ALBUM REVIEW: Snowpoet – Wait for Me; Chamber folk-jazz duo return with absorbing album
Third album for the London-based chamber-jazz pair
EP: Hallucination reveal the destructive Hardcore punk of Hallucination EP
Destructive, defiant, devious, and D-beat – Philadelphia’s Hallucination take a smashing first step with their self-titled EP consisting of five songs (including the 37 second intro track) that stake their claim in the mania of gutter punk. Sticking to the raw cohesion of destructive impulses with a slightly metallic underflow, it calls back to the …
See: Jay Smallz and India Rose collaborate on ‘Do it’ Remix; watch new accompanying video
Check out the visual supplement to Smallz’s strip cub anthem ‘Do It’ today. This offering features a great verse from fellow New Jersey MC India Rose, elevating the track unquestionably. Utilising the tried and tested flute over distorted bass-kick combo, this track deserves some real spotlight this year. The remix was initially released on streaming …
Album Review: Various Artists – Judas And The Black Messiah: The Inspired Album
As a standalone album – which is how I’m viewing it, having not seen the film – it’s a good album. Sometimes that’s all you need to know, but you can also see the scaffolding for it to be more than that, and that’s something to look forward to. Having the blanks filled in. Without that context, maybe a 7.5 with room to grow
ALBUM REVIEW: Another Michael – New Music and Big Pop
A cheerful and endearing debut Lp by the emo-ish Philly band
Track: YUNGMORPHEUS unveils new single ‘Sovereignty’ from forthcoming album
Go and stream stream this track today, if you have time. This has a relaxing, soulful instrumental paralleled with tranquil lyricism, not shying away from some bleak dialogue also. The record is also blessed with ceremonial strings and R&B samples ringing under braggadocios bars. The joint is produced by Ewonee, and teases the release of …
Track: Genesis Owusu reveals video for new single, Gold Chains
I’m very tempted to twin this single release in with his performance on Triple J’s Like a Version, so… I’m gonna. What you always know you’re getting from Genesis Owusu is diversity in the sounds he draws on, but something he does just as well is executing and committing to these styles, every time he …
Track: Total Massacre release the blistering hardcore punk of ‘Pro-Life Death Cult’
In the past few years, Los Angeles’ Total Massacre have been waving the flag of socio-political lyrical infiltration for the punk rock paradigm. With two albums at their fans’ retrieval, the latest being The System Works… from 2019, they have taken in part of releasing a slew of singles since then. While there is no hint to …
Album Review: Plague Weaver- Ascendant Blasphemy
Black metal and doom metal– as ruggedly different as these subgenres are, when combined correctly they can make for an articulate creation. Reigning among the metal community in Mississauga, Ontario for the past few years, Plague Weaver have ruminated throughout the scene with a collection of tracks supplemented in two EPs– Through the Sulfur Eyes …
News: Enter Shikari announce charity t-shirt collab with St Albans FC, alongside lockdown video
Electro-rock titans Enter Shikari have announced a t-shirt collaboration with their local hometown football team St Albans City FC. All profits from the sales are being split between the St Albans & District Foodbank in Hertfordshire, and the Fans Supporting Foodbanks charity in Liverpool, Merseyside. From the beginning of our partnership with SACFC, the main focus …