Category: REVIEWS

  • REVIEW / BARKER / STOCHASTIC DRIFT

    REVIEW / BARKER / STOCHASTIC DRIFT

    Writing about electronic music is not one of the easier things to do, especially when it is more abstract, and elegantly linear. With Barker’s ‘Stochastic…

  • REVIEW / WILL SMITH / BASED ON A TRUE STORY

    REVIEW / WILL SMITH / BASED ON A TRUE STORY

    Day-glo, Looney Toons hip hop, has a special place in everyone’s heart. Only the coldest cynic would fail to break into a huge smile when…

  • REVIEW / THE HORRORS / NIGHT LIFE

    REVIEW / THE HORRORS / NIGHT LIFE

    With a band name like The Horrors, perhaps it is all a bit much to expect too much cheer on one of their records. With…

  • REVIEW / MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE / EARTH SIZED WORLDS

    REVIEW / MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE / EARTH SIZED WORLDS

    They call themselves a Flowerkraut Collective, because inventing genres for yourself is fun, but its a pretty handy Post-It for what the group are trying…

  • GIVING TATYANA WHAT SHE’S OWED / IT’S SO OVER

    GIVING TATYANA WHAT SHE’S OWED / IT’S SO OVER

    When dance music works best, it’s straddles the line between sleazy, wrecking your shoes, drunk cigs and gritty, and impossibly glamorous and shimmering with fantasy.…

  • REVIEW / BAD BUNNY / DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS

    REVIEW / BAD BUNNY / DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS

    It’s pretty unassuming to have two plastic lawn chairs, sat empty for the cover of your newest LP, but Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’…

  • BEST OF 2024

    BEST OF 2024

    Arbitrary lists are no good, really. However, it is nice to praise musicians and the work they’ve done. They may never see the praise on…

  • REVIEW / KENDRICK LAMAR / GNX

    REVIEW / KENDRICK LAMAR / GNX

    After the absolutely breathtaking spectacle and culture event of the Kendrick/Drake feud, King Kenny wasn’t quite done. We knew he was planning a Super Bowl…

  • REVIEW / JEFF PARKER / THE WAY OUT OF EASY

    REVIEW / JEFF PARKER / THE WAY OUT OF EASY

    Look, if you’re the kind of bozo that turns their nose up at jazz, look away now. Jeff Parker is a serious musician who likes…

  • REVIEW / FLO / ACCESS ALL AREAS

    REVIEW / FLO / ACCESS ALL AREAS

    There was a collective feeling that, in the period that was post-girl group, that while the solo singers and artists were all well and good,…