24kGoldn’s second studio album El Dorado combines pop, rap, indie, rock and more into a unique, but often perplexing, record. I fear that I will sound much older than I am, but in all honesty, I had trouble understanding this album. Its aims, its message and its purpose – none of it was clear. From the start to the end, there was no real sense of direction, which some … [Read more...] about 24kGoldn: El Dorado – Album Review
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boWsER: Whispers from the Wicker Man – Review
boWsER release a rollicking, raging, rock record full of energetic twists and turns through Whispers from the Wicker Man. Hailing from the Gold Coast of Australia, hard rock trio boWsER bring forward a relentless and explosive sound on new album Whispers From the Wicker Man. Relying on a metal base but also calling on 90s indie and alt-rock for inspiration, the tracks roll … [Read more...] about boWsER: Whispers from the Wicker Man – Review
Evanescence: The Bitter Truth – Review
Evanescence release new album The Bitter Truth which isn’t quite the record we had hoped it to be, but still has glimpses of excitement. Once again, Amy Lee’s stunning vocal performance does not disappoint throughout this album – unfortunately, however, it’s hard to say the same about the rest of the record. Though it is the band’s first album full of entirely original music … [Read more...] about Evanescence: The Bitter Truth – Review
Enforcer: Live By Fire 2 – Album Review
Swedish heavy metallers Enforcer are immortalised through this fantastic recording of their iconic Mexico City show.Live records in music are nothing new but now, perhaps more than ever due to concerts and festivals being gone for an entire year, does seem like they are needed. Enforcer released their first iteration of Live by Fire all the way back in 2015, with the band … [Read more...] about Enforcer: Live By Fire 2 – Album Review
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises – Review
The electronic producer Floating Points and the octogenarian jazz master Pharoah Sanders harness the majesty of healing, atmosphere and expanse on their beautiful, sweeping and subtly realised hook-up with The London Symphony Orchestra, a recording that achieves spine-tingling and transfixing effects with a thoughtful and sparse application of its core ingredients. The … [Read more...] about Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises – Review
William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time – Review
Genre-hopping auteur William Doyle, formerly known as East India Youth, is as diffuse and dazzling as ever on his second recording under his own name. A new record from the prodigiously gifted William Doyle is always an event worth marking on the calendar. The singer-songwriter is noted for his full-bodied and steadfast immersion in the recording process, a love of … [Read more...] about William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time – Review