Album Reviews
EP Review: Moscow Apartment – Better Daughter
The delicate fragility of the music and the achingly beautiful melodies that permeate ‘Better Daughter’ by Toronto duo Moscow Apartment plays a fundamental part in why this EP is so good. It is not, however, all that there is. Lyrically and in attitude, the band, despite its youth, is far deeper and more complex than …
SEE: California COMEDOWN by Geno Carrapetta
Full of reminiscence and nostalgia for an epic Californian road trip, making memories on the beach.
Say Psych: Album Review: Mugstar & Damo Suzuki Live @ The Invisible Wind Factory
The Weird Beard are set to release something rather special, a live recording of Mugstar & Damo Suzuki recorded at the Invisible Wind Factory in Liverpool in 2018. The vinyl set for release on 14 July will be limited to 500, with 300 pressed on random ‘eco vinyl’ & 200 on an exclusive coloured variant only …
Say Psych: Album Review: Par Asito – Singularity
Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, Par Ásito merge space rock and noise exploration. Usually driven as a power trio, although this may vary depending on where the show takes place, Par Ásito’s music is aimed to provoke changes in the micro cosmos of the guts. This week they release their fourth LP Singularity on Dirty Filthy …
Say Psych: Album Review: Holy Wave – Interloper
Holy Wave, originally from El Paso, Texas but now situated in Austin in order to pursue their own vision of Texas psych, they offer sweet melodies dyed in carefully constructed noise. The band have cemented themselves as a staple force in the international scene, with key performances at Levitation, Desert Daze, and nearly every psych gathering …
EP REVIEW: The Ricos – ‘Spirit State’
PHILADELPHIA’S languid, lofi outfit The Ricos is the brainchild of artist Joseph (Joe) B. Purcell. The band rose from the ashes of Purcell’s past projects with the intention to provide fuzz-ridden indie-pop, on which Joe’s vision is fleshed out by multi-instrumentalist/producer Connor Wynne and local human drum machine Daniel Fisk-Kallish. And their first steps into …
ALBUM REVIEW: On Sunset by Paul Weller
A gum-chewing Paul Weller cruising along a Californian coast road in an open top muscle car… the perfect personification of his 15th solo studio album, ‘On Sunset.’
Album Review: Simon Jefferis – Vibrations
Brixton based polymath Simon Jefferis returns to rising label DeepMatter with his debut LP ‘Vibrations’. From the golden era energies of ‘Back 2 Ours’ featuring Austin’s Abhi The Nomad, through to the silky smooth melodies of ‘White Rabbit’ (featuring the incredible Rosie Lowe on vocals) and shoulder swaying rhythms of ‘Something In The Water’, ‘Vibrations’ …
EP Review: Rex – Rex
The filthy, dirty, squawling guitars in ‘Punk por Buleria’, the closing track to Dutch band Rex‘s eponymous EP, epitomises why this band is so special and rare. ‘Rex’ (the EP) is raw and visceral – carnal even – dealing with themes of desolation, loneliness and survival on a bed of delirious and wildly intoxicating music. …
ALBUM REVIEW: Aārp – ‘Propaganda’
MAKE no mistake, the debut album from classically trained experimentalist Aārp has serious conceptual intent. Entitled Propaganda, and out now on Paris-Lyon-Berlin imprint InFiné, it is pointedly political. The title is predicated on the media portrayal of death of Steve Canico, the French techno fan found drowned after an altercation with police at a festival …