Ever wondered what a Bristolian music producer would create if confined to their bedroom and cast adrift from the hippy-dub mainland? Well, your answer is with Stumbleine: algorithmic Youtube Chillwave. Throughout Stumbliene’s newest album, Sink Into the Ether, the Big Chill-Out in the sky is made to feel like a morning commute. As ever, a combination of daydreamy post-rock … [Read more...] about Stumbleine: Sink Into The Ether – Review
Gold Cage: Social Crutch – Review
Gold Cage hone in on the languid, close-to-death dream pop that best soundtracks moments of teenage ennui. Throughout their debut album Social Crutch (great name by the way), Gold Cage do a great job at making disappointment sound really *big*. The tambourines sound as close and large as their bursts of guitar. The lyrics are bleak, the melodies are pessimistic, the tempos … [Read more...] about Gold Cage: Social Crutch – Review
Revolver: An Argument For The Best Beatles Album
Reece Maggs takes us on an in-depth journey through his reasoning on placing The Beatles' Revolver as his number one choice from their back catalogue. If the man in the tall black hat should ask “What is the best Beatles album?” one would do well not to err or falter. Reasonable claims could be made for several records: The White Album (a kitschy, post-modern, cultural … [Read more...] about Revolver: An Argument For The Best Beatles Album
The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
Put down your Amaretto cherryades, The Jaded Hearts Club are here to hotwire the weekend with new single Nobody But Me. The Jaded Hearts Club comprises 3 huge British rock icons (Matt Bellamy of Muse, Graham Coxon of Blur and Miles Kane of...Miles Kane), and 3 random American blokes. Kitted out all in black, with leather jackets and classic Gretsch guitars, the band … [Read more...] about The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
Grimes: Miss Anthropocene – Review
Grimes’ vivid science-fictional faculty is put to staid and naive use on Miss Anthropocene, where jagged electronica is more pish than punk. Grimes describes her new album, written from the perspective of the Demon Goddess of Climate Change, as “an exercise in villainy.” More than mere exercise, considering Grimes’ romantic affiliation with the real powers shaping humanity’s … [Read more...] about Grimes: Miss Anthropocene – Review
Justin Bieber: Changes – Album Review
New Justin Bieber record Changes is an album of redemption, and his cherubic voice is an instrument of God: the big sexy God of Holy Matrimony. New album Changes from Justin Bieber isn’t brazen enough to be a huge pop hit, nor sexy enough to be a great R&B album, nor flashy enough to fit the Drake mould. So what is it? It’s highly sensitive, perhaps of greater similarity … [Read more...] about Justin Bieber: Changes – Album Review