Records

Ten Hours Down - "Surgery Hours" Replace Lectures

April 19th, 2009
Jane McConnell and Harry Long, News Editors

Lecture hours for Law students were replaced with “surgery hours” reducing contact time by a third in a controversial move that the Law School reasoned would increase the quality of teaching. [Full Article]

Classic Album: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

February 25th, 2009
James Wilkes

It was the perfect mix of the band’s more experimental tendencies and their knack for catchy melodies. [Full Article]

Various Artists: This is Peterborough

February 25th, 2009
Matt Nixon

Rowdy Farrago Records have put together "a snapshot of Peterborough's music scene in 2008". [Full Article]

…And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead: The Century of Self

February 25th, 2009
Andrew Parry

Maybe they should have called themselves something more like “…And You Will Know Us by the Grail of Lead.” [Full Article]

Emmy The Great: First Love

February 25th, 2009
Close Harbour

Emmy uses the ever-popular tactic of placing bitter lyrics over relatively optimistic harmonies. [Full Article]

Copy Haho: Bred for Skills and Magic EP

February 25th, 2009
Andrew Parry

The emphasis is not on a super-original riff or quirky melody, but on the sound of the song as a whole. [Full Article]

Glasvegas: Flowers And Football Tops

February 25th, 2009
Emma Powell

Glasvegas are uncompromisingly hopeless but with a decidedly pop feel. [Full Article]

Empire of the Sun: Walking on a Dream

February 23rd, 2009
Louise Stephens

It is difficult, nay impossible, not to spot the similarities between Empire of the Sun and MGMT. [Full Article]

Miley Cyrus: Fly On The Wall

February 23rd, 2009
Joshua Rackstraw

The only “pop sensation” here is nausea. [Full Article]

New Rhodes: The Joys Of Finding And Losing That Girl

February 23rd, 2009
Tom Phelan

'The Joys of...' stumbles along with a heady harmony reminiscent of Idlewild, had they grown up in the sunny south. [Full Article]

Merchandise: Listen Up!

February 25th, 2009
Joshua Rackstraw

Indie fans of the Belle and Sebastian ilk may find this single a worthy listen. [Full Article]

Esser: Work It Out

February 25th, 2009

Sounds like little more than a B-side from the likes of Hot Chip or even Fatboy Slim [Full Article]

Tom Jones: Give A Little Love

February 25th, 2009
Polly Glass

Brass-laden old-warbler pop and social awareness! What a guy. [Full Article]

r dyer/r thomas: Winter Cast Its Shadow Down

March 3rd, 2009
Joshua Rackstraw

Similar to The Shins, but with stranger tunes and lyrics and, dare I say, hints of prog-rock. [Full Article]

Brakes: Hey Hey

March 3rd, 2009
Sarah Furbank

Brakes return after their well-earned break with a heavier sound than we’ve previously heard. [Full Article]

Rise Against: Audience Of One

March 3rd, 2009
Edward Grover

More accessible than Rise Against’s earlier work, at the cost of some of the band’s trademark characteristics. [Full Article]

The Answer: On and On

March 3rd, 2009
Ross Pike

‘On and On’ blasts out of the blocks with a riff that could have been on Appetite for Destruction. [Full Article]

Pure Reason Revolution: Amor Uincit Omnia

March 3rd, 2009
Matt Elwell

Rock, metal, IDM, techno... AVO skilfully skips over most genre classifications. [Full Article]

Polly Scattergood: Polly Scattergood

March 3rd, 2009
Rhiannon Edwards

The self-titled debut ambitiously pushes the pop boundaries to their squeaky clean extremities [Full Article]

Katy Perry @ Academy 1, 25/02/09

May 7th, 2009
Eoghan Bennett

IT IS obvious from the mix of schoolchildren, middle-aged couples and student types who are waiting outside Academy 1 to see self-styled pop oddball Katy Perry that this is going to be no ordinary gig. Normality is left at the door, as Perry picks up the baton marked “bizarre” to [Full Article]