Category: REVIEWS

  • REVIEW // AVA ROCHA / NEKTAR

    REVIEW // AVA ROCHA / NEKTAR

    It’s poor form to liken a new artist to a legend straight off the bat, but there’s a wriggling, unescapable something about Ava Rocha that…

  • REVIEW // APHEX TWIN / BLACKBOX LIFE RECORDER

    REVIEW // APHEX TWIN / BLACKBOX LIFE RECORDER

    Aphex Twin, we’re happy to say, is at it again. Even though he’s not been especially prolific with sensible, mainstreamish releases, he’s been quite busy…

  • REVIEW // TRAVIS SCOTT // UTOPIA

    REVIEW // TRAVIS SCOTT // UTOPIA

    2023 has been a lean year for big time, platinum plated releases, and with the fact that there’s been a sore lack of number ones…

  • REVIEW: BLUR // THE BALLAD OF DARREN

    REVIEW: BLUR // THE BALLAD OF DARREN

    Blur surprised everyone with the announcement of new LP ‘The Ballad of Darren’ and there’s a key word in there to get excited about –…

  • LIVE // ROISIN MURPHY // TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

    LIVE // ROISIN MURPHY // TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

    It’s kind of annoying to refer to any musician by comparing them to someone else, but there’s this unavoidable thing with disco and dance music…

  • LIVE: BONNIE RAITT, BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER

    LIVE: BONNIE RAITT, BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER

    Bonnie Raitt is, without doubt, one of the realest to ever do it. With success coming relatively late into her career, what we’ve ended up…

  • LIVE: LEMON TWIGS / TCHOTCHKE : NEW CENTURY HALL / MCR

    LIVE: LEMON TWIGS / TCHOTCHKE : NEW CENTURY HALL / MCR

    If you haven’t been to New Century Hall in Manchester, you’re missing out on an absolute jewel on the gig circuit – original fittings, mid-century…

  • SBTRKT: THE RAT ROAD

    SBTRKT: THE RAT ROAD

    When SBTRKT were around last time, they were known for their forward thinking dancefloor chuggers, designed for those kids who weren’t necessarily into dance music…

  • WHAT IS WESTERMAN EXACTLY? [A REVIEW OF SORTS]

    WHAT IS WESTERMAN EXACTLY? [A REVIEW OF SORTS]

    Thanks to our brains being thoroughly banjaxed by various algorithms, sometimes you stumble across a corner of the internet and find yourself completely disorientated by…

  • MARCUS VERGETTE: SCULPTURE MEETS AVANT GARDE

    MARCUS VERGETTE: SCULPTURE MEETS AVANT GARDE

    Not everything you listen to is designed for the club or a sugar coated three minute pop-song – sometimes things can be strange, artistic, dark,…