On her second album, the folk singer-songwriter Bedouine pulls the rug from under her listeners by adding subtle and enticing embellishments to her pristine chamber-folk sound. The Syria-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian, aka Bedouine, entered the wider musical consciousness in 2017 with her self-titled album on Matthew E White’s Spacebomb label, a … [Read more...] about Bedouine: Bird Songs Of A Killjoy – Review
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Paul Maged: Fight To The Death – EP Review
Paul Maged releases new EP Fight To The Death featuring an eclectic mix of genres and ideas that manage to hit home hard. Having previously reviewed Paul Maged’s single The Resistance, which also appears on this EP, I thought I knew what to expect from it. I was wrong. Yes, heavy riffs and anger-laden instances to make appearances on Fight To The Death, but this is not the … [Read more...] about Paul Maged: Fight To The Death – EP Review
Jay Clark Band: The Time Is Now – Review
Jay Clark Band returns with new record The Time Is Now, managing to fuse together Country and Metal in an impressively addictive album. It’s not often you’d put the genres Metal and County in the same sentence; they seem like such opposite ends of the music spectrum. Jay Clark Band decided it was worth a go, however, and luckily for us, they’ve somehow managed to combine … [Read more...] about Jay Clark Band: The Time Is Now – Review
The Black Keys: Let’s Rock – Review
The Black Keys return with their ninth studio record Let’s Rock and look back to their early days for inspiration amongst fuzzy guitars and tight production. It’s been five years since The Black Keys graced us with a new record, with some fans adamant that this was the end of the band. Previous single Go even parodied (or not?) tensions between singer Dan Auerbach and … [Read more...] about The Black Keys: Let’s Rock – Review
The Cosmics: Self-Titled EP – Review
The Cosmics give a refreshing amount of tenacity and danger, smothered beautifully in loud fuzzy guitars on this short-but-sweet EP. Anyone can produce noisy rock 'n' roll but few perfect it, and that’s exactly what The Cosmics have done on their self-titled EP. Female fronted bands have infiltrated the market, yet the Birmingham-trio are sure to skyrocket in popularity if … [Read more...] about The Cosmics: Self-Titled EP – Review
Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings – Review
Mark Ronson returns with another hook-laden, guest-heavy opus, this time chronicling the fall-out of heartbreak and divorce via a sleekly produced set of sad bangers. The forty-three-year-old producer, DJ and musician Mark Ronson returns to his proven formula of a cluster of buzzy guest vocalists for his fifth album, a break-up record (his marriage to Josephine de La Baume … [Read more...] about Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings – Review