Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers release their sixth studio album Hello Exile via Epitaph. The album covers such diverse subjects as high-school hellraising, troubled relationships, ageing and alcohol, politics and the frustration of religion, most notably around America's 'Bible Belt'. Stand out track America (You’re Freaking Me Out) touches topics of politics and … [Read more...] about The Menzingers: Hello Exile – Review
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Brittany Howard: Jaime – Review
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Angel Olsen: All Mirrors – Review
Angel Olsen unleashes a brooding, expansive and boundless new record that dazzles and engrosses the listener with its colourful and powerful production and arrangements. Ever since her breakthrough in 2012, the Asheville-based singer-songwriter Angel Olsen has cultivated a distinctive niche in indie circles as a consummate purveyor of solemn and intense lo-fi torch songs and … [Read more...] about Angel Olsen: All Mirrors – Review
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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: This Is The Place EP – Review
Noel Gallagher returns with new EP This Is The Place, focussing on dreamy, sensory experience steeped in dance beats and hypnotic energy. I am going, to be honest here. I am a died in the wool fan of Noel Gallagher and everything he has done with both High Flying Birds and Oasis. I am listening to an EP from the man who wrote one of my all-time favourite lines in a rock song: … [Read more...] about Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: This Is The Place EP – Review
Kristina Stykos: River of Light – Review
Kristina Stykos brings her uniquely determined and fierce spirit out into the open with River of Light - an album that grows in stature as it progresses forward. Kristina Stykos has never been one to give up. In 2017, she was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that makes singing and speaking more difficult. This didn’t stop her from writing and recording new … [Read more...] about Kristina Stykos: River of Light – Review