Nicole Atkins breathes life into new album Italian Ice, drawing on a strong lineup of musicians amidst a genre-hopping and emotional journey. The latest album from Nicole Atkins, Italian Ice, was recorded in the greatly respected Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and features members of the Bad Seeds, Dap-Kings, the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and more. Genre-hopping is … [Read more...] about Nicole Atkins: Italian Ice – Album Review
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The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form – Review
Matt Healy, the northern king of rock n roll who is always ready to spread his controversial opinions to his admirers, has taken The 1975 to new heights with album Notes On A Conditional Form. Whether you like frontman Matt Healy or not, it is clear that his genius lyrics and melodic creations never stop, and the signature 1975 stamp on songs are yet to get boring. Starting … [Read more...] about The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form – Review
MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review
MXXWLL, the Australian beat conductor, indulges a love of G-Funk, P-Funk and West Coast hip hop stylings on a skittish beat-tape-like odyssey that weaves fragments of found sound into its suite of primary colours. The fleet-footed, Sydney-born producer MXXWLL is riding the crest of a wave of music industry and media interest, having caught the attention of names such as DJ … [Read more...] about MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review
Sven Wunder: Eastern Flowers – Review
Sven Wunder, the enigmatic Swedish producer, entrances with a nourishing, mind-opening and woozy synthesis of psychedelia, library music and Mediterranean funk. Very little is known about Sven Wunder, a mysterious Swedish musician who inhabits a stealthy veil of clandestineness much like Burial; there’s no indication as to his age or even how old his debut album is. … [Read more...] about Sven Wunder: Eastern Flowers – Review
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
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