ALBUM REVIEW: THE MONOCHROME SET – LOVE ZOMBIES & STRANGE BOUTIQUE

The Monochrome Set are an indie band who seem to have swallowed the rule book of pop music, spat it out and produced two albums which, while on the surface exude the flippant, light attitude of pop, for example most songs are three minutes or under, below the shiny surface, they display brilliant musicianship and […]
Being a touring member of bands such as Sleater-Kinney, Wild Beasts, Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, guitarist for Sky Larkin, as well as venturing into the pop world by being a backing vocalist for Dua Lipa on U.S. show Saturday Night Live, have all somehow fed into Katie Harkin’s debut solo album.  The album was […]

ALBUM REVIEW: HARKIN – HARKIN

ALBUM REVIEW: EOB – EARTH

Ed O’Brien, famed guitarist from Radiohead, finally releases a solo album, taking things back to a more guitar oriented sound as opposed to the experimental forays into electronica which his band mates have become known for. It’s a refreshing surprise. He’s probably had these tunes knocking around for years, trying unsuccessfully now and again to […]
Psych punk duo Holly Ross and David Blackwell are back to poke a huge rock n’ roll shaped stick at the world as we know it and jolt us all into Eggland. ‘I Am Moron’ is once again produced by Dave Fridmann, whose ear for all things a bit psych (as demonstrated on his work […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE LOVELY EGGS – I AM MORON

ALBUM REVIEW: DRAIN – CALIFORNIA CURSED

In the year of 2020, seeing a release by a band called Drain is just oh-so relatable. With the future of new releases facing its own dilemmas, it’s time to plough through every new release, in hope one is going to stick with me. After my first listen through I discovered that my face ached! […]
Precipitation, as a literary device, is universally linked thematically to negative topics like the demise of a loved one/barbecue/relationship or even the inability to load a musket if period re-enact were the scenario (appears not). Owning to the 167 second runtime, it is a somewhat more concise and straightforward lament about undefined melancholy, with the […]

SINGLE REVIEW: TINFOILS – SPITTING

ALBUM REVIEW: STUCK – CHANGE IS BAD

Oh, hello Post-Hardcore. What’s that?? Another new band coming under this so-called moniker. What the bloody hell is ‘post punk’ actually?? Doesn’t it seem distracting to have a ‘post punk’ and ‘punk’ genre existing at same time? Honestly, the more I delve and listen too, I can’t help but wonder what fickle, desperate, hollow trap […]
As I watch a strand from a wrapper that contains custard creams, twitch gleefully from my heartbeat as I lean on the desk, I realise that it’s either day 19 or I’m officially mad. Speaking of something that has 19 in it, album releases are becoming seriously affected by a current event. The release of […]

ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK CURSE – ENDLESS WOUND

EP REVIEW: HALLOWS – SUBTLE

You can call it Darkwave, you can call it post-Punk, but just for you, I’ll keep it simple. It’s 1980’s synth pop influenced. Now you have that lodged in the mind (because it’s all you need to avoid the ridiculous notion of inventing a new genre because you need to feel superior), this is Hallows […]
I probably complain about genres more than maybe is necessary. But I cannot help feeling it’s just for marketing purposes only. As anyone donating their time to the unknown, you need the picture to be formed as a simple structure, and you build upon that. Krv’s self-titled burst is very much giving me the genre […]

ALBUM REVIEW: KRV – KRV