Earls Court, including The Edge’s own Amy Wootten, saw an eleven piece band and a menagerie of fancy dress in Arcade Fire’s lead up to their headline slot at Hyde Park this summer.
“a decent enough album, and its singles will sell by the shedload, but if I wanted bombastic 80’s indie rock, I’d go and listen to bombastic 80’s indie rock”
The Horrors — Skying Released 11th July 2011, XL Recordings Number 5 on The Edge‘s Top Albums of 2011 list is the third studio album by English post-punk band The Horrors, Skying. Released in July, the album peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Statistics: Included in the top-ten lists of 19% of…

The debut album from London five-piece, Chapel Club, is by no means an immediate grabber. It first strikes you as being rather dull, with the minimalist sound that the band adopts feeling too empty to produce anything remotely interesting. But first impressions aren’t everything. With a bit of patience, it soon becomes clear exactly how…

Tom Brewster makes this list, for some unknown reason.
In the album chart, Sam Smith has debuted at number one, knocking Coldplay off top-spot.