Category: REVIEWS

  • REVIEW / TCHOTCHKE / PLAYIN’ DUMB

    REVIEW / TCHOTCHKE / PLAYIN’ DUMB

    Quite why Tchotchke aren’t fantastically well-known is beyond us. Sure, they’re not obsessively modern in their sound, but there’s other bands who look back to…

  • REVIEW / DAVID BYRNE / WHO IS THE SKY?

    REVIEW / DAVID BYRNE / WHO IS THE SKY?

    David Byrne is one of those artists that, to his legions of devotees, defies criticism. There’s a few artists like that, who when mentioned, people…

  • REVIEW / DIJON / BABY

    REVIEW / DIJON / BABY

    When a singer who works in the lane of R&B and soul, and they use guitars, wonky production and skittish beats, it’s easy to be…

  • REVIEW / SABRINA CARPENTER / MAN’S BEST FRIEND

    REVIEW / SABRINA CARPENTER / MAN’S BEST FRIEND

    Without a note being played, ‘Man’s Best Friend’ had annoyed half the internet thanks to the cover artwork. We’re not here for that, because in…

  • REVIEW / MGK / LOST AMERICANA

    REVIEW / MGK / LOST AMERICANA

    What is MGK, or Machine Gun Kelly, if you prefer. To most, he’s that tattooed guy in the gossip columns who says things like he’s…

  • REVIEW / ETHEL CAIN / WILLOUGHBY TUCKER…

    REVIEW / ETHEL CAIN / WILLOUGHBY TUCKER…

    What do you do when you’ve amassed an adoring, fevered set of fans and you need to occasionally tell them off? It’s something we’ve seen…

  • REVIEW / GELLI HAHA / SWITCHEROO

    REVIEW / GELLI HAHA / SWITCHEROO

    Leftfield pop can too often mean that an artist is making something fun, but wilfully awkward, so rock fans can assuage themselves from feelings of…

  • REVIEW / JUSTIN BIEBER / SWAG

    REVIEW / JUSTIN BIEBER / SWAG

    The release of Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG’ album was, for most, a surprise. Not least because of the absence of promotional materials released in the build-up…

  • REVIEW / CLIPSE / LET GOD SORT EM OUT

    REVIEW / CLIPSE / LET GOD SORT EM OUT

    It’s been well over a decade since we last got to look forward to a new full release from Clipse, and here we are in…

  • REVIEW / YAYA BEY / DO IT AFRAID

    REVIEW / YAYA BEY / DO IT AFRAID

    As much as R&B is one of our favourite genres, it’d be remiss of us to not acknowledge that it falls for fashionable tropes a…