REVIEWS & NEWS
Much like her namesake: M.I.A – M.I.7 *ALBUM REVIEW*
| 🥚 | Against my better judgement, I am reviewing the latest “album” from British-Sri Lankan activist and musician turned religious zealot M.I.A. I stayed away from Kanye and the ‘Bully’ rollout, as his unabashed Nazism over the last few years is perhaps the most egregious abandonment of any sort of moral standing from a…
Ware’s the limit?: Jessie Ware – Superbloom *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Since 2020’s ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, Jessie Ware has been reaping the rewards of a fresh creative revelation. Dance music is irresistible when it’s driven by insistence. The movement of the music is compelled by the artist’s singular mission statement. The intention behind her recent couple of albums has been to apply a…
Ironically, everything aligns: Thundercat – Distracted *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Thundercat’s wonderfully wonky R&B, funk, jazz and soul fusions have proven fruitful for his place within the modern muso pantheon. He began as an angular prodigy, elasticising his bass guitar until it was occasionally unrecognisable as the instrument it is. He continued on in much the same way, blessing the credits of…
Keeping it simple: underscores – U *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐✨ | April Harper Grey had somewhat of an artistic breakthrough in 2023. The dynamism displayed on ‘Wallsocket’ was one of the record’s biggest perks. Shifting gears was made to seem effortless, and seemingly it was soundtracking an equally volatile storyline. The buzz this generated for April landed them squarely in the sights of…
Upping the ante: Hellripper – Coronach *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Harkening back to the glory days of 80’s thrash, blending that with the death-defying guitar work of speed metal, and spreading a nice even layer of blackened muck over the top is Scotland’s very own Hellripper. Since 2014, James McBain has been the lone songwriter of this project, showcasing the sort of…
Microtonal math rock: Angine de Poitrine – Vol. II *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Have you always wished that King Gizzard were French-Canadians with an affinity for anonymity and Dadaist performance art? The ultra-specific vibe that this audacious duo captures is not too far off, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anything even remotely similar in the year of our lord. Loaded with a double guitar…
The duality of man: MIKE & Earl Sweatshirt – Pompeii // Utility *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐✨ | How do you turn down the dials on something that is already naturally low volume? If you ask legendary underground rap figures MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt, they might scoff at the question entirely, or refuse to answer it. You know what? Fair enough. It’s philosophical in the paradoxical sense. An answer to…
Solid ear candy: Fcukers – Ö *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐✨ | Is it pronounced “fuckers”? “Fuh-cuckers”? “Fuh-kookers”? It’s an eye-grabbing name, and it generated just enough curiosity in me about this New York duo to put them at the top of the priority list. Having not heard anything from them prior to hearing the album, I thought it could go a couple of…
A pale imitation: Slayyyter – WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐✨ | I need someone to tell me what the hype is about…Not because I’m desperate to like this or anything. I can very much go on about my life never hearing this again and be totally at peace. It’s not as a way to back anyone into a conversational corner, imprisoning them with…
A defiant opus: Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ | Once a heavily ritualistic, primal gargantuan of a band, Neurosis made the most of their tendencies towards hypnosis in their heyday. Perusing their back catalogue, you can find no shortage of slow-moving dread to ascend to. Given the time period in which they landed, one can consider them early pioneers of subgenres…
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