Matt Healy, the northern king of rock n roll who is always ready to spread his controversial opinions to his admirers, has taken The 1975 to new heights with album Notes On A Conditional Form. Whether you like frontman Matt Healy or not, it is clear that his genius lyrics and melodic creations never stop, and the signature 1975 stamp on songs are yet to get boring. Starting … [Read more...] about The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form – Review
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MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review
MXXWLL, the Australian beat conductor, indulges a love of G-Funk, P-Funk and West Coast hip hop stylings on a skittish beat-tape-like odyssey that weaves fragments of found sound into its suite of primary colours. The fleet-footed, Sydney-born producer MXXWLL is riding the crest of a wave of music industry and media interest, having caught the attention of names such as DJ … [Read more...] about MXXWLL: Sheeesh – Review
Sven Wunder: Eastern Flowers – Review
Sven Wunder, the enigmatic Swedish producer, entrances with a nourishing, mind-opening and woozy synthesis of psychedelia, library music and Mediterranean funk. Very little is known about Sven Wunder, a mysterious Swedish musician who inhabits a stealthy veil of clandestineness much like Burial; there’s no indication as to his age or even how old his debut album is. … [Read more...] about Sven Wunder: Eastern Flowers – Review
Jess Williamson: Sorceress – Review
Jess Williamson, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, documents the quotidian and the astrological with a deftness of style and a flair for heartfelt storytelling on her fourth, and most captivating, outpouring, Sorceress. Jess Williamson is far from being a mainstream name though she is ceaselessly prolific, as evidenced by four albums in just six years. Her latest … [Read more...] about Jess Williamson: Sorceress – Review
Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now – Review
Pop pioneer of the 2010s, Charli XCX, only released her previous album, Charli, eight months ago; in that short amount of time, we find ourselves in a whole new world. Her latest album, How I’m Feeling Now, is an honest reflection of the situation. Slap bang in the middle of a global pandemic, we as a human race all find ourselves in a strange situation of quarantine or … [Read more...] about Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now – Review
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow – Review
Mark Lanegan, the great 1990’s grunge survivor, draws upon a lifetime of wrongdoing, tragedy and dysfunction and navigates light in the darkness on his candid, ambitious and wounded new album. The ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan is enjoying something of a cultural renaissance right now; his twelfth solo album, Straight Songs of Sorrow, arrives as a companion piece … [Read more...] about Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow – Review