The debut album by the London-based singer-songwriter and erstwhile Hoosiers frontman is a low-key chamber-pop pearl, a series of fragile, immersive and introspective melodies given shape by Erland Cooper’s sympathetic, strings-laden production. Irwin Sparkes opens his solo debut, Age Of Entitlement, with a meditation on the subject of suicide: “I could end it all, just a … [Read more...] about White Tail Falls: Age of Entitlement – Review
Nathan Micay: The World I’m Going To Hell For – Review
IDM producer Nathan Micay swerves away from the dancefloor and employs an arsenal of cello, viola, violin and distortion pedal for a politically charged record that embraces both filmic dimensions and a classically seasoned minimalism whilst delivering layers of emotional complexity. Despite knocking out dancefloor-based releases for years under the alias of Bwana, the … [Read more...] about Nathan Micay: The World I’m Going To Hell For – Review
Archie Shepp, Damu The Fudgemunk and Raw Poetic: Ocean Bridges – Review
Archie Shepp, the 82-year-old jazz icon, shines on an edifying, fluid and thrilling maelstrom of jagged jazz and booming hip-hop that transcends the dilution, novelty value and timidity of crossover records. Ever since emerging in the turbulent 1960’s as a consummate free jazz trailblazer, passionate educator, ‘New Thing’ progenitor and guiding light of Afro-centric black … [Read more...] about Archie Shepp, Damu The Fudgemunk and Raw Poetic: Ocean Bridges – Review
Woods: Strange To Explain – Review
Woods, Brooklyn’s campfire psych-folkies, resurface with a creamy, evocative and sleek slice of dream-pop psychedelia which marries inviting and pretty melodies to philosophical lyrical content. Woods, the New York folk-rockers led by Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taveniere, have quietly cultivated an enviable canon of warm, dreamy psych-folk-pop over the past decade or so. Now … [Read more...] about Woods: Strange To Explain – Review
Katie Von Schleicher: Consummation – Review
The third, shape-shifting album from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter Katie Von Schleicher is a minor break-up classic of confessional chamber-pop and electronic psych-rock, propelled by urgency, despair and a willingness to take intriguing left turns. The New York-based artist Katie Von Schleicher is no shrinking violet. On her latest adventure, Consummation, she has … [Read more...] about Katie Von Schleicher: Consummation – Review
MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review
MXXWLL, the Australian beat conductor, indulges a love of G-Funk, P-Funk and West Coast hip hop stylings on a skittish beat-tape-like odyssey that weaves fragments of found sound into its suite of primary colours. The fleet-footed, Sydney-born producer MXXWLL is riding the crest of a wave of music industry and media interest, having caught the attention of names such as DJ … [Read more...] about MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review