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Album Review: Carpool Tunnel – Bloom; a bubbling slice of Californian indie

Carpool Tunnel are musically fluorescing with the release of their debut album Bloom. After only releasing singles since 2017, Carpool Tunnel are kicking their discography off to an encouraging start with this 60’s inspired, simplistic sounding album that…

Album Review: Spiders From Saigon Create An Instant Classic With Self Titled Album

Spiders From Saigon are a studio based hard rock band based in the North East of England. Made of 3 core members: David, Luke and Matt the album features various guest solos and…

Album review: Mike Lazarev – ‘Out Of Time’: a miniature soundtrack to an imaginary film

Mike's a man out of step with chronos maybe, but not with the muse. As with Sonic Cathedral's Cheval Sombre, who's beautiful album in a very different discipline we looked at just last week, Mike seems to have time troubling his heart; its grinding linearity, its inexorability; the way it makes you miss things, yearn for things, regret. It's a clever little record and a lovely one, too

Album Review: The Bats’ Robert Scott and Dallas Henley release low-fi home recorded delight ‘Level 4’

As the main songwriter for the wonderful The Bats, Robert Scott needs no introduction (read my recent interview with him). Scott has partnered with Dallas Henley, Scott’s co-owner of an…

Album Review: Melvins – Working With God

Rip-roaring return to form for West Coast sludge veterans on their 24th album.

Album Review: Roof Beams’ ‘This Life Must Be Long’ is a raw and graceful journey

Roof Beams have recorded an album ‘This Life Must Be Long’ filled with the most beautiful and expressive tracks. The instrumentation is delicate, the vocals raw and emotive, clever intelligent…

ALBUM REVIEW: Valley Maker – When The Day Leaves

An enjoyable, if a little lame, new album by the South Carolina songwriter

Album Review: nothing,nowhere. – Trauma Factory

Massachusetts-born rapper and singer Joe Mulherin (professionally known as nothing,nowhere.) opens a new chapter with Trauma Factory, his fourth studio album and second for Fueled by Ramen. This 15-song long…

Album review: Mapstation – ‘My Frequencies, When We’: playful, immensely thoughtful tronica

My Frequencies, When We may not flaunt its wares with garish insouciance; but like so many of the albums that end up welded to your turntable, it keeps on enticing you back for more exploration, further interaction. It occasionally raises a grin and equally occasionally, an eyebrow; it's varied in its approach yet thoroughly cohesive. It's an immensely thoughtful record

Album review: A. Smyth unveils the imposing and beautiful album ‘Last Animals’

‘Lost Animals’ by Irish artist A. Smyth has an intriguing mix of acoustic and electronic instrumentation that creates a delicate fusion between a folk songwriting tradition and more rugged indie…

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