ALBUM REVIEW – WITCH FEVER: FEVEREATEN

Combining music genres in alternative music is very rare and, when it is done correctly, the results can be mind-blowing. Witch Fever, in their short career thus far, have always been aiming to push the boundaries of alternative music, by combining shoegaze esque soundscapes with heavier guttural vocals at times which sound like yells. Fevereaten […]
Jim Jones All Stars       Get Down ~Get With It – Jim Jones All Stars (Live)      Recorded live and pieced together by Jim Jones from live shows between 2023-2025, ‘Get Down ~Get With It’ perfectly captures the bubbling swamp curse of unholy rhythm and the frenzied fury of their live shows. The music, an intoxicating, exciting […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 24 OCTOBER 2025

ALBUM REVIEW – JESSICA MOSS: UNFOLDING

In the issue of 3 May 1982 of Libération, Serge Daney created a diagram showing different film directors in various parts of the body: Kazan, groin; DeMille, feet; Ozu, anus or bladder, etc. A year prior, as an ending paragraph of an article on Francisca by Manoel de Oliveira, he would add:  What can cinema? […]
After five years, Kevin Parker releases his fifth album ‘Deadbeat’. A chameleon when it comes to the creation of his music, as he states in an interview with Zane Lowe, “That’s always something that I get a kick out of: just shaking up expectations.”  Even with the everchanging sound, one thing stays the same; vibes […]

ALBUM REVIEW – TAME IMPALA: DEADBEAT

ALBUM REVIEW – HIGHSCHOOL: HIGHSCHOOL

The self-titled debut album by HighSchool, is not one to be ignored. Since releasing their debut EP in 2021, the pop-punk duo from Melbourne has put out hit after hit, snappy songs with an electrifying energy behind them, despite having a rather grungy and gothic sound throughout their music – a sound which so many […]
There is a strong sense of place to Cubzoa’s debut album, ‘Unfold In The Sky’. Jack Wolter takes the listener to his current home (Brighton), his previous home (the Isle of Man), Barcelona and even outer space. In comparison with the more straightforwardly shoegaze based music that he releases with his sister as Penelope Isles, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CUBZOA: UNFOLD IN THE SKY

ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: FIELD MUSIC

Reissues are an ideal opportunity to take stock and evaluate a group’s career. It is twenty years since Memphis Industries issued the first, self-titled Field Music album. Over the ensuing period, the Brewis brothers have released 21 albums, either under the band name or in various solo guises. They have racked up a Mercury nomination […]
A successful debut can often, wrongfully, define a band. It’s the blueprint of their sound, persona and everything in between. And it can unearth this hype which can haunt an artist as they move forward in their career. Pressure surmounts within the hope that what’s to come is as good as what’s been before. The […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: FROM THE PYRE

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 OCTOBER 2025

Ko Shin Moon  Sin         From their Paris studio, Ko Shin Moon create otherworldly, hybrid melodies where psychedelia meets space disco to thrilling effect. Mozart Estate                 Tower Block In A Jam Jar          Lawrence says: “This is an album for people who have never heard Mozart Estate or Go-Kart Mozart before – it’s for people who […]
Circa Waves complete the final piece to the puzzle with the second half of their upcoming double album Death & Love. The indie-rock veterans are now six albums deep and have the experience to create a record with deep emotional terrain where the themes of morality and connection intersect. Death & Love relishes its raw […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CIRCA WAVES: DEATH & LOVE PT.2