Category: Music
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ALBUM REVIEW: Frightened Rabbit – Painting of a Panic Attack
It has become far too common for bands to talk about a “reinvention” while on the promotional trail before a new record is released, only for them to have repeated themselves with a few minor tweaks, or to have done the exact opposite and to have thrown away what their fans loved about their previous…
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TRACK REVIEW: Pema – Something Less
Further contributing to the tapestry she started weaving over on My Intentions Are Good, pop up and comer Pema has become more musically ambitious on an non-aptly named track Something Less. A collaboration with LAZ3NBY, another moniker using artist who happens to be Matt Hines of Eastern Sea fame, Pema has managed to diversify her sound even further,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
A well-documented obstacle in the music industry is the dreaded second-album and after listening to any great debut album, it is often hard to wonder anything other than if it can be matched, never mind improved on. However for me, there is an even greater pressure on a band’s third album, the album that will…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
Heart and Soul drives this Gospel Rap encrusted gem “Blessings keep falling on my lap” Chance The Rapper wistfully chimes and he couldn’t put it any better on his first proper foyer into mainstream territory. Acid Rap blew up and got him a shit-load of attention which he hasn’t let go to waste with Coloring Book, a bombastic…
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ALBUM REVIEW: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a dreamy band. Not in the way that your mum thought Johnny Depp was dreamy in A Nightmare On Elm Street, but also kind of exactly like that. The Melbourne born band have been pulling absolute crackers of albums out their collective arse regularly since 2012, with the…
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GIG REVIEW: Yuck @ Broadcast
Putting on a performance that went down better than the price of a vodka mix on a Saturday night, shoegaze Londoners Yuck traversed any pitfalls that comes with playing in such an intimate venue. Glasgow’s Broadcast offers very little moving space as the band members practically have the audience breathing down their necks. Thankfully, any…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Crystal Shipsss – Holly
Starting off as a solo project, Dane Jacob Faurholt has managed to recruit some budding new members over the years to create Crystal Shipsss, a band sticking their fingers in many pies and it’s debatable whether or not it’s too many. The act were brimming with potential but fell short on it whenever their self…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Death Grips – Bottomless Pit
Dwelling into what made your glory days so, well, glorious can be a dangerous task: pull it off and fans will see you as a perfectionist, fail and others will assume you’ve ran out of ideas. Thankfully it’s the former for Sacramento hip hop, rock act Death Grips, a band whose delivery of music has been…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Band Adulthood – a term coined in an interview in the back catalogues of music aficionados Pitchfork. In layman’s terms, a band’s adulthood is when they’ll start to release albums that, for the average listener, is passable but for the devotees is another milestone in their favourite band’s discography. This is usually around the time…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Skepta – Konnichiwa
Managing to stand strong after critics called Grime’s second wind a passing fad, Skepta has proved everyone wrong on his fourth LP, solidifying himself and the genre as a cornerstone of British music. “We ain’t seen nuttin’ like this happen before. Who’s seen the country flip on its head like this, fam?” says fellow grime…
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