ALBUM REVIEW – SUNYEARS: THE SONG FORLORN

“I look at peers of mine I’ve worked with, like James Yorkston or Robert Forster, and those guys are auteurs, with a clear identity. They know exactly what they want to do. But, myself, I felt a little bit lost.” Peter Morén recounts the musical crossroads he reached after Peter Bjorn and John placed themselves […]
The 1990s was a halcyon time for adventurous guitar led music. Beyond the obvious American candidates such as Slint, Polvo and Trumans Water, there was a host of UK bands who were pushing the format to its limits. It was easy to overlook Prolapse in this category as the first thing that leaps out when […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PROLAPSE: I WONDER WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO DESTROY YOUR FACE

ALBUM REVIEW – MARISSA NADLER: NEW RADIATIONS

It is easy to perceive the criticisms that could be levelled at ‘New Radiations’. Undeniably, it is glacially one-paced while the absence of percussion makes it unlikely to inspire its listeners to dance or send them out into the world feeling euphoric. However, there is a more powerful flipside to that critique. The similarities between […]
“I’m outside with lily eyes”. Labels. They’re everywhere. They are a part of you, me, the cafes that you walk by and the people that you see day in day out. Everything and everyone has a label. But why? When each facet of our life is so different, so intrinsic, so innate, is something lost […]

ALBUM REVIEW – NO JOY: BUGLAND

ALBUM REVIEW – MGK: LOST AMERICANA

After two decades in the game, you’d think MGK wouldn’t have much left to say. The first time the world heard of him, he was another white rapper who grew up on the streets and wanted to make a name for himself. Due to his talent, he was quickly pitted against Eminem, resulting in the […]
Blending garage rock and blues, The Thing return with ‘The Thing’. A constant roll-out of albums the band show no sign of stopping now. Stemming from New York and consisting of members Jack Bradley (guitar/ vocals), Zane Accord (bass/vocals, Michael Carter (guitar/vocals) and Lucas Ebeling (drums). Influenced by different things but merging them together to […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE THING: THE THING

ALBUM REVIEW – THE ROYSTON CLUB: SONGS FOR THE SPINE

When ‘Shaking Hips and Crashing Cars’ released in 2023, there was an immediate sense that Wrexham quartet, ‘The Royston Club’ are going places, with sold out venues across the UK and a wide cult following, the longing for new music was loud and clear from fans and critics alike. And it was finally matched when […]
Magic Of The Sale is the second album by Texas’ Teethe. I haven’t heard the debut yet, so I went into this record completely blind. Slowcore is a genre built around wistful, restless songs to lay awake spiralling to and that’s a feeling Magic Of The Sale bottles and captures at its most pure and […]

ALBUM REVIEW – TEETHE: MAGIC OF THE SALE

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 8 AUGUST 2025

OSEES                Abomination Revealed At Last             The 12 tracks on ABOMINATION… are a hypnotic, maniacal, and propulsive attack on the senses–a fitting reaction to a world suffering from genocide, environmental collapse, state sanctioned violence, progressing technocracy, and more. Teethe                 Magic of the Sale          Texan slowcore band unveil their sad and beautiful world. Dropout Kings […]
Reneé Rapp is a force to be reckoned with. At just twenty-five, she has played as Regina George in the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, reprising that same role in the 2024 adaptation of the film and achieved similar success with her music career by receiving a GLAAD Media Award and a Kids’ Choice Award […]

ALBUM REVIEW – RENEE RAPP: BITE ME