Dizmation creates an everchanging indie-based sound on the twisting and turning new record, Sea Area Forecast. Music producer, songwriter and visual artist Dizmation really knows how to manipulate sounds into an interconnecting whole. With the number of styles used on new album Sea Area Forecast, some artists would get swamped down in certain aspects, but Dizmation just … [Read more...] about Dizmation: Sea Area Forecast – Review

The Hold Steady continue their tradition of producing addictive indie music for the ears through their eagerly anticipated eighth studio album, Open Door Policy. Many dedicated fans could be forgiven for wondering how the six-piece could follow up such a great comeback after they released their last album; Thrashing Thru The Passion back in 2019. This preceding record … [Read more...] about The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy – Review

The Staves continue with their persuasive and poignant indie music on the honest and sincere Good Woman. The Staves are a trio that definitely deserve more recognition in their genre. A band known by some as the openers for Florence + The Machine, during her How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful tour, they have existed in the upper fringe of indie music since 2012, never quite … [Read more...] about The Staves: Good Woman – Album Review

For someone who was embroiled in a whirlwind of controversy almost a year ago, slowthai and his second studio album TYRON takes an engaged approach to addressing his actions; whilst maintaining his distinctive mélange of stylistic influences to create a sound that is unmistakeably his own. Instead of blithering and self-righteous justification, TYRON explores slowthai’s … [Read more...] about slowthai: TYRON – Album Review

Tindersticks’ thirteenth studio, Distractions, feels like more a subtle gear change than a stop-gap Lockdown album; its murky beauty marks thirty years of going against the grain.  Tindersticks have long become used to being ahead of, and out of step, with their times; their labyrinthine, revelatory and poll-winning debut in 1993 served up an anachronistic set of lushly … [Read more...] about Tindersticks: Distractions – Review

In tune or tone-deaf? Whilst it includes some great tracks overall, Music, the latest album from Sia, is a little on the mediocre side. It’s no secret that Sia’s new film Music has sparked widespread controversy for its depiction of autism. The film is described as ‘a wholly original exploration of the healing power of love and the importance of community’ and features Sia’s … [Read more...] about Sia: Music – Album Review