Delorentos are a Dublin based four piece releasing their debut UK album. Having already debuted at number two in the Irish charts back in 2009, YOU CAN MAKE SOUND finds the quartet hoping to repeat some of that success over here.

With a story involving early chart-topping success in Ireland, the collapse of record label Pinnacle, their lead singer Ronan walking out and returning and support slots with bands like the Arctic Monkeys, Supergrass and The Dave Matthews Band; Delorentos have had a somewhat rocky road to where they are today.

For all the drama and triumphs though, the music that Delorentos make all seems a little trivial and average in comparison. This isn't to say the Irish four piece aren't competent and decent enough, it's just that what they do seems very over familiar and played out; all chest thumping indie rock in the vein of Snow Patrol, Editors and The Killers, anthemic rockers with just the hint of an electro dance influence fueling the musical fire.

New single SECRET is released ahead of the forthcoming album and gives a chance to make up your on mind.

SECRET sees Delorentos mining the U2 meets Coldplay musical ground, sprinkling a little New Order-ish electro to the mix, but keeping things firmly rooted in the earnest and anthemic.

Too over familiar sounding and derivative to ever really transcend the ordinary, SECRET is mired in the average and ordinary, decent enough but hardly special or unique; Delorentos sound in desperate need of some personality or spark to stand out amongst the pack here.

Released ahead of their forthcoming GOOD AS GOLD long player, six piece Swedish outfit Petter & The Pix give a taster with new single NEVER NEVER here.

Brother of Pontus Winnberg of Bloodshy & Avant who worked on Britney Spear's Toxic, Petter is an Icelandic based musician whose band is made up of school friends and members of Mum and Gusgus. Following debut album EASILY TRICKED in 2008, GOOD AS GOLD is Petter & The Pix latest opus.

NEVER NEVER is an infectious sounding single that straddles that oh so fine line between the annoying and the catchy with its naggingly delirious “la la la la la la la” melodies running throughout the song; echoes of the Kaiser Chiefs Na Na Na Na Naa and the Gorillaz 19-2000.

Perhaps not the kind of thing to stand up to prolonged listens, NEVER NEVER is catchy pop in a summery, throwaway kind of way, but definitely the sort of song that will soon start to grate on your nerves after one too many airings.
Still, as delirious indie pop singles go, NEVER NEVER is buoyantly infectious sounding stuff and certainly leaves you hungry to hear more from Petter & The Pix.

Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro are a band who've come a long way since their scrappy, scruffy alt rock beginnings back in 1995. With the release of ONLY REVOLUTIONS, the Kilmarnock trio's fifth album, Biffy Clyro have undoubtedly unleashed their most bombastic, epic and melodic concoction to date; a record equal parts U2 and Dinosaur Jr, an album where bold orchestral surges blend effortlessly with noisy guitar bursts, all the while buoyed by euphoric and triumphant choruses.  Teamed up with mega rock producer Garth Richardson and Nirvana mixer Andy Wallace, ONLY REVOLUTIONS is the sound of Biffy Clyro staking their claim as rocks never huge thing, stadium rocking mega stars on the verge of that massive breakthrough.

Opener THE CAPTAIN swiftly alerts you that Biffy Clyro mean business this time round, an infectious, urgent sounding song that lodges itself into your brain within seconds; front man Simon Neil crooning impossibly catchy sounding melodies whilst orchestral flourishes surge bombastically in the background giving the impression that this is the musical equivalent of a summer blockbuster movie. THAT GOLDEN RULE proves that the band can still rock out with the best of them, heavy riffs bombarding your senses and thunderous drum beats cracking your skull, Biffy Clyro unleashing echoes of that rambunctious alt rock that first heralded their arrival in 1995. With surprising time shifts and another orchestral explosion though, the band in 2009 are a defiantly more polished, accomplished and assured deal, confidence and experience brimming through in every note struck and melody sung.

BUBBLES is another euphorias sounding rock anthem, all chest beating melodies, cascading choruses and crashing guitar blasts, the midway guitar onslaught in particular prompting a certain indie rock-gasm for those of a certain bent. The more subdued GOD AND SATAN does away with the bombast for a spell, acoustic guitars and militaristic drum patterns building beneath Simon Neil's Scottish croon; a brass section adding to the magic.

With MOUNTAINS, it's satisfyingly effective business as usual from the band, a pleasingly euphoric sounding song that shows Biffy Clyro continue to move in defiantly epic rock directions, the “I am the mountain/I am the sea” chorus just begging to be chanted at stadiums worldwide come the summer months. SHOCK SHOCK, BOOOOOM, BLAST AND RUIN and CLOUD OF STINK are further examples of Biffy Clyro's confidence and sense of melodic urgency; the band belting out self assured alt rocking goodness, their amalgamation of the best parts of U2, Foo Fighters and Dinosaur Jr resulting in a thrilling joy ride for the senses.
MANY OF HORROR is another more subdued, gentle break in proceedings, a much more introspective and pretty sounding entry to ONLY REVOLUTIONS track listing, shades of Snow Patrol in the mix of the delicate and the anthemic. It's in this vein that KNOW YOUR QUARRY and WHORSES closes up the album, songs that mix the more gentle with the epic, slower building affairs that reveal yet another string to Biffy Clyro's already impressive bow.

ONLY REVOLUTIONS is a defiantly self assured and confident sounding album from Biffy Clyro, this a band sounding primed and ready to take the next step into stadium rocking stardom; a collection of anthemic, epic and bombastic songs full of urgency and euphoric intent. Definitely Biffy Clyro's most cohesive and satisfying release to date, ONLY REVOLUTIONS is a winner.

Sound Of Guns are a Liverpool based indie rock outfit bashing out spirited and anthemic rock tunes that imagine Echo and the Bunnymen colliding headfirst into U2, with a dash of Springsteen and The Replacements thrown in there for added messy rock n roll spirit.

ALCATRAZ is the first single to be released from their forthcoming debut album and sees the band teaming up with producer/mixer Chris Potter of U2 and The Verve fame.

ALCATRAZ is a bold and brash statement of intent from Sound Of Guns, the Liverpool band unleashing an anthemic and melodic slice of rock here that just screams out to be blasted from radios and stadiums up and down the country. Sing along melodies and crashing choruses combined with crunching guitar histrionics ensure that Sound Of Guns make just the right kind of musical splash here, ALCATRAZ definitely the kind of thing likely to expose this band to very big things. Coupled with an equally explosive and anthemic flip side in the shape of KNOTS, Sound Of Guns make a fantastic noise here.

Dublin based outfit The Brothers Movement are a band who've already released a highly praised debut album in late 2009, garnering plaudits from the likes of Irish Hot Press and NME. Lifted from that record, new single the double A side, BLIND / SISTER certainly exposes what all the fuss has been about.

Unleashing a slow burning intensity that borrows from the likes of Elbow, Doves and The Verve, The Brothers Movement deal in similarly brooding yet ultimately euphoric musical territory; the melodies gently anthemic, the guitars dramatically shifting from acoustic folkism to skyrocketing arcs and the drums moving in militaristic directions throughout.

BLIND is a brooding opener here, The Brothers Movement sounding like spiritual successors to The Verve as soulful vocals scuff up against cascading guitar histrionics, the whole thing benefiting from a gradual build that ultimately culminates in an epic, anthemic climax that almost takes you by surprise. SISTER feels like a gospel take on The Beatles, timeless melodies blended with a soulful musical backdrop, The Brothers Movement sharing a certain musical comradeship with some of Primal Screams more laid back moments on the likes of Screamadelica and Give Out But Don't Give In.

An impressive and important sounding release from The Brothers Movement, BLIND / SISTER feels like the start of something truly special, this a band expertly cross weaving the brooding, soulful, uplifting and melancholic. Like all the best singles, this is one that leaves you salivating to hear more.