The legendary Impulse label excavate a long-lost gem from the vanguard of 1960’s jazz; the John Coltrane Quartet let loose on a richly emotional and lyrical set of familiar tunes some six months before diving into the monumental summation that was A Love Supreme. The latest in a seemingly endless flow of lost-and-found recording sessions from jazz’s gleaming back catalogue, … [Read more...] about John Coltrane Quartet: Blue World – Review
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Review: Kim Gordon – No Home Record
Kim Gordon takes us on a noisy, creative, and inspired journey with her solo debut. Surprisingly, this is Kim Gordon’s solo debut after nearly 40 years in the industry. Since the break up of Sonic Youth, she has kept busy with her project Body/Head along with guitarist Bill Nace, but this is her first venture into solo territory. Gordon is a clear indie-rock icon and has … [Read more...] about Review: Kim Gordon – No Home Record
Joel Cuzzi: Footprints – Review
Joel Cuzzi releases new album Footprints, focussing on a tantalizing punk sound that somehow works against a sometimes playful and mellow acoustic guitar. It's hard when you lose someone close to you. New album Footprints from Joel Cuzzi is dedicated to the artist's friendship with Tony Sly of hardcore punk icons No Use for a Name. This gives the album a strong and emotional … [Read more...] about Joel Cuzzi: Footprints – Review
Carla dal Forno: Look Up Sharp – Review
Three years after You Know What It’s Like, Australian multi-instrumentalist Carla dal Forno returns with a stark, autumnal and pretty collection of yearning dream-pop, ambient, trip-hop, folk and electronica that unleashes an avalanche of emotion. With her second album, Look Up Sharp, the enigmatic singer-songwriter Carla dal Forno has crafted a sparse, creeping and … [Read more...] about Carla dal Forno: Look Up Sharp – Review
Thunderpussy: Milk It EP – Review
Once I recovered from the extraordinary name of this band (Wasn't Thunderpussy a James Bond film?!), I am wowed by this sound. This is women rocking out with attitude. This EP is a breath of fresh air against a backdrop of over girly females bemoaning lost loves and tearing their hair out musically over some guy who might have just left them. These are women with muscle in … [Read more...] about Thunderpussy: Milk It EP – Review
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen – Review
A captivating and elegiac album, Ghosteen is shaped by despair and the sound of a man affirming the glow of love; here, grief and loss render its author vulnerable but not broken. Nick Cave’s sprawling and piercing seventeenth LP, Ghosteen, feels like a companion piece to 2016’s remarkable Skeleton Tree, a harrowing record in which the gothic Australian balladeer grappled with … [Read more...] about Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen – Review