British singer-songwriter Marika Hackman delivers her most sexually charged and immediate songs to date in 'Any Human Friend', broadening her musical reach with a synth-rock swagger. The twenty-seven-year-old, London-based singer-songwriter Marika Hackman first came to prominence with her 2015 debut, We Slept At Last, a delicate and elliptical record that drew on the folk … [Read more...] about Marika Hackman: Any Human Friend – Review
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Bon Iver: i,i – Review
Justin Vernon’s fourth album presents a satisfying, intelligent and purposeful redrafting of the styles of his previous three releases which evolves and coalesces into something buoyant and serene. Since emerging in 2008 with the stripped-down and stunning For Emma, Forever Ago, the alt-pop singer-songwriter Justin Vernon has ploughed a yearning furrow under the Bon Iver … [Read more...] about Bon Iver: i,i – Review
/fyo͞oɡ/: Temp’rall Sho’gazing – Review
New Orleans based Jazz/Blues Duo /fyo͞oɡ/ release Temp’rall Sho’gazing calling upon a mix of styles and an impressive mindset to create a well-developed record. Jazz and Blues could be argued to be in it’s healthiest period we’ve seen for a while. And with bands like /fyo͞oɡ/ (thank God for copy and paste), rising from the jazz primordial ooze, it’s easy to see why. New … [Read more...] about /fyo͞oɡ/: Temp’rall Sho’gazing – Review
Natalie Evans: Houses – EP Review
Natalie Evans’ beautifully hypnotic debut EP, Houses, finally comes to vinyl and is packed full of extras. With the vinyl revival in 2013 being nowhere near where it is now, we inevitably have missed out on a multitude of spectacular releases which seemingly would never be pressed onto wax. Now, thanks to label Small Pond records, Kent singer-songwriter Natalie Evans’ is set to … [Read more...] about Natalie Evans: Houses – EP Review
The Rocket Summer: Sweet Shivers – Review
To record a seventh studio album, The Rocket Summer took to the wilderness. Following a period of life instability, multi-instrumentalist Bryce Avary, the musical polyglot behind The Rocket Summer, relocated from LA to a small cabin in Texas, with instruments and microphones. The result is Sweet Shivers, a mixed bag of an album that seems to be stuck halfway between the city … [Read more...] about The Rocket Summer: Sweet Shivers – Review
The Regrettes: How Do You Love? – Review
The Regrettes hit the senses like a sexy slice of American pumpkin pie. It is an amazement to discover that the husky, worldly voice of front-woman Lydia Night belongs to an 18-year-old. The gravitas of this young woman and the maturity of her voice defies her age. This level of accomplishment at such a young age is dangerously seductive and will surely lead Lydia Night to … [Read more...] about The Regrettes: How Do You Love? – Review