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Farr Well: Hard Pill to Swallow EP – Review

July 29, 2020 by Jamie Parmenter

Farr Well

Discussion around mental illness is important for Farr Well with new EP Hard Pill to Swallow delving into the issue amongst a lofi hip-hop sound. Hip-hop artist and mental health advocate Farr Well has created an open forum around mental health and hard-hitting issues on his new record Hard Pill To Swallow. With first-hand experience of these issues, the artist draws on his … [Read more...] about Farr Well: Hard Pill to Swallow EP – Review

Khruangbin: Mordechai – Album Review

June 29, 2020 by Michael Sumsion

Khruangbin

On the third Khruangbin album proper, the Texan trio’s incorporation of prominent vocal textures articulates rather than intimates, making for a triumph of globe-trotting songcraft. Over the last seven years, Houston’s purveyors of dubby, downtempo Mediterranean funk, Khruangbin, have built a considerable following that’s enabled them to tour almost constantly. Initially … [Read more...] about Khruangbin: Mordechai – Album Review

Archie Shepp, Damu The Fudgemunk and Raw Poetic: Ocean Bridges – Review

May 30, 2020 by Michael Sumsion

Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp, the 82-year-old jazz icon, shines on an edifying, fluid and thrilling maelstrom of jagged jazz and booming hip-hop that transcends the dilution, novelty value and timidity of crossover records.  Ever since emerging in the turbulent 1960’s as a consummate free jazz trailblazer, passionate educator, ‘New Thing’ progenitor and guiding light of Afro-centric black … [Read more...] about Archie Shepp, Damu The Fudgemunk and Raw Poetic: Ocean Bridges – Review

Review: Big Terror (feat Rebel ACA & French Monkey Wrench) – Self-titled

February 13, 2019 by Jamie Parmenter

Big Terror

Hip-hop/Brit Pop outfit Big Terror release their self-titled record, featuring an impressive backbone of 70s and 90s music with an element of fun amongst contagious beats. In life, there are those that follow and those that lead. Big Terror realise this, and their new self-titled record is testament to both sides of the coin. Using influences of 70s and 90s beats and sounds, … [Read more...] about Review: Big Terror (feat Rebel ACA & French Monkey Wrench) – Self-titled

Single Review: DannyDosha – Kelsey 2

December 7, 2018 by Jamie Parmenter

DannyDosha

DannyDosha releases new single Kelsey 2, and with it we’re invited into a world of inventive melodies, clever contrasts, and inspired vocals. DannyDosha (Daniel Maurice Barry) was always going to have an eclectic sound to his music. Growing up with a hip-hop producer as an uncle and a cousin as a mix-engineer, he had wide access to a plethora of musical influences, including … [Read more...] about Single Review: DannyDosha – Kelsey 2

Review: Mura Masa – Mura Masa

August 1, 2017 by Michael Sumsion

On his highly anticipated, self-titled debut album, the Guernsey-born, London-based producer known as Mura Masa - 21-year-old Alex Crossan - has conjured a cohesive record that skilfully reconciles a star-studded mix-tape sensibility with the ingenious flow of an old-fashioned, album-style structure, connecting the dots between genres with irresistible verve and pinpoint … [Read more...] about Review: Mura Masa – Mura Masa

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