Arlo Parks holds 2,000 people transfixed with her simplicity, sincerity, and soulfulness. Since the release of her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, in January, Arlo Parks has shot off like a rocket. She was nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best British Female Solo Artist’ and took home the ‘Best New Artist’ at this year’s BRIT Awards, as well as the coveted Hyundai … [Read more...] about Arlo Parks Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Review
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Tawni Bias: SEL Fellow – Album Review
Tawni Bias creates a beautiful world you’ll want to come back to again and again on the album SEL Fellow. Calgary-based indie-alt musician and producer Tawni Bias has really managed to realise a dreamy yet playful sound on the new record, SEL Fellow. Featuring a perfect combination of settled flows and, at times, vocal playfulness, the record managed to feel both serene yet … [Read more...] about Tawni Bias: SEL Fellow – Album Review
Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review
The gifted Mancunian trumpeter, polymath and bandleader plunders his gorgeous 2020 opus, Salute To The Sun, and revisits a smattering of old favourites in a sensational, stirring and sublime evening of cosmically infused jazz exploration. Whether as composer, producer, label founder, trumpeter or mentor, Matthew Halsall has become a venerable mainstay of the British jazz … [Read more...] about Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review
ABBA: Voyage – Album Review
After not putting out any material for forty years, revolutionary Swedish pop group ABBA have returned with one last, beautifully moving album in the form of Voyage. Growing up with a mother that absolutely adored ABBA as a young adult back when they were the number one pop group ever, I inevitably heard a ton of their music all throughout my life, and in my opinion, … [Read more...] about ABBA: Voyage – Album Review
Parcels: Day/Night – Album Review
Berlin-based band Parcels may be a five-piece, but they move effortlessly as one on this album—an album that will get you moving, too. Three years after the release of their first, self-titled studio album Parcels, the Australian-formed, Berlin-based five-piece present their latest album, Day/Night. At nineteen tracks, split into two sections (nine songs for Day and ten for … [Read more...] about Parcels: Day/Night – Album Review
Seneko: ‘69 Camaro – EP Review
Seneko unleashes his alt-rock and country-infused sound over five tracks on his new EP, ‘69 Camaro. Alt-rock and country artist Seneko - aka Stan Olshefski - likes to lean on what he knows best, and because of this, his sound has developed well. As they say, do what you love and it’ll show off your best work. New EP ‘69 Camaro is a testament to this, flitting around the … [Read more...] about Seneko: ‘69 Camaro – EP Review