There was a time when A Day To Remember seemed to represent an impossible proposition: a band that could make hardcore breakdowns sound like pop songs, turn mosh-pit aggression into enormous choruses and move effortlessly between screamed vocals and melodies built for thousands of voices. By 2010, that proposition had become a remarkably successful formula. ‘What Separates Me From You', the Florida band's fourth studio album and third for Victory Records, arrived in November 2010 after the...

Two producers, one beat tape in the shape of a classic There are hip-hop collaborations that feel like meetings between two established stars; then there are those rare records where the collaboration itself becomes the point, where two musicians place their identities side by side until the distinction between them starts to blur. ‘Champion Sound’, the only full-length album Jaylib released, belongs firmly in the second category. The partnership between J Dilla and Madlib was almost too...

Dub, Krautrock, Noir and the Sound of Britain Driving into the Unknown Some albums define an era, and some deliberately sidestep it. Released in July 1997, just weeks before the peak of Britpop's commercial triumph, Primal Scream's ‘Vanishing Point’ chose the road less travelled. While Oasis and Blur dominated the headlines, Bobby Gillespie and his ever-evolving collective looked elsewhere for inspiration—towards Jamaican dub, German motorik, psychedelic soul, post-punk, cinematic...