge whatsoever. Right from the off, it roars like a Formula One engine and doesn't let up for ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Regina Spektor - Better SINGLE REVIEW This is a proper oddity, this one. For one thing, the ending - it doesn't fade out, but it winds down very, very slowly, almost as if Ms Spektor's daring ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Travis - My Eyes SINGLE REVIEW My ears. Oh God, my poor ears. This is pleasant, bland, unexciting and sounds eerily similar to the sort of music they were doing way back in the days when ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Digitalism - Idealistic SINGLE REVIEW There's all sorts going on here. Basically, if you like your music played by real instruments then Digitalism really aren't going to be your cup of tea ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Ash - End of the World SINGLE REVIEW Oh dear, it's all gone a bit wrong for Ash lately. They used to be so full of life and ideas, but nowadays they (or at least their singles) sound ... (27/08/2008) [Read More]