April 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Black Fly reveals a depth to the darkness on ‘Black Fly 01’
There’s something contradictory about Black Fly’s music.
Described as soaring and cinematic, the reality of Black Fly’s 01 is ...
March 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Black Honey have finally nailed the sound they’ve been striving for, and it’s written and directed by them
Photo by Laura Allard Fleischl
Infusing the actual blood, sweat and tears of band members into the pressings of vinyl records is a ...
March 18, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Squid – “Paddling”
Here they come.
There’s a steady build up to Squid’s latest track “Paddling”. First comes a simple riff, then some electric ...
March 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: 2012 Bid Adieu – “Sanity”
It was two years ago now that 2012 Bid Adieu released their debut LP. Titled We Died In 2012: This Is Hell, but it’s not ...
February 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Kahiem Rivera – “Cement, Sand / The Bag”
There’s a tinge of nostalgia in Kahiem Rivera’s latest output. It’s hard to imagine that, this time last year, ...
February 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm
On their sophomore record, Goat Girl dissect our world with savage accuracy
It seems we as a society have grown accustomed to sticking labels on things. Everyone who’s visited the UK in the last five or so ...
December 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Death Valley has become the stage to Danz CM’s new lease of life
Photos by Shae Detar. Styled by Amanda Sherriffs.
Danz CM is one of those musicians that just radiates talent. Whilst many artists ...
November 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Reptaliens ‘Wrestling’
Even for an EP, Reptaliens latest output is brief. Going by the name of ‘Wrestling’, the tracks come and go like waves on ...
November 6, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Jordan Dennis “Elon Must”
It’s 2020, and judging by his new video, Jordan Dennis has been spending lock-down looking at memes on the internet. Let’s be ...
September 28, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Sufjan Stevens is singing the lament of America, and it’s pretty catchy
Coming face to face with the realities of our own lives has been a global theme this year. If ever there was an opportunity to cast a ...
July 17, 2020 at 12:00 pm
“Book-Paper-Scissors:” A tale of physicality
Brevity is inevitable when you think about it. The human mind is like a constant machine. Always whirring, churning through ...
March 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Childish Gambino released his long anticipated album in a way nobody anticipated — and then it disappeared
So this is how the world ends. Sitting at home with the door closed, singing happy birthday twice whilst washing our hands, and a mass ...
January 9, 2020 at 9:00 am
With new single “Fitness”, Post Animal prove they want to go somewhere
Photo by Marie Renaud
Post Animal. A band which has often been described as either “that genuinely good psychedelic band” or ...
September 2, 2019 at 9:00 am
Lana Del Rey may have just written the next best American record
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what Lana Del Rey has been doing for the last seven years. In 2012 she stormed the world with her ...
July 4, 2019 at 9:00 am
On “Let’s Rock”, The Black Keys don’t do an awful lot of rockin’
We all have at least one of those bands. The bands which we listen to and enjoy, and yet if we were to enter a bar filled with their ...
March 1, 2019 at 9:00 am
On ‘Tasmania’, Pond ramp things up to boiling point
Fairly or unfairly, there may never be a review for this band where the words “Tame Impala” aren’t mentioned in unison. ...
February 28, 2019 at 9:00 am
Album Premiere: Pink Mexico ‘DUMP’
Sometimes, on the edge of a cold winter where Brexit is never ending and Donald Trump’s stint in the White House feels like it’s ...
January 6, 2019 at 10:28 pm
Five artists who really have to drop the mic in 2019
It’s 2019 and my anticipation is starting to rise. Not for anything personally significant of course, like a year without ...
December 5, 2018 at 11:55 am
Watch: Dark Times “Take It In”
It’s that time of day again. I know I should be working on some kind of spreadsheet, sorting through a few emails, or doing ...
November 21, 2018 at 12:11 pm
Premiering Ryne Ziemba’s video for “Trying Not To Try”
There must be some ounce of frustration among bands when they spend time plotting, budgeting, constructing and shooting a deep and ...
October 30, 2018 at 9:00 am
Thom Yorke and the horror hall of fame
So it’s that time of year again. Summer’s officially over and instead of contemplating beach dresses and polo shirts for a night ...
October 10, 2018 at 9:00 am
Lunacre reflect on the making of their new single “Red Sky”
“You look tired like you’ve heard this all before,” frontman Ben de Vries sings on the pre-chorus of Lunacre’s new single ...
October 8, 2018 at 10:00 am
Album Review: Black Honey, “Black Honey”
It was four years ago now that the UK’s Black Honey first serenaded listeners with their debut EP. With tracks full of fuzzy ...