Brixton Academy London - 3rd December 2019 Khruangbin, the bewigged instrumental trio from Texas, wowed a capacity crowd at Brixton Academy with their soothing, hypnotic and atmospheric shoegaze guitar-funk soundscapes. Laura Lee, Mark Speer and Donald ‘DJ’ Johnson, the Texan trio otherwise known as Khruangbin, have truly crossed over beyond their ardent, though cult, … [Read more...] about Khruangbin: Brixton Academy, London – Live Review
Tindersticks: No Treasure But Hope – Review
Tindersticks, the rainy-day poets of aching melancholy, return with a record of subdued, stripped-back elegance that delivers emotional intensity in spades. As the russets and crisp temperature of autumn segue into the darker hues of a wintry chill, there seems no better time to welcome a new release by that most misunderstood and bafflingly peripheral of arty chamber-pop … [Read more...] about Tindersticks: No Treasure But Hope – Review
Ivory Wave: Dream Nights EP – Review
It’s that weekend vibe in Brum on the new offering from Ivory Wave, the Dream Nights EP, as we're taken through the sound of youthful exuberance and experiences. In the log-jam of lad bands of the mid-noughties, there was little room, if we’re being honest, for much creative flair. Where Hard-Fi ruled, others tried to follow. None were particularly memorable. Ivory Wave are … [Read more...] about Ivory Wave: Dream Nights EP – Review
Weyes Blood: Electric Brixton, London – Live Review
Electric Brixton, London Wednesday 30th October 2019 Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood made a major breakthrough earlier this year with her fourth record, Titanic Rising, a swooning slab of melancholy FM radio pop peppered with unsettling themes and motifs, whose cultural metaphor of incipient terror beneath a façade of privilege seemed timely and urgent. Reviewers were quick to … [Read more...] about Weyes Blood: Electric Brixton, London – Live Review
65daysofstatic: replicr, 2019 – Review
Sheffield’s premier math-rock explorers return with a chilling, cohesive and post-apocalyptic series of glitchy soundscapes which wordlessly foreshadow imminent catastrophe and conjure lashings of dystopian unease. The experimental Sheffield quartet known as 65daysofstatic have returned to the fray with a hugely anticipated new record, replicr,2019, which pulls off the canny … [Read more...] about 65daysofstatic: replicr, 2019 – Review
Floating Points: Crush – Review
Floating Points' latest venture is a more immediate, streamlined and beat-heavy opus than his maximalist and intricate Elaenia, though it’s distinguished by exhilarating moments of excellence. The London producer Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points transcended the UK bass scene from which he sprung with 2015’s glistening Elaenia collection, a knotty, vaporous and jazz-inspired … [Read more...] about Floating Points: Crush – Review