Tag: new music
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TRACK REVIEW: Love by Lana Del Rey
By Nicola Roy (@circaslaves) If anybody is likely to disappear for two years and re-appear with a new image, single and with zero promotion whatsoever (and have it be a success), it’s Lana Del Rey. Since her fourth album Honeymoon was released in 2015, everyone’s favourite queen of sadness has been somewhat quiet, aside from her…
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TRACK REVIEW: Slide by Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)
Written by Andrew Barr (@weeandreww) One of the world’s biggest DJ’s and collaborators, a reclusive R&B crooner and a rapidly-ascending hip-hop trio slide together on a pop song hand-crafted for summer, about Pablo Picasso. When Slide opens with a piano melody and a pitch-shifted vocal, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re listening to a…
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3WW by Alt-J REVIEW
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Logs crisply burn as the intro to Alt-J‘s comeback single begins to unravel. The London alt-rock outfit has returned with 3WW, displaying the power the band possesses to make the most miscellaneous of sounds become a gateway to a mystic land. 2014’s This Is All Yours was a beautiful albeit flawed demonstration of…
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TRACK REVIEW: Sweet White – Lovers
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Showing themselves as an act who like to spend time working on their craft rather than rushing it out, Sweet White have returned with a brand-spanking new single named Lovers. Following up the success of Genine, which you can read more about here, the five or so months in the lab has…
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TRACK REVIEW: Resolute – Walk With Me
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Hailing from the mystic land of the ice and snow, most commonly known as the West Midlands, Resolute mark a shift that’s become more apparent in music as of late which is a move towards incorporating other genres in order to revive the carcuses. With other genres starting to stagnate, no name…
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So far, so good? New Mac DeMarco tracks REVIEWED
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Having appeased the appetite of hungry fans with his Another One mini album in 2015, Mac DeMarco has announced details for his course. This Old Dog, the peculiar lo-fi rocker’s follow up to 2014’s critically lauded Salad Days, is set to drop on May 5th via Captured Records and DeMarco has…
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TRACK REVIEW: Vistas – Feel Alive
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) It seems like one of Scotland’s hottest up and coming acts has taken on the mantra of “new year, new me” with their latest single. Yes, Vistas, who just a few months ago delivered their first EP Medicine that I said cements their bright future, have come out with Feel Alive which,…
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The XX – I See You ALBUM REVIEW
Incorporating all the talents each member brings to the table with new innovations to their well established bittersweet formula, The XX return from their hiatus sounding just as refreshing as they did back in 2009. By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Soft spoken and introverted, the international success of The XX back in 2009 was somewhat an anomaly…
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Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3 ALBUM REVIEW
And the crowd goes… By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) The Los Angeles riots in 1992, fueled by the beating of African-American taxi driver Rodney King and the subsequent acquittal of the four police officers who took part in the despicable crime, is an event that more than 20 years after it occurred hits too close to home…
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TRACK REVIEW: Wolf At The Door channel emo influences on Every Day Today
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) While the name, as well as the twitter bio, of this English rock outfit may lead you into thinking that the act would be hitting out with face melting riffs right out of the gate, the result is quite the contrary. Wolf At The Door, a relatively unknown act from the depths…
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