Alicia Keys delivers gorgeous vocals through some stranger - and certainly more comprehensive - sounds than she’s tried before in her new album, ALICIA. “I’m grateful to share all the different sides of me with you”, the singer said to her fans through a recent Instagram post. Releasing it in the wake of her recent memoir, the lengthy 15-track album is by far the most … [Read more...] about Alicia Keys: ALICIA – Album Review
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Mammal Hands: Captured Spirits – Review
Mammal Hands return, alongside producer George Atkins, to once more take us on a jazzy adventure on their fourth album, Captured Spirits. A group blending jazz, electronica, and classical music isn’t the first thing you’d think to burst out of Norwich. But that's exactly what trio Mammal Hands have been doing for three albums. Now, on their fourth album Captured Spirits, … [Read more...] about Mammal Hands: Captured Spirits – Review
Marilyn Manson: We are Chaos – Review
You could be forgiven for thinking that Marilyn Manson AKA Brian Hugh Warner was a one-trick pony and an inaccessibly shocking one at that. We Are Chaos turns these thoughts on their head. Ironically and bizarrely, combining his stage name from two of America's most famous names of two opposing American cultural icons, namely the sexiest woman in the world, Marilyn Monroe, … [Read more...] about Marilyn Manson: We are Chaos – Review
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz: American Bardo – Review
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz create an ode to novel Lincoln in the Bardo with their tenderly pleasant concept album American Bardo. Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz have reunited for third record, American Bardo, after the success of sophomore album Ghosts To Ancestors. This time, they’ve taken on more of a concept album, with the words and music inspired by George Saunders’ … [Read more...] about Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz: American Bardo – Review
Mark Vickness: Interconnected – Review
Mark Vickness creates a dual record of solo guitar and ensemble material to express the interconnectedness of humanity through music. Three years after debut solo album Places, Mark Vickness is back with a record that takes in both his solo material and the use of his new ensemble, Interconnected. Mixing both his solo, fingerpicking compositions and full ensemble pieces was … [Read more...] about Mark Vickness: Interconnected – Review
Cosmopolis: Sécheresse – Single Review
Cosmopolis release sophomore track Sécheresse, a darker, melancholic slow-burner that strings the listener along. Moody Art-rockers Cosmopolis have got their indie groove on with new track Sécheresse. In stark contrast to the pulsating rock drive of debut single God Hotel, Sécheresse shows off a darker side to the group and a penchant for building a track before releasing … [Read more...] about Cosmopolis: Sécheresse – Single Review