ALBUM REVIEW: EVAN WRIGHT – SOUND FROM OUT THE WINDOW

Conjuring up the spirit of Elliot Smith with a sprinkling of Tame Impala on top, Evan Wright’s songs float effortlessly into your eardrums. Yes he may be destined for those awfully titled ‘chill wave’ or ‘sit on your bum and do nothing for a bit’ kind of playlists, but delve deeper and there’s much more […]
It’s 6am, the alarm’s just gone off. You hit snooze, you hit it again, you start to contemplate how you can blag a day off. Then you remember that You’re In It For The Money, by the time you open the front door, get some fresh air, and the Sun Hits the Sky you’re ready […]

ALBUM REVIEW: SUPERGRASS – IN IT FOR THE MONEY (REMASTERED EXPANDED EDITION)

ALBUM REVIEW: JOON – DREAM AGAIN

Maltese musician and producer Joon has been leading the way in her country when it comes to electronica.  Growing up in Malta without any other Maltese musical role models, Joon (real name Yasmin Kuymizakis), started mucking around on stylaphones and a beatbox, and the spark was lit.  Embarking on a production course in London, a serious […]
Descendents are one of the most influential bands to have existed in the punk scene. Their classic album “Milo Goes To College” paved the way for the creation of pop-punk, and without it, the likes of Blink 182, Green Day, Sum-41 and The Offspring would not have been formed. The central figure in the band, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: DESCENDENTS – 9TH & WALNUT

ALBUM REVIEW: PHILIP TABANE – THE INDIGENOUS AFRO-JAZZ SOUNDS OF PHILIP TABANE AND HIS MALOMBO JAZZMAN

Is the association of jazz with heroin a fairly universal thing or have I inherited this unrealistic stereotype based on mid-20th-century cinema’s lazy caricaturing of counter-culture and “hippy music”? It would seem there is more “substance” to it, both in the supremely talented opiate-using US jazz maestros Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and in a […]
John Grant is an already well-established artist, who takes a seemingly cosmic direction with his new music. With a couple of albums under his belt, ‘Love is Magic’ and ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ to name two.  The beginning of this album seems to be its awakening. Different instruments begin to chime in and it seems […]

ALUM REVIEW: JOHN GRANT – BOY FROM MICHIGAN

ALBUM REVIEW: DRUG STORE ROMEOS – THE WORLD WITHIN OUR BEDROOMS

The Hampshire based; electro-pop outfit Drug Store Romeos release their sombre, yet dreamy debut this week after meeting in the quaint town of Farnborough. The fifteen track album, throughout has capturing time changes and interesting descents into disco. I personally find the vocal style to be rather unique and is definitely not for everyone. Highlights […]
The sun is shining, it feels like summer, we’re in the mood… what better music to put on than some ska? No, sorry, that was a rhetorical question. The answer is “Nothing, ska is easy summertime tunes that remind you of being young in the late 90’s and it should be piped into the world […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES – WHEN GOD WAS GREAT

ALBUM REVIEW: ST VINCENT – DADDY’S HOME

Welcome back to the weird, wonderful, and downright enthralling world of St Vincent. St Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has been making music over the last two decades and growing in popularity and critical acclaim throughout six inventive records. Her 2017 record ‘Masseduction’ was her best yet, teaming up with the busiest man in pop music […]
Royal Blood return with a bang! Or should that be a sidestep and groove, as this new version of Royal Blood is dance-driven but as riff heavy as ever, making for interesting listening. After scrapping the original version of this album and deciding to take it in a new direction, with clear influences from Daft […]

ALBUM REVIEW: ROYAL BLOOD – TYPHOONS