Shafts of light peer through darkness on Nick Cave and fellow Bad Seed Warren Ellis’s Lockdown album, Carnage, a recording steeped in both the turmoil of the pandemic and the singer’s classic themes of loss, redemption and apocalypse. Nick Cave has spoken of how Lockdown has felt oddly familiar; the veteran singer-songwriter is well acquainted with isolation, loss and grief … [Read more...] about Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage – Review
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Kinlaw: The Tipping Scale – Review
The operatically trained Brooklyn native Sarah Kinlaw delivers dreamy, slow-burn art-pop on her brooding debut. The rise to fame of the New York singer-songwriter Sarah Kinlaw has been unspectacular and steady, encompassing stints as a dancer, visual artist, choreographer and composer as well as a series of bleeding-edge collaborations with Blood Orange, Caroline Polacheck, … [Read more...] about Kinlaw: The Tipping Scale – Review
Nicholas Gunn: Sound Condition – Review
Nicholas Gunn releases new album Sound Condition, an ambitious and varied piece of work that encompasses an electronically driven ambient world. Electronic artist and producer Nicholas Gunn manages to produce a perfect blend of beats, build-ups and perspectives on new album, Sound Condition. With a settled flow of ambient sounds and meandering, playful beats that ebb and … [Read more...] about Nicholas Gunn: Sound Condition – Review
Patrick Ames: Rubber & Glue – Single Review
Patrick Ames returns with a whimsical, bluesy sound on the affectionate new single, Rubber & Glue. It’s pretty apparent in this time and age that people are looking for a bit of fun. There’s been a lot of heavy-heartedness lately, and with good reason, but sometimes you just want something a bit familiar, a bit warm and light. That’s exactly what Patrick Ames provides … [Read more...] about Patrick Ames: Rubber & Glue – Single Review
Ghetts: Conflict of Interest – Review
With Conflict of Interest, Ghetts has created a hard-hitting and career-defining grime album that shows off his impressive talent. If you know the music of Ghetts, there would have been no doubt in your mind that this album would be excellent. As the opening line “Rudeboy, I’m the certiest” (Fine Wine) attests, Conflict of Interest raises the bar even higher as Ghetts … [Read more...] about Ghetts: Conflict of Interest – Review
J.L.G: Lion Lady – Single Review
J.L.G provides a synthy, settled flow on the gorgeously arranged and beautifully breezy track, Lion Lady. South Florida-based indie/synthpop artist J.L.G really knows how to put together a tantalisingly pleasing track. His great work in building synth-pop layers against an 80s-inspired atmosphere comes to life on new single Lion Lady, as the artist shows off his talents for … [Read more...] about J.L.G: Lion Lady – Single Review