Post-hardcore quartet Aleska return with their second full-length record, and they would like your attention. Hailing from France, Aleska have been recording since 2012 when they released their debut EP, The Waiting. A split with the band’s Mariesena and Bears would follow in 2013, followed by their second EP in 2014, Time is a Curse. 2016 brought the first full-length record … [Read more...] about Aleska: Construire Ou Détruire – Review
Stereolab: Shepherds Bush Empire – Live Review
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London Wednesday 12 June 2019 In the 1990s, the Anglo-French shape-shifters Stereolab were an intriguing and exotic musical proposition - with a healthily obsessive cult fan base - whose judicious meshing of disparate sounds failed to resonate on a deeper level beyond the appreciation of the academically minded and music journos. Almost two decades … [Read more...] about Stereolab: Shepherds Bush Empire – Live Review
Bill Callahan: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest review
The mordant American troubadour returns with his first album in six years, an expansive and contemplative double set which ruminates on responsibility, contentment, mortality, fatherhood and the natural landscape. The frequently inscrutable artist formerly known as Smog has cultivated a peculiar niche in alternative indie-folk-alt-country pop as a frankly poetic purveyor of … [Read more...] about Bill Callahan: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest review
Joy Division release 40th anniversary edition of ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on red vinyl
The original release of Joy Division's seminal album Unknown Pleasures was on 15th June 1979 and to celebrate this 40-year-old record, Warner music are reissuing a special edition on 180g ‘ruby red’ vinyl. The reissue will come housed in alternative artwork that still features the iconic waveform design, but amended to more closely resemble the original specs by Peter Saville, … [Read more...] about Joy Division release 40th anniversary edition of ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on red vinyl
The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger – Review
The Raconteurs make a welcome return with third album Help Us Stranger, highlighting all their strengths and skills in supreme musicianship. It’s been over a decade since the last Raconteurs release. Many fans had probably given up in their pursuit of hearing new music from them, and those that know Jack White’s many, many side projects may just have assumed he’d left this … [Read more...] about The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger – Review
Single Review: Ingrid Michaelson – Missing You
Nostalgia is flooding the airwaves these days, with Ingrid Michaelson's new single' Missing You' managing to ride the wave in a fantastic way. “It’s the best kind of escapism and I find myself seeking that now more than ever.”, is what Ingrid Michaelson says about Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things, and with her latest single being heavily influenced by the sounds, storylines, … [Read more...] about Single Review: Ingrid Michaelson – Missing You