BLACK TIDE — LIGHT FROM ABOVE (Interscope): Heavy Metal . . . whether you love it or hate it, you have to admire its resilience as an art form. Feb 10 2008
Although Miami’s Black Tide are a very young band — one of them is still only 14 — they’re incredibly talented musicians, completely steeped in the classic 1980s metal tradition, right down to covering Metallica’s Hit the Lights, while Warriors of Time has more than a flavour of vintage Iron Maiden. All opener Shockwave needs is slightly screechier lead vocals and it could easily be from Motley Crue’s debut album. Signed to Eminem’s label, I’d gamble on Black Tide becoming as big as Slim Shady, especially in America, where this kind of live fast, die young rock has always gone down a storm. more
Sunday Sun Stereo Feb 3 2008
MALCOLM MIDDLETON - SLEIGHT OF HEART (Full Time Hobby): It’s been less than a year since A Brighter Beat, the last album from Malcolm Middleton, and Sleight of Heart comes across like a more reflective, mostly acoustic companion of the 2007 first release. more
Sunday Sun Stereo Jan 13 2008
DEVIAN — NINEWINGED SERPENT (Century Media): This nine wings business is confusing me . . . surely if a serpent had an odd number of wings it would just flap round in circles all the time? more
Does X mark the No1 spot? Dec 16 2007
SHAUN — and Vic — will have some tough competition to beat if they are to clinch the coveted Christmas number one slot. more
Sunday Sun Stereo Dec 9 2007
THE HOUSEMARTINS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH — SOUP (Mercury): Although this CD is touted as being the best of both bands, the Housemartins don’t come out of it too well. more
Maximo mystery Dec 2 2007 TOP North band Maximo Park are offering fans the chance to win a magical mystery bus tour of their favourite city ahead of their homecoming gig. more
Sunday Sun Stereo Nov 18 2007
VARIOUS ARTISTS — RADIO 1’S LIVE LOUNGE VOLUME 2 (BMG): I’d imagine most casual music listeners will find this double CD enjoyable and annoying in equal measure. more
Fifty years after Glenn Ford and Van Heflin cocked their pistols in the original 3:10 To Yuma, based on a story by Elmore Leonard, director James Mangold saddles up for a fast-paced remake that reinvigorates the western genre. more
WRITTEN by brothers William and Julian Gilbey, and directed by the latter, Rise Of The Footsoldier is a bloodthirsty, true-life account of violence and retribution in the late 1980s and early 90s. more
FAMOUS for his role in Friends, this is David Schwimmer’s debut as director. It’s a spry romantic comedy which proves nice guys can finish last and still get the girl. more
THERE is a special bond between mothers and sons. In Hallam Foe, a young man’s deep emotional ties to his dead mother fester into obsession and a voyeuristic journey of self-discovery that threatens his mental well-being. more
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