Album Reviews
Album Review: Paramore – After Laughter
It’s been a good four years since Paramore released any new music to the world and with a few member changes (including ex-drummer Zac Farro re-joining the band); they’re back and as strong as they’ve ever been. Opening track Hard Times has been doing the rounds for a few weeks now; the jaunty sound to …
Say Psych: Album Review: White Hills – Stop Mute Defeat
Rating: 8/10 White Hills have re-evaluated their approach to creating music to incorporate the dismal reality of the current climate. Garnering a reputation for an ever evolving sound, Dave W. and Ego Sensation have unabashedly produced an industrially-charged record that pulsates unlike anything they have released before. Stop Mute Defeat is to be released on …
Album Review: The Radiophonic Workshop – Burials in Several Earths
Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential early proponents of electronic music and soundtrack architects are back with an evocative suite of synth improvisations. This is the first new music by the Workshop to see a commercial release since 1985 but it was well worth the wait, so lets hear from the source of what this …
Album Review : Mac Demarco’s ‘This Old Dog’
Mac Demarco is a hard one to put your finger on. On his last two albums 2 and Salad Days there was a definitely this vibe of a true blue singer/songwriter. He could put together these breezy, carefree tunes that brought to mind Harry Nilsson, Jonathan Richman, and even Cat Stevens. But there was this …
Album Review: San Cisco – The Water
San Cisco return with their eagerly awaited third album “The Water”, following the tracks “Slo Mo” and “Hey, Did I Do You Wrong”. It’s the follow up to their smash “Gracetown” which reached #2 in the Australian charts in 2015. The band (Jordi Davieson, Scarlett Stevens, Josh Biondillo and Nick Gardner) have toured extensively in …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Gluts – Estasi
The Gluts have emerged from the depths of Milan to release their second LP Estasi on Fuzz Club Records. The album released on 5th May is the follow up to their debut album Warsaw which was released in 2014 and the quartet have already released a number of piercing teasers including first single ‘Squirrel’, a …
Album Review: Motionless In White- Graveyard Shift
Halloween’s biggest advocates are back- Motionless In White are here; a wealth of their trademark macabre in tow, along with their fourth full length album. Graveyard Shift indeed does see Chris Motionless and co. visit sounds on paths they’ve not tread before- but ultimately it proves to the world that Motionless In White can still do …
Album Review: Colin Stetson – All This I Do For Glory
Well, this is some way from “a man shouting into a hoover bag full of saxophones”. I can’t remember who described one of the tracks from Stetson’s ‘New History Warfare: Vol 3’ in that way, but it had me scooting down the record shop. It was an accurate description of one of the tracks (Stetson …
Album Review: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist
Returning with more collective style indie-pop are sometime Pitchfork darlings of the noughties “Clap Your Hands Say Yeah”. Alec Ounsworth and associates are back, with their fifth album “The Tourist”. Initial impressions being that it’s a touch funkier than before, “Am I The pilot or Am I the Tourist?” is a particularly strong opener, …
Album Review: Alex G – My Life On The Internet
Whilst an album of covers may not be something you’d expect a review on, the first thing to mention is that the best definition of a great cover song is doing something different, to put your own spin on it and make it your own. Alex G is an artist that has always strived for putting her own …