It’s taken some thinking time by former Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie to be sure, but after obsessively making new music … More
Category: New Releases
Novelty Island – How Are Coping With This Century? review
Similarly to those from it’s near neighbour Manchester, musicians from Liverpool face a choice early on; embrace your home city’s … More
W.H.Lung – Vanities review
In the past they used to talk about things being ‘in the water’ when exceptional stuff happened in specific places, … More
Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic review
Public Service Broadcasting tend to elicit one of two reactions from the general listening population, their edutainment high concept always … More
Amyl & The Sniffers – Comfort To Me review
You took your lockdown(s) as you could; circumstances, strains and outcomes varied. For Amyl & The Sniffers it meant a … More
Big Red Machine – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? review
Maybe Aaron Dessner’s Instagram account doesn’t have “Just for fun. DM for collabs” as it’s bio, but perhaps it should. … More
The Bronx – VI review
“One more time, your shitty few-cha!” screeched Matt Caughthran, The Bronx’s leather-throated singer on Shitty Future, one of the (Many) … More
Saint Etienne – I’ve Been Trying To Tell You review
Surely there are few countries in the world that enjoy looking at themselves through the past’s flattering lense more than … More
Steve Gunn – Other You review
For Steve Gunn life is best kept simple. Once a member of Kurt Vile’s backing band and then launching a … More
Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament review
“How could four become so strong/Yet break and leave too soon” closes ‘Still Snowing in Sapporo’, the opening track on … More