Category: REVIEWS

  • REVIEW / ARCADE FIRE / PINK ELEPHANT

    REVIEW / ARCADE FIRE / PINK ELEPHANT

    Whether Arcade Fire like it or not, there won’t be many reviews about their new LP that fails to mention the accusations against Win Butler’s…

  • REVIEW / SELF ESTEEM / A COMPLICATED WOMAN

    REVIEW / SELF ESTEEM / A COMPLICATED WOMAN

    When Rebecca Lucy Taylor burst out, upwards and in every direction, with the sensation that was ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, it was a refreshing tone of voice…

  • LANA’S COUNTRY IS HERE?

    LANA’S COUNTRY IS HERE?

    When Lana Del Rey dropped a big country music sized hint, everyone who cared wondered how the whole thing would shape up. We daydreamed about…

  • 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…