Album Reviews
Album Review: Lavinia Blackwall – Muggington Lane End
Moving on from a treasured band when you were pivotal to their sound is a difficult manoeuvre in music. Nearly two years after leaving the pioneering psych-folk explorers Trembling Bells, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Lavinia Blackwall has taken that very step and made it look easy. Her debut solo album ‘Muggington Lane End ‘(released on 1st …
ALBUM REVIEW: Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open
Car Seat Headrest – helmed by ridiculously talented and prolific songwriter Will Toledo – release much anticipated album “Making a Door Less Open” today, on Matador Records. It’s their first set of brand new songs since 2016’s awesome “Teens Of Denial” and for long-time Car Seat Headrest fans it will be both a challenging and …
Album Review: Joan As Police Woman – Cover Two
Of course, she has form for this before. 2009’s Covers record saw Joan Wasser, aka Joan as Police Woman interpret some of her favourite songs from artists as diverse as Hendrix, Public Enemy, Bowie, Sonic Youth and T.I.. With the release of Cover Two, out this Friday (May 1st via PIAS) her selections remain as …
Album Review: Fake Names – “Fake Names”
Due for release on Epitaph Records May 8th, this debut album seems to have been on everybody’s radar since the the sharing of two teasing little snippets were unleashed, one early this year the sublime “Brick” and the other very recently in the form of the brilliant “First Everlasting” So getting to give this the …
Album Review: Lunar Twin – Ghost Moon Ritual
For a duo with members in Hawaii and Utah, Lunar Twin have perfectly captured a glacial Arctic chill with deep dark gothic trimmings in their glorious album ‘Ghost Moon Ritual’. With a mix of The Mission-like thunder, a Leonard Cohen/Nick Cave delivery and a Massive Attack trip-hop bedrock, this is a divine collision of the …
Album Review: Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
We’ve long been fans of Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet and so we waited with baited breath for the Mercury-Music nominated artist to reveal his fifth album ‘I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep’, out this Friday 1st May via Play It Again Sam. Written and recorded in London and featuring more of the alt-rock …
Album Review: R.A. The Rugged Man – All my heroes are dead
R.A. The Rugged Man, the rap moniker and alter-ego of Long Island, New York native R.A. Thorburn, is the kind of guy who arrives early to a party, and leaves late. He drinks too much and pukes in the bathroom. When no one is looking, he jerks off in the punch and then giggles in …
Album Review: RVG – Feral
Melbourne band RVG (Romy Vager Group), in their second album ‘Feral’, have somehow managed to coalesce all that is great in the Australian indie scene – past and present – to produce what is in my opinion one of the best global releases in recent years. Hyperbole? Have a listen. You can detect all that …
Say Psych: Album Review: Sei Still – Sei Still
Though their taut, driving motoric music might scream of 70’s West Germany, Sei Still are, in from Mexico City. Their machine-like sonic experimentations emerging not out acid-fuelled jam sessions in some underground communal space tucked away in this or that German city but, instead, three friends taking a random trip to desolate Mexican woodland to …
Album Review: Cassowary – Cassowary
Following hot on the heels of the new Thundercat album ‘It is what it is’ it just in terms of timing but style as well (and quality as well, let’s get that out there), with a new name, Cassowary, aka 25 year old Miles Shannon. He’s got form though, from playing piano on Childhood friend …