ALBUM REVIEW: OSCAR JEROME – BREATHE DEEP

‘Breathe Deep’ is the highly anticipated debut album from Oscar Jerome who is part of London’s burgeoning nu-jazz scene. Now, before we continue, don’t let the term, jazz, put you off. For anyone who has been following how the scene has developed over the last few years you’ll know that Jerome and many of his […]
Haim are back! After their more pop-leaning second album, they return with the posthumously titled ‘Women in Music Pt. III’. I can now say with no uncertainty that this is probably one of, if not the, best albums of the year, and it’s only June. ‘Women in Music Pt. III’ is their most personal, inventive […]

ALBUM REVIEW: HAIM – WOMEN IN MUSIC PART III

SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS – BREAKTHROUGH

Death Valley Girls hit the streets once again with a single release of ‘Breakthrough’. A very charming and inviting success at merging the ‘old rock’ sound into a modern sound. They’ve got their influences tied into their groove without relying to much on just ‘sound like they did okay!’. Having never listened to the group […]
In a year spinning so far out of control and social reach, it seems only fair to abandon it to be forgotten, as it only brings shame within the yearly calendars. Though one positive of ‘this year’ has given us, is a sleuth of good album releases. Fitting to the torrid trap that is ‘this […]

ALBUM REVIEW: NO AGE – GOONS BE GONE

EP REVIEW: FURROWED BROW – DEAD DEAD DEAD STILL DIGGING

Abstract: This EP is a zesty chorus stratagem of drain-pipe bass lines, journeyman synthesizations, moderate baritone delivery, candid fills and 6-stringed nuances which sail alongside tri-timbre-d lyrics that provoke humour, adds colour to the pallet of the mundane   and tastefully ventures into the distasteful without catering toward frightful yacht-rockisms or baseless complaints towards imaginary authority […]
I bet Tim Burgess never thought when he started writing solo album number five, that when it was released he’d be hosting twitter listening parties for music fans all over the world with no live gigs on the horizon. Although it’s a weird world we live in today, there’s something strangely comforting and upbeat about […]

ALBUM REVIEW: TIM BURGESS – I LOVE THE NEW SKY

ALBUM REVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY – BANANA SKIN SHOES

It’s been ten years since Badly Drawn Boy’s last studio album, the world has changed a lot, Damon Gough’s life has changed a lot, yet there’s something reassuringly familiar about ‘Banana Skin Shoes’.  Gough recently revealed that he was inspired by the The Beastie Boys book, and wanted to return to the drum loops and […]
The new album from The 1975 is finally here, after numerous delays it launches during the strange days we currently inhabit and provides another solid album, but not the magnum opus some were building this up to be. Their last full-length album was critically acclaimed by the majority of the press and went straight to […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE 1975 – NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM

ALBUM REVIEW: THE DEARS – LOVERS ROCK

The band who put the drama into indie rock are back with their eighth album. The big sounding orchestral backings are in place as are the soothing melodies, yet the explosive riffs and uplifting choruses are never far way either. The Montreal band led by husband and wife duo of Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak […]
Pointless. No, not the quiz show with the very tall man and a slightly shorter man. No, this is the word I am using to describe this debut from Caleb Landry Jones. This is a big statement, but you’re asking, how bad can it be? Well, to put it one way, it’s like walking into […]

ALBUM REVIEW: CALEB LANDRY JONES – THE MOTHER STONE