Mammal Hands return, alongside producer George Atkins, to once more take us on a jazzy adventure on their fourth album, Captured Spirits. A group blending jazz, electronica, and classical music isn’t the first thing you’d think to burst out of Norwich. But that's exactly what trio Mammal Hands have been doing for three albums. Now, on their fourth album Captured Spirits, … [Read more...] about Mammal Hands: Captured Spirits – Review
New Music Fridays – 18th September 2020
Friday has arrived, which means it's the end of the working week and the day you treat yourself to 5 new tracks courtesy of New Music Fridays! This week we jump into some indie garage rock, lofi hip-hop and fuzzy, hazy indie-pop. As always click the links to a little listen. Limón Limón - Long Distance Based around long distance relationships falling apart, Long … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 18th September 2020
Marilyn Manson: We are Chaos – Review
You could be forgiven for thinking that Marilyn Manson AKA Brian Hugh Warner was a one-trick pony and an inaccessibly shocking one at that. We Are Chaos turns these thoughts on their head. Ironically and bizarrely, combining his stage name from two of America's most famous names of two opposing American cultural icons, namely the sexiest woman in the world, Marilyn Monroe, … [Read more...] about Marilyn Manson: We are Chaos – Review
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz: American Bardo – Review
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz create an ode to novel Lincoln in the Bardo with their tenderly pleasant concept album American Bardo. Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz have reunited for third record, American Bardo, after the success of sophomore album Ghosts To Ancestors. This time, they’ve taken on more of a concept album, with the words and music inspired by George Saunders’ … [Read more...] about Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz: American Bardo – Review
Vinyl sells more than CDs for the first time since the 80s
That’s right, it’s finally happened. Vinyl has taken back its rightful place at the top of the physical format ladder by outselling CDs in the US over the first half of 2020, according to The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to the RIAA, for the first half of the year, there was $376 million worth of physical music sales, with 62% of these being vinyl … [Read more...] about Vinyl sells more than CDs for the first time since the 80s
Mark Vickness: Interconnected – Review
Mark Vickness creates a dual record of solo guitar and ensemble material to express the interconnectedness of humanity through music. Three years after debut solo album Places, Mark Vickness is back with a record that takes in both his solo material and the use of his new ensemble, Interconnected. Mixing both his solo, fingerpicking compositions and full ensemble pieces was … [Read more...] about Mark Vickness: Interconnected – Review