We have a lovely crop of new music for this week's New Music Fridays. Indie rock, surf jazz and brooding buildups are the name of the game here, each track offering something different for you to enjoy. As always, click the pics for a little listen. She - She This one is straight off the fresh pile. The self-titled track is the band’s first ever single, showing off … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 22nd May 2020
Jess Williamson: Sorceress – Review
Jess Williamson, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, documents the quotidian and the astrological with a deftness of style and a flair for heartfelt storytelling on her fourth, and most captivating, outpouring, Sorceress. Jess Williamson is far from being a mainstream name though she is ceaselessly prolific, as evidenced by four albums in just six years. Her latest … [Read more...] about Jess Williamson: Sorceress – Review
Janet Devlin Interview: Confessional, Lockdown, And Life
With the impending release of new album Confessional, we speak to Janet Devlin about her life, mental health issues, and how this all plays an important part in her music. “When I look back, people didn’t know the pain I was going through. I was really suffering. It wasn’t because of the show... my mental suffering started way before that.” Janet Devlin was a … [Read more...] about Janet Devlin Interview: Confessional, Lockdown, And Life
Kamasi Washington: Becoming (Music From the Netflix Original Documentary) – Review
Kamasi Washington, the hot-shot jazz maestro, trades genre-stuffed sprawl for punchy funk brevity on his new score for Netflix’s Michelle Obama documentary. Ever since 2015’s mammoth, triple-disc odyssey, The Epic, the LA-based tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Kamasi Washington has been a major player in the recent revival of jazz’s fortunes. … [Read more...] about Kamasi Washington: Becoming (Music From the Netflix Original Documentary) – Review
Noah Cyrus: The End Of Everything – Review
Noah Cyrus cries out for help in her new album The End Of Everything. Whilst showing listeners the dark journey through her tired mind using the calibration of eight honest tracks, Noah faces her undying pain song by song. The mix between country-styled Billie Eilish inspired tracks is nothing short of genius and each theme in every song can be interpreted directly to … [Read more...] about Noah Cyrus: The End Of Everything – Review
Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now – Review
Pop pioneer of the 2010s, Charli XCX, only released her previous album, Charli, eight months ago; in that short amount of time, we find ourselves in a whole new world. Her latest album, How I’m Feeling Now, is an honest reflection of the situation. Slap bang in the middle of a global pandemic, we as a human race all find ourselves in a strange situation of quarantine or … [Read more...] about Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now – Review