Tag: Album Review
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ALBUM REVIEW: HOVVDY – Taster
Blame my appreciation of anything the slightest bit moody or my unfiltered love of music that resembles American Football’s atmospheric debut but HOVVDY are without a doubt the best act to have came out in 2016 so far. While they’ve been creating tracks for two years now, the release of Taster, their debut album, the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Deftones – Gore
Gore is certainly a hostile LP though it is one that finds brief moments of tranquility, making sure that listeners don’t become desensitised to the band’s heavy hitting music and lyrics. As frontman Chino Moreno put it, it’s not a happy record but it’s not a completely angry record either. Saying that a metal record sounds…
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EP REVIEW: Death Grips – Interview 2016
Reviewing a release from Death Grips is never easy. The biggest challenge with the Sacramento hip hop act isn’t the music itself but how it’s delivered, sometimes in a conventional fashion, other times leaked by the band themselves. So it isn’t surprising that we have Interview 2016 on our hands whilst waiting for the much…
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Came To Expect
The number one rule for races is to never use up all your energy at once. For the Miles Kane and Alex Turner duo The Last Shadow Puppets, their latest album is a marathon they’ve been preparing for the better part of 8 years and they’ve not been sitting on their arses while waiting. Miles…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Weezer – Weezer (White Album)
Weezer really do love naming their albums after themselves, don’t they? From their humble beginnings on their eponymously titled debut, referred to as the blue album, the L.A act have released three other albums with the same title, each as different as the next. However, on their latest use of self titling, this time called…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
Controversial rapper provides a living, breathing messy piece of art A common comment about any artist is that they’re not what they used to be, whether or not it’s a criticism depends on your own interpretation. In the Hip-Hop genre though it’s often a way to slate a rapper who has went against his original sound or…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jake Bellissimo – Piece Of Ivy
Artists creating content under monikers isn’t anything new but seeing a musician go by the name of “gay angel” is eye catching to say the least. While most artificial names musicians will use are only skin deep, Jake Bellissimo’s use of the title is a perfect indication of the music he provides: wonderfully blissful and, if…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kid North – New Waters
French pop trio deliver an album dripping with synth pop greatness In most album reviews, the first couple of paragraphs are spent describing the act, their influences etc. before displaying even a hint of the writer’s opinion on the music in question. Fuck that though because what we have here is an album that exceeded…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ZAYN – Mind of Mine
Former One Direction member hits out with a mediocre debut lacking in creativity or charm Is it a criminal offence to leave a boy-band and not have to follow it up with a solo effort? At the age of 23, Zayn Malik probably has less of an inkling to settle down in a nice bungalow in the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made
Hip hop chart toppers deliver a divisive release that goes off with a whimper rather than a bang. Just as Kendrick Lamar is the golden child of Hip Hop who can do no wrong in the eyes of many, Macklemore is the polar opposite: a man that receives a lot of flack and whose name…
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