Halifax’s finest purveyors of indie ear-candy, The Orielles, stretch out and expand their art-rock sound into dizzy dream-pop and giddy space-funk textures on their magisterial second album, Disco Volador. On their vivid, buzz-generating 2018 calling-card, Silver Dollar Moment, West Yorkshire’s The Orielles honed a refreshingly idiosyncratic and expansive take on those … [Read more...] about The Orielles: Disco Volador – Review
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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Blue Moon Rising – EP Review
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds return with their first EP of 2020, featuring a mix of dance-tinged sounds and classic atmospheres from earlier solo work. At times Noel appears stuck in limbo. He tries something new with his music but can also feel like he’s holding back, too nervous to really throw himself into a new sound. New EP Blue Moon Rising manages once again to … [Read more...] about Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Blue Moon Rising – EP Review
The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
Put down your Amaretto cherryades, The Jaded Hearts Club are here to hotwire the weekend with new single Nobody But Me. The Jaded Hearts Club comprises 3 huge British rock icons (Matt Bellamy of Muse, Graham Coxon of Blur and Miles Kane of...Miles Kane), and 3 random American blokes. Kitted out all in black, with leather jackets and classic Gretsch guitars, the band … [Read more...] about The Jaded Hearts Club: Nobody But Me – Single Review
José James: No Beginning No End 2 – Review
José James has spent a decade honing his craft and defining his musical voice. With his latest release, No Beginning No End 2, James pays homage to a multitude of his inspirations, whilst collaborating with a large handful of other musicians. I Need Your Love opens the album with an arpeggiated acoustic guitar and subtle horns (the latter is performed magnificently), before … [Read more...] about José James: No Beginning No End 2 – Review
The Wants: Container – Album Review
Labelled as NME’s ones to watch of 2020, the American band The Wants new record Container focuses on the large issue of anxiety and reflects the ‘complex cycle of self-reflection’. Opening the album with Ramp, the instrumental piece sets the tone for the rest of the record. With a distorted beginning, catchy riffs and prominent synths adding flare, the darkness that was … [Read more...] about The Wants: Container – Album Review
Cailin Russo: The Drama – Review
Cailin Russo shows us what she’s capable of on the self-affirming and gutsy new record, The Drama. The Drama is the new EP from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Cailin Russo and produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) When talking about the new project, Cailin explains, “The whole EP is a play by play of everything I went through during my crumbling … [Read more...] about Cailin Russo: The Drama – Review