London-based but Australian-born rockers Capelle look set to shoot straight to stardom following the release of their full length studio album Crooked Deluxe on March 5th 2012. It’s being released in conjunction with a documentary film about their recent exploits in a rented RV, travelling from Las Vegas to New York, set to be screened at several international Film Festivals.

Thoroughly electronic and what I can only think of as the 'sci-fi' of the music world. Combining the sounds of the Chemical Brothers and the Afro Cult Sound System, whose influence can be noticed at times during this album, although with limited 'vocals' and the same series of electronic tones in every piece, resulting in an album which lacks variation.

Some reviewers would probably classify this as 'experimental', however this completely electronic and repetitive sound was probably overdone in the '90s, rendering the term 'experimental' ineffectual. It sounds like the mixers and producers are trying to add an alternative angle by using ever so slightly eerie vocals in places, but it has just all been done before and, perhaps tellingly, was never hugely popular among a widespread audience.

Most people would quite rightly associate electronic music with the '80s, however the difference between those unforgettable '80s hits and this '90s reminiscent 'trance'-type electronic music is that the '80s songs were just that – songs – not just a series of electronic beats and sounds put together with the intermittent computer generated noises I would hesitate to call 'vocals'.

I know there must be people, remnants of the bygone Trance era, out there who would willingly listen to Filterwolf and enjoy it, so all I can say to them is if you like what I can only term 'electro-funk', you may want to  give Filterwolf a chance and a listen, even after reading this review.

You can sense when a band are truly special sometimes, especially when their debut single manages to floor you on first listen, like was the case with PLANET from post-rockers Kyte. An epic, majestic take on swooning post-rock, PLANET was seven minutes of pure sonic bliss; subdued and beautiful in places, searching and angst-ridden in others. Equal parts Doves, Slint, Mogwai and Sigur Ros, Kyte weave spidery guitar lines across a landscape of militaristic drum patters and gorgeous piano chords.