There’s a warmth permeating All The Same, the debut album from Californian-native, Seattle-based Americana folk artist Megan Brickwood. This warmth emanates from the rich and naturalistic instrumentation, wooden vibrations of the guitar, and earthy percussion, but also in Brickwood’s vocals, the timbre of which has an unaffected and organicContinue Reading
New Orleans-based Conor Donohue has a penchant for eschewing specific genre classification, dealing instead in a smorgasbord of pop, indie, rock, electronic, and country, all basted in a vague Americanaesque vibe. The songs on his third album, Stray Dogs, appear to be from a storied life, one keen on pickingContinue Reading
Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change”. The human experience is in constant flux, and we can’t expect things to stay the same, no matter how much we want them to. Naturally, such a dilemma would inspire artists. This appears to be the caseContinue Reading
The quotidian slog suffered by all of us in the modern world can conceal moments of profound spirituality and meaning. Just ask Hauspoints, a post-punk outfit birthed in a “dilapidated industrial estate” in Lancashire, UK. These upstarts sport a distinctly northern flavour, and their flammable forays into snarly post-rock holdContinue Reading
For the past decade, US musician Helen Yee has been honing her craft. By live looping her violin with various other instruments and electronics, she creates otherworldly and delicately balanced compositions, collected carefully on her debut album, Orchestrope. While Yee ostensibly put much effort into the composition and production ofContinue Reading
Studies have shown that rock music affects psychological tension, albeit not always for the better, with one study showing it can increase hostility, sadness, tension, and fatigue. That study didn’t use Mind Party by Myopia in its trials. This new album from the English upstarts utilises rock music’s oscillatingContinue Reading
English electronic musician LateNightBeatFeast may not boast the most urbane stagename, but his music is cleverly assembled and sophisticatedly produced. The elusive artist doesn’t share biographical information like their real name, gender, age, or musical history online, so there’s no way of knowing who is behind this energetic sonicContinue Reading
The line straddling accessibility and innovation is hard to draw, perhaps no place more so than in art. Artists risk either alienating their audience or insulting their intelligence, with little breathing room between the two extremes. And while combining frantic jazz piano, wizardly electronics, and effervescent drumming in an avant-gardeContinue Reading
NY-based artist John Beckmann is having a purple patch. Since 2022, his work as Mortal Prophets has yielded three EPs, numerous singles, and five albums. The latest album, ICNCLST/, is billed as an EP, but with seven tracks, it also meets the criteria for an album by some metrics. ThoughContinue Reading
Sometimes, having nothing to lose offers the biggest gains. This sentiment is true for Liverpudlian guitarist Matthew McPartlan, whose debut album of wandering solo acoustic guitar work, Summer Nights and Still Water, manifested after an 18-month hiatus from music. According to the artist, this resulted from “a number of failedContinue Reading