The explosive new single release from Dirty Sound Magnet grabs old ground, shakes it up and rocks out a contemporary twist in this precursor to an intelligent psychedelic album. Using a scattergun of influences, Dirty Sound Magnet have harnessed a unique and versatile sound with a dynamic modernist expression that is their own original output. When the boundaries are pushed … [Read more...] about Dirty Sound Magnet: Social Media Boy – Review
New Music Fridays – July 5th 2019
Welcome to Vinyl Chapter’s new feature, 'New Music Fridays'. We’ve always loved finding and making our readership aware of any new, upcoming, or unsigned artists, so we thought we’d start a new Friday feature dedicated to them. Below you’ll find new tracks from a few up and coming artists that have been put on our radar and we think deserve a bit of recognition. You can listen … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – July 5th 2019
Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo – Review
Machine Gun Kelly delves into his personal journey and attempts to re-invent himself with new genre-splicing album, Hotel Diablo. The new MGK album release of Hotel Diablo signifies a clear musical development from the artist’s previous three releases. This is the hip-hop attempt to indignantly justify self and to produce a more approachable and diverse catalogue to … [Read more...] about Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo – Review
Vinyl: Then and Now – The Ongoing Evolution of Record Production
Vinyl Chapters looks into the ongoing crazy life cycle of the vinyl industry, how production has been affected, and also speaks to industry expert Karen Emanuel about its past, present and future. With so many articles out there spouting off the well-known phrase ‘The resurgence of vinyl’, I think it’s about time this was put to bed. It’s now not so much of a resurgence, but … [Read more...] about Vinyl: Then and Now – The Ongoing Evolution of Record Production
Lucinda Belle: Think Big: Like Me – Review
Lucinda Belle’s new record Think Big: Like Me focuses on the artist’s inner turmoil as she questions relationships amongst sultry jazz and blues. Award-winning Harpist and multi-genre pioneer Lucinda Belle is no stranger to putting her feelings out there. Her music has always been based around emotions since she began performing, and with her skills in both harp and creating … [Read more...] about Lucinda Belle: Think Big: Like Me – Review
Calexico, Iron & Wine: Years to Burn – Review
In which two alternative pop icons reconvene to conjure a special musical alchemy, taking in blissful moments of intimacy as well as ambitious, boundary-pushing experimentation. Sam Beam, better known as the wispy-voiced troubadour Iron & Wine, has cultivated a keen collaborative string to his bow in recent years which has complemented the subtle expansion of range and … [Read more...] about Calexico, Iron & Wine: Years to Burn – Review