Bob Dylan is one of the most iconic figures in music history and with his latest album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, he finally silences all questions. Overseeing seven different decades in his career, Bob Dylan can do whatever he pleases. Evolving from acoustic poet, through his divisive electric period, to most recently retiring his guitar for keys, there’s arguably a bit of … [Read more...] about Bob Dylan: Rough And Rowdy Ways – Review
‘Disclosure’ Documentary To Release Soundtrack On Vinyl
Directed by Sam Feder, the new Netflix documentary Disclosure is also releasing the soundtrack on vinyl composed by Francesco Le Metre. Disclosure delves into how fabled stories of Hollywood deeply influenced the USA’s feelings about transgender people. It also looks into how transgender people are often taught to perceive themselves, with the film gaining rave reviews at … [Read more...] about ‘Disclosure’ Documentary To Release Soundtrack On Vinyl
Tenci: My Heart Is an Open Field – Review
The Chicago singer-songwriter Jess Shoman hits a radiant sweet spot on her idiosyncratic, scratchy and bareboned debut album. Jess Shoman’s bedroom folk project as Tenci possesses both a scratchy, junkyard charm and a sepulchral elegance that constructs a hermetic musical universe all of its own. If you like your moonshine folk minimal, hushed and blessed with a voice … [Read more...] about Tenci: My Heart Is an Open Field – Review
Flying Lotus: Flamagra Instrumentals – Review
Flying Lotus, the standard-bearer of sci-fi beats, issues an instrumental edition of last year’s collab-heavy, cosmic hip-hop opera, Flamagra, bringing expressive vision and mastery of mood to centre stage. The LA-based producer and beats wizard Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus first pricked up tastemakers’ ears with woozy trip-hop transmissions on the pioneering Brainfeeder … [Read more...] about Flying Lotus: Flamagra Instrumentals – Review
Amo Amo: Canta EP – Review
Mesmerising voices and an abundance of dreamy sounds will take you on a musical journey when listening through the Canta EP, the latest portfolio of dream pop from Amo Amo. In the currently divided, pandemic stricken, uncertain and crazy world of 2020, everybody needs a little relaxation. The Canta EP from Amo Amo most certainly provides that; it casts the mind away from the … [Read more...] about Amo Amo: Canta EP – Review
SAULT: UNTITLED (Black Is) – Review
There’s a lot of social commentary happening on the enigmatic SAULT record UNTITLED, an energised and timely opus of sprawling funk, soul, gospel and spoken word that addresses the wave of social change engulfing the world today. The shadowy trio known as SAULT sprang up from nowhere in 2019 with not one but two album releases, May’s 5 and 7 in September. On both these LPs … [Read more...] about SAULT: UNTITLED (Black Is) – Review