A Karen-O style vocal prowl feeds off caustically winding riffs to show up the new wave pitch of a band who boasts a front lady, Shingai Shoniwa with possibly the widest and most commanding female range in this modern era, to set up opener 'Don't Give Up'.   Full text...

It's a conventional line-up of guitar, bass and drums powering the Noisettes, but you'd think they were playing industrial cleaning machines, so ear-scouring is their sound.  Full text...

If you'd gone down to the Muse gig last year, you'd have been in for a big surprise. If you'd gone down to the Muse gig last year, you should have gone early (and in disguise). For every band that ever there was, should have a support act as good as this lot, and today's the day The Noisettes have their album out.  Full text...

Thank Christ for The Noisettes then, who’ve gone and made a spangly pearl necklace of a debut that drips with more positive mental attitude than Sting having a tantric wank. And that’s the stickiest sentence you’ll read all year.  Full text...