Album Review: LA Guns – Renegades
Renegades is the brand new album from L.A. Guns, out on Friday, 13 November, 2020, through Golden Robot Records. Not to get bogged down in the line ups and who is the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Denison Witmer – ‘American Foursquare’: soothing Philadelphia folk
Asthmatic Kitty announces a physical release for the soothing new album by PA songwriter
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ALBUM REVIEW: Urlaub in Polen – ‘All’: welcome and surprise return of fine krautrock pair
This unexpected album from German duo Urlaub im Polen has arrived eight years after they originally disbanded. Back and bolder than ever, All marks an ambitious comeback from the pair - it's a collection of warped, electronic Krautrock.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Gabriel Ólafs – ‘Absent Minded Reworks’: Icelandic piano prodigy receives very fine electronica rerubs
ICELANDIC composer and pianist Gabríel Ólafs – who wrote his debut LP, Absent Minded, aged just 14 – is always happy to offer his beautiful music for reinterpretation – by…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Scrimshire – ‘Believers Vol.1’: eclectic soul-jazz bliss that’ll wash you clean
Among all the circumstantial dirt and viral grime and societal schisming of 2020, hearing Believers Vol. 1 is like having your brain washed and massaged
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ALBUM REVIEW: Various Artists – Selva Selects: Thunder Claps: a year in Quantic’s superb new imprint
Selva Selects: Thunder Claps wins big in touching on so many tangents in the world of music, da funk, da disco, Latin, electro: it's so eclectic, but it all works because Quantic is like a dowsing rod for a great tune. He's the constant, the overseer, the constant thread, and this compilation is the absolute mustard. Year-end podium position tackle.
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EP Review: Kitten Heel – I Love You Too, Man
‘I Love You Too, Man’, the new EP from Wollongong band Kitten Heel is sublime. Sweeping waves of synth and driving rhythms underpin cool and studied vocals resulting in a…
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Album Review: The Finalists release their warm and enveloping debut album First
Sydney supergroup The Finalists have just released their debut album ‘First’ and it is a delight. Nine tracks that feature the most jangling and sparkling of guitars – six strings,…
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Album Review: The Cribs – ‘Night Network’: their best yet?
Replete with unparalleled displays of riff-age. Riddled with lyrical honesty. An uncompromising garage-punk production. Each of The Cribs’ releases has honed these and other facets with increasing skill and, as…
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