Featuring on the cover photo for his new album, Josh Tillman looks like a visual metaphor for his last one; … More
Category: New Releases
Beach House – 7 Review
Your life can go many ways depending on the number 7: fate, chance and destiny whirl around it like cosmic … More
Soft Science – Paris/Sooner Review
From Northern California, Soft Science’s press release describes them – you can only imagine euphemistically – as “Molecular gastronomists”, when … More
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Review
When artists normally talk about exploring their creative freedom they don’t really mean it. Results are usually underwhelming: A new … More
James – Better Than That EP review
2018 has been a year for taking stock for many of us; miraculously we survived 2017 as a species, whilst … More
Josh Rouse – Love In The Modern Age Review
Nebraskan Josh Rouse has been operating at the margins of the indie-folk mainstream for almost two decades now, along the … More
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile Review
How do you solve a problem like the Manic Street Preachers, if you’re the Manic Street Preachers? Choices abound; keep … More
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins OST – Review
Everyone’s story can, with some self-effacement, be told in just a few words. Shirley Collins sums up hers pithily during … More
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
The Boxer Rebellion – Ghost Alive Review
People make music derived from all sorts of motivations, whether it’s performed in front of the mirror or a thousand … More