EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: LIVE WITH THIS

Three short months after TURN OFF THE TV, Crawlers are already back with another new EP, LIVE WITH THIS. Ensuring people stay talking about them with such a small gap between releases is a smart move, and they have the music to back the discussion up. Opening the EP is BIRTHDAY, a definite change in […]
What does nostalgia sound like to a generation that has never quite known a world offline? For Dublin collective Bricknasty, the answer lies somewhere between the soulful familiarity of 2000s R&B and the pixelated futurism of old PS2 soundtracks. Their fourth project, forever, explores musical contradiction: it feels analogue yet digital, organic yet technological and […]

EP REVIEW – BRICKNASTY: FOREVER

EP REVIEW – STRANGE PINK: GUEST ROOM

Guest Room is a release that is extremely rough around the edges, but it is certainly not a case of inexperience. Strange Pink seem to be finding a way to carve out their own corner of the alternative scene, and don’t feel the need to make everything neat and easily digestible. Strange Pink are operating […]
For some, three years is a long wait, but for others, a release every three years is more realistic. This is a tradition that Theory Of A Deadman have had for the majority of their career, and with each release, the American rock band claim that the new music is always worth the wait. For […]

EP REVIEW: THEORY OF A DEADMAN – FUNERAL SONGS: PART 1

EP REVIEW – KATSEYE: WILD

It’s hard to see what Katseye’s intended target audience is with their recent releases. Originating from the survival show ‘Dream Academy’ which saw 20 contestants from all around the world compete for a spot on a global girl group created between the labels HYBE and Geffen Records. Six members were picked to debut in what […]
I remember where I was when I first heard Kojo Funds. 2018, in the back of my parent’s car on the radio and he has not left my rotation ever since. Being a giant in the Afroswing scene is not an easy feat. Hearing songs like ‘Dun Talkin’ with Abracadabra or ‘Check’ with Raye. There […]

EP REVIEW – KOJO FUNDS: HELLO IT’S ME AGAIN

EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: TURN OFF THE TV

Two years after their last release, Crawlers are returning with their new EP TURN OFF THE TV. They describe the process of writing the EP as “patiently rebuilding everything around us and taking time to write music that felt healing in a time of hopelessness which then became our hope.” With endless teasing of tracks […]
Emerging with an EP that bottles up overwhelming coming of age fears both lyrically and musically, Tooth aren’t going to slip through the cracks and rightly so. Even with only three singles out, the London-based group have been creating a loud buzz, a buzz which is only going to grow from the release of ‘Restless […]

EP REVIEW – TOOTH: RESTLESS IN BLOOM

EP REVIEW : BLEECH 9:3 – BLEECH 9:3

Even before releasing anything, Bleech 9:3 became much talked-about from their thrilling live shows and raw energy and since the announcement of their self-titled debut EP, the hype has not died down. Not only selling out headline tours but also landing spots on a ton of festival lineups (impressive for a band with only 4 […]
For the select few whose musical upbringing was shaped by the obtuse end of the C86 scene, the three track 7” single holds a special place in the imagination. It was associated in particular with bIG fLAME who romanticised it as the ideal format for communication: uneven, angular and demanding concision and urgency. The format […]

EP REVIEW – NORMAL SERVICE: SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS