ALBUM REVIEW – DEA MATRONA: FOR YOUR SINS

Throughout music history, there has been many iconic duos from Simon and Garfunkel through to Tears for Fears, and The White Stripes. Next to take the throne is Dea Matrona consisting of Mollie McGinn and Orlaith Forsythe (previously having Mamie McGinn on drums who left to focus on college) school friends who together moulded their […]
Two friends embrace in the foyer of the Aviva Unilever Proctor & Gamble Tony Wilson Factory Arena Studios International (I think that’s it’s full name?) after this most magical of Adrianne Lenker performances: “What are you doing here?!” “Crying!” Two partners next to me watch on in hushed rapture, intertwined in each other’s embrace, heads […]

LIVE REVIEW: ADRIENNE LENKER -AVIVA STUDIOS 25/04/24

ALBUM REVIEW – KATHRYN WILLIAMS & WITHERED HAND: WILLSON WILLIAMS

Collaboration albums have proven to be career defining moments for some artists, whilst others barely make an impact. With the impressive magnitude of vocal talent Kathryn Williams and Dan Willson (AKA Withered Hand) possess, I was quite eager to dive into their new collaborative project, hoping desperately for a record that highlights the talents of […]
Late nights, early mornings or while cooking your tea on a Friday night, this is an album to dance to. Cohesive in its unpredictability Porij offer up a record of tracks that demand you move to. Refusing to settle on one genre this debut album is a daring experiment, spanning from moments of up-tempo garage-inspired […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PORIJ: TEEETHING

ALBUM REVIEW – PILLOW QUEENS: NAME YOUR SORROW

Name Your Sorrow offers catharsis, honesty and exposure. It’s no mystery as to what this album is about. Loss of youth, heartbreak and lessons learnt are contained within 12 tracks, in a raw and unrestrained monstrosity of potent emotion. Finding themselves in a place they haven’t been before, no longer cloaked in the invincibility of […]
Don’t Forget Me is a warm hug, it’s a ride in the car with the top down on a hazy summer afternoon. It’s the feeling of growing up, finding yourself and realising your potential despite the problems you faced along the way. It’s your well-worn favourite pair of jeans, mastering wearing just the right amount […]

ALBUM REVIEW – MAGGIE ROGERS: DON’T FORGET ME

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 26 APRIL 2024

After a brief spell of convalescence, the new releases guide is back to guide you through the week’s releases. Iron & Wine      Light Verse       On their seventh album Beam’s lyrics once again draw on a series of fictional and personal insights, filled with desperate characters and wide-eyed optimists, offering promise and a dose of heartache, […]
Isn’t it brilliant when something connects seamlessly, when something locks in perfectly? For jigsaw nerds it might be that final piece snapping into place to reveal the whole; it might be something as simple as the feel of a key turning to open a lock; it could be something more complex, like the final bit […]

LIVE REVIEW: STILL HOUSE PLANTS – THE WHITE HOTEL 17/04/2024

ALBUM REVIEW – PARSNIP: BEHOLD

This is the first album review I have written under the combined influence of COVID and a shedload of medication. It feels an appropriate coincidence as Parsnip’s ‘Behold’ sounds woozy and psychedelic, not always of or tied down by the real world. I hasten to add that impression had already been formed on a first […]
Kai Bosch’s ‘Love, Throw Me A Bone’ presents itself as a refreshing body of work, peering its intimate head into a music scene that often forgets the importance of individuality and character. Whilst the record itself certainly has aspects of a yearning for commercial success, the originality of Bosch’s melodies and lyricism aren’t just polarising, […]

EP REVIEW – KAI BOSCH: LOVE, THROW ME A BONE