Hazel English releases debut record Wake UP!, drawing on her favourite influences to create a sound bountiful in shimmering, psychedelic pop. With debut records, many artists like to play it safe, but Hazel English knew exactly what she wanted and went for it with new album Wake UP!. Featuring a much grander soundscape than her earlier, more lo-fi bedroom produced EPs, this … [Read more...] about Hazel English: Wake UP! – Review
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Alice Bag: Sister Dynamite – Review
L.A. punk icon Alice Bag releases new album Sister Dynamite with the grit of Joan Jett and the offbeat eccentricity of Siouxsie Sioux. Sister Dynamite goes all out with unrelenting punk energy and is a throwback to Alice Bag’s previous incarnation of her original first-wave punk band, The Bags. This is a play on insults that certain types of men dish out when confronted by a … [Read more...] about Alice Bag: Sister Dynamite – Review
Mohamed Assani: Wayfinder – Review
Mohamed Assani creates unique and impressive soundscapes in Wayfinder, encapsulating a dizzying amount of genres with the sitar at the helm. Many would think sitar music has only one distinct style, but Mohamed Assani manages to blow this thought right out the water on new album Wayfinder. Using the record as a musical exploration, it brings in diverse genres such as … [Read more...] about Mohamed Assani: Wayfinder – Review
Brendan Benson: Dear Life – Review
Brendan Benson releases 'Dear Life', his first solo album in seven years, evidently written from a place of ecstasy and contentedness that translates into pure joy upon listening. Probably most well-known for co-founding Rock band The Raconteurs – alongside Jack White, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler – singer-songwriter-producer Brendan Benson is set to release his seventh … [Read more...] about Brendan Benson: Dear Life – Review
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Review
The widely praised fifth album by Fiona Apple, the elusive and iconic New York singer-songwriter, is a self-indulgent, formless and rickety rackety listen that will alienate as much as elucidate. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist Fiona Apple has something of a slim canon for a recording career stretching back over twenty-four years. … [Read more...] about Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Review
Jamie XX: Idontknow – Single Review
Jamie XX returns with a new song, his first since 2015’s all-conquering In Colour album. Just when you’d thought James Thomas Smith, the British producer and beat-sculptor known as Jamie XX, had vanished off the face of the earth, he’s unleashed a brand new track entitled Idontknow, an ear-worm that cropped up in live sets last year and is now getting props from other … [Read more...] about Jamie XX: Idontknow – Single Review