●●●●○ With the likes of Sam Fender leading the pack in the revival of British rock, punk is making its way back to the fore. King Nun aren’t too far behind the likes of the 1975 and Pale Waves, who … Continue reading King Nun: Mass // Review In a world of revival, King Nun takes the reins of Punk
●●●●● 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
“I ask myself what I should/But all I know is white centrality” sings Merrill Garbus over a four-to-the-floor rhythm in ‘ABC 123’, one of the leading singles from Tune-Yards’ latest album. Released nine years after Merrill’s DIY debut Bird-Brains, I … Continue reading Tune-Yards – I can feel you creeping into my private life // REVIEW Music Editor, Áine Palmer, reviews the band’s latest album, nine years after their debut, Bird-Brains.
To dedicate a Retro Records slot to an album encountered just over a week ago may seem counter-intuitive. However, the transcendental qualities of Sinéad O’Connor’s thirty-year-old debut, Lion and the Cobra, are such that the listener is immediately entranced, yearning … Continue reading Retro Records: Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Lion and the Cobra’ In Tn2’s most recent instalment of Retro Records, Caoimhe White looks back at an album that launched Sinéad O’Connor to stardom.
●●●●● Abbey Records | Tsuneni Ai Fionn Regan has been off the radar for a while. Five years ago, after the release of The Bunkhouse: Vol 1: Anchor Black Tattoo—a stripped-back fingerpicked guitar-and-vocals affair, Regan decided to focus on … Continue reading Tn2 Recommends: Fionn Regan – The Meetings of the Waters
●○○○○ A large portion of this publication’s readership probably aren’t old enough to remember the zenith of Robbie Williams’ career, which existed from around 1997-2000. Coming a long way from wearing leather chaps and slapping his arse while … Continue reading Robbie Williams “The Heavy Entertainment Show” – review
To Pimp A Butterfly is a war cry, an attempt to rally against the faults of American society; in particular its treatment of the black community in the wake of Ferguson. (●●●●●) Continue reading To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar – review
On Froot it feels like coherence has been valued above the presence of big singles, which is as admirable as it is rare in pop music. (●●●●○) Continue reading Marina and the Diamonds, Froot – review
The novelty of Purity Ring’s sound has worn off and they have unfortunately not provided the substance to maintain the hype. (●●○○○) Continue reading Another Eternity, Purity Ring – review
Once the initial shock of unpredictability fades, the album becomes a serene landscape mixed together with glitch laden drum machines and synthesizers, which come across like a version of Crystal Castles, without the morbid overtones, but all of the intensity. ●●●●○ Continue reading SBTRKT, Wonder Where We Land – review
WORDS Tara Joshi Perhaps known best for the romantic, hearts-on-sleeve indie pop of first album, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, to say that Bombay Bicycle Club’s fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, showcases a change … Continue reading Review: So Long, See You Tomorrow // Bombay Bicycle Club