●●●○○ “I hate the moshers, the squashers, the sploshers, or at least the ones, who seem not to understand rhythm, those who, unlike me, are not good at it, at rhythm. More than that, the ones who take no … Continue reading Black MIDI // Review a new sound for a new millennium
●●●●○ All too often, collaborations between singular rappers and producers can end up feeling slightly underwhelming. They frequently end up feeling like two separate artists merely working on the same project, without any true collaboration or interplay. In recent years, … Continue reading Unlocked – Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats // REVIEW
●●●○○ It’s been five years since FKA twigs last released a full length album, the highly acclaimed LP1. This debut album had a fantastic sense of atmosphere, with a minimalist, glitchy electronic aesthetic that complemented twigs’ fragile vocal lines … Continue reading FKA twigs: Magdalene // REVIEW A lush and evocative, but ultimately insubstantial offering
●●●●● Pretty ballsy to release an album entitled 2020 at the tail end of 2019. Can’t wait to try finding it on search engines in a few years time. Also pretty ballsy to start that album with a discordant guitar … Continue reading Richard Dawson – 2020 // REVIEW
●●●○○ Danny Brown, the near mythic symbol of debauchery and intoxication, a man whose work is defined by its manic, anxious energy as well as his technical skill, is getting old (at least by rap terms) as he approaches 40. … Continue reading Danny Brown: uknowhatimsayin¿ // Review
●●●●● JPEGMAFIA (Peggy to his fans) has spent the better part of 2019 subverting the demands of critics and fans, teasing towards his third studio album, All My Heroes are Cornballs (AMHAC); promising only to disappoint and disgust his audience. … Continue reading JPEGMAFIA: All My Heroes are Cornballs // Review
●●○○○ Jaden Smith was once the composer of mind-boggling tweets. Attracting the attention of the entire twitter sphere, Aristotle spun in his grave at the faux philosopher. However, now it seems that the 21-year-old has channelled his out-of-this-world thoughts into … Continue reading ERYS by Jaden // REVIEW
Few can ask for a better musical debut than Hozier, who instantly shot to fame with the anthemic single ‘Take Me to Church’. Many worried that he would have a tough act to follow, but the title track of his … Continue reading Power of Protest and Voice: Nina Cried Power // Review
Most of the reviews of Maggie Rogers’ debut album, Heard It in a Past Life, say that her journey with music began with Pharrell Williams after he was blown away by her song ‘Alaska’. This was a turning point for … Continue reading Maggie Rogers: Heard It In A Past Life // REVIEW ●●●○○
●○○○○ Alt-J’s new album REDUXER, a series of hip hop remixes of their last album RELAXER, is tacky. A sleek-bodied trinket of a thing, pandering to well-produced pop trends (expect thumping 808s, and quantiticised drum loops) with a star-studded feature … Continue reading alt-J’s REDUXER // Review
●●●●○ The elusive Jungle quietly dropped their debut album Jungle in 2014 with hits such as ‘The Heat’ and ‘Busy Earnin’. Over four years later, they’ve returned with a bang and the heavily anticipated release of their sophomore album, titled … Continue reading For Ever by Jungle // REVIEW Changing sounds and more serious lyrics mark Jungle’s creative growth as a band
●●●●○ My Mind Makes Noises, Pale Waves’ debut full-length album, boasts seventeen tracks. Of these seventeen tracks, seven are brand new and previously unreleased, three are clean versions of other tracks, and the remaining seven have been released as singles. … Continue reading “My Mind Makes Noises”: electric, surprising and addictive Pale Waves show they’re more than ‘80s-bubblegum-synth-pop with their long awaited first album.