Jem Doulton – Deal of the Century (Album Review)
“Welcome to the deal of the century,” sings Londonite Jem Doulton on the opening track of his recent album Deal of the Century. It’s a clever narrative hook that draws…
Single Reviews: 30 July 2024: Recalculating, Signal Quartet, We Are The Willows, Trophy Wife, Ignacio Wer
Photo by Memories on 35mm Recalculating – Candide Says post-punk Packed around a sunny riff, New York three-piece Recalculating delivers snarling observations with deliberate aberrance on “Candide Says,” an ultimately…
Interview: SUUNCAAT
Canadian artist SUUNCAAT has shared her second single of 2024, the moreish “Salad Years”. Montreal is sizzling under an intense heatwave, but inside, surrounded by the cool embrace of air…
Jody Prewett – River Songs (Album Review)
Earlier this year, by the banks of the Avon River, English songwriter Jody Prewett entered a studio and recorded the songs he had been working on for a year and…
Luna Waves – Comedowns (Album Review)
Popular music critic Anthony Fantano once quipped, “In music, trends are always rising and fading in popularity, but nostalgia never dies.” His statement is supported by Comedowns, the fourth album…
Sunstinger – Worthless (EP Review)
There’s an explosive quality to the songs of Scottish alternative shoegaze group Sunstinger. Their recent EP, Worthless, opens with its oceanic title track, which builds in intensity through stucco-textured synths,…
Post Death Soundtrack – Veil Lifter (Album Review)
The phrase “ignorance is bliss,” coined by 18th-century poet Thomas Gray, seems to be an undeniable truism. However, bliss needn’t always be the end goal. One could make the case…
Album Reviews: Nicholas Skalba, Hari Sima & Mínim, Storm Clouds
Photo by Pin Han Lim Nicholas Skalba – (circadian) ambience and soundscapes ambient Nicholas Skalba is a multi-instrumentalist composer from Chicago now based in Los Angeles. Having earned a master’s…
Single Reviews: 10 July 2024: sparring, Simon Herberholz, Ally Nicholas, Leftover Luck, Lumari
Photo by Aysegul Alp sparring – In The Fish Tank experimental There’s a supernatural quality to “In The Fish Tank”, the debut single from obscure Mexican artist sparring. It seems…
Decoy – re:selection (EP Review)
Not for the faint-hearted, Decoy are a Baton Rouge hardcore outfit that brings the intensity up to 11 on their recent EP, re:selection. The band are made up of the…