Category: REVIEWS
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REVIEW / MILEY CYRUS / SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
When an artist makes certain demands to be taken seriously, more often than not, the knives come out. It may be unfair that the landscape…
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REVIEW/ TURNSTILE / NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile are just about the biggest punk group on the planet right now, and it seems like there’s still swathes of rock fans who haven’t…
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REVIEW / BICHE / B.I.C.H.E.
It may have been released in February, but the chances of English readers being all. Over Biche’s magnificent album are slim, and an album doesn’t…
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REVIEW / KALI UCHIS / SINCERELY
There’s been a helluva lot of dreamy, pastel-hued music released over the last decade, perhaps in direction opposition to the spiky turmoil of the broader…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
