With attractive lilt and the singer’s teeth rotting vocals, Scritti Politti made love – not collectivism – sound like the tenderest trap for body and mind.
There is a certain degree of hubris required to title your debut album Songs To Remember, but a glance around the music inkies …
Whilst introspection is never on the agenda, at times the effect of Angine de Poitrine’s new album is exhilaratingly different.
Look, it’s 2026 buddy; everyone’s wearing a mask.
A few years ago it was because there was a plague going round our neighbourhoods, now it’s just that well, nobody trusts …
The mere presence of The Jim Jones All Stars’ new album suggests that there’s plenty of mic stand grabbing life left in rock n roll yet.
So, where to attach them to? The answer of course is the nipples, always the nipples.
Wait, just what the hell are we talking …
While The Pale White’s predecessor was melancholic and less groove oriented, ‘Inanimate Objects Of The 21st Century’ is warier, a determinedly front foot record for a decidedly back foot era.
Think about it: what if you went away for a while, came back to the spot where you knew you …
After recognition from the likes of Billie Eilish, David Byrne and Kevin Parker, ‘Ö’ arrives with Fcukers’ inbox of RSVPs a mile long.
The thing is, you always know that somewhere in the world there’s a party going on.
It might be 10am in London, but it’s still 2am in …
On ‘The Second I’m Asleep’, The Boxer Rebellion again resist any temptation to stray far from their emotionally resonant brand of grown-up indie rock and dream pop.
The second track on The Boxer Rebellion’s seventh album The Second I’m Asleep is titled Last Of A Dying Breed, and it’s …
For decades songs that unrepentantly wanted to touch our feelings were looked down upon as unsophisticated and naïve. The Twilight Sad have returned to that place, because they felt there was nowhere else to go.
In a divided world where our first instinct is to show a hard shell, The …
Amongst the layers on The Orielles’ new album ‘Only You Left’ there are unexpected rewards that feel like secrets.
Those who say modern musicians are unable to philosophise reckon without the likes of Henry Wade, guitarist of The Orielles.
Speaking about necessary growth, Wade has preached: ‘You’ve got to …
The Sophs’ willingness to embrace derivation for the creative reality it is makes for some wonderfully out there moments.
The music world’s legendarium is full of unlikely tales, from bands getting signed when playing what would’ve been their last gig, to writing their most famous number in five minutes flat.…
On ‘Big Mama’, Flying Lotus takes a vacation into the deepest recesses of his own creativity.
Sometimes the most attractive destination can be in ending up anywhere but yourself.
Known professionally as Flying Lotus, Steven Ellison has had a career now entering its third decade. During this time he’s …
If both the premise and set up sound complicated , what emerges from Buck Meek’s new album is for the most part a simple record which lyrically explores love, relationships and other matters of trust.
We live in a world of cyclical hysteria, but even by modern standards the commentary …
There’s a school of thought that says the deep cold emitted by soundscapes of this kind leave it hard to make connections with, but there’s an undeniable pulse to TVAM’s new album which seeks reciprocity and action.
It now seems certain that as a species we’re doomed to repeat the …
‘Gained / Lost’ is a curio’s curio of a record, one that The Wave Pictures have made very much to suit themselves.
There’s definitely something to be said for staying the course.
If you operate in a music industry that seems to believe total reinvention every other record is the …
‘Fort Perch Rock’ is a giant leap forward for The Dream Machine, because the quintet have fully embraced the touchstones of psychedelia and garage rock.
We’re nice here so we won’t do spoilers for Angel Heart, the infamous 1987 voodoo horror movie starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro.
Without …
Whilst ‘In Your Ocean’ centres itself around obsessive love, the brightest ribbons that twist in the breeze on Iron And Wine’s new album are those aided by the Grammy-nominated trio I’m With Her.
You have to admit; Sam Beam’s got a point.
Better known for more than twenty years as …
Apparat’s two finest moments on ‘A Hum Of Maybe’ are uncoincidentally where the vista opens up to collaborators.
Everyone knows the freaks.
It’s a facet of human nature that usually with time, a little practice and familiarity we either get used to or get better at something.
But the freaks? …