The fragility of humanity can be a frightening concept to process. Contemplating your inevitable expiration certainly doesn’t put you in a chirpy mood. Things happen; freak accidents, unavoidable situations, and the deterioration of health, both physical and mental are just some of the roadworks that can pop-up on our paths.Continue Reading
Hailing from Minneapolis, Time Room are a post punk outfit who use frantically changing time signatures, a brash and bright guitar sound, and sense of carefree immediacy to create wonderfully playful rock music. Their latest album “Something New” has a stylistic cohesion across its eight tracks. Blending garage rock withContinue Reading
Birds and bells sound for different reasons. Where birds sing for territorial and nesting purposes, bells knell for the passing of time. Yet they are both auditory fixtures of our human existence, sound symbolisms conjuring up memories and cultural experiences. The melody of birds and rhythm of bells orchestrate dailyContinue Reading
Given that this collection was released on April 1st, one might mistake it for a practical joke. A general lack of seriousness is communicated throughout, from the comically absurd cover art to the track titles that spell out “A MINUTE”, “Do you have a minute?” sees Hulm create bastardisations ofContinue Reading
Consumed in Key – Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales In 1998 Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, released Consumed, an IDM album that is widely considered to be his defining work and which the New York Times said was too tense to be considered New Age; they are/were right. Consumed In Key is a collaboration betweenContinue Reading
Photo by Hayes Potter The Dizzying Parade – Good Good Blood indie/lo-fi If a smorgasbord of lo-fi, indie, electronica, and pop sounds appetizing to you, it’s likely you’ll enjoy The Dizzying Parade by Mirfield artist Good Good Blood. Beatle-esque A Clean Slate is a successful amalgam of the album’s better moments; the considered melodyContinue Reading
Any band that has a pun in their name immediately piques my interest. From Korea’s Seoulful capital, and also based in London, Soul Delivery are a group of musicians creating top-quality jazz-funk, collected here across the twelve tracks on their new album ‘Foodcourt’. Instrumental opener ‘Driving Into Magic Hour’, showcases the group’sContinue Reading
“If everybody’s looking through me, I don’t exist” sings Vicky Egam, lead vocalist of Torontonian indie rockers Fjord Mustang on Five Years, the impressive opening track on their newest album ‘Solitaire’. With a sound close to compatriots Alvvays, cool guitars, and rimshots-for-hi-hats drums provide a gentle, nineties college radio groove for the beguilingContinue Reading
Delay 45 are a jazz ensemble from Sydney, Australia. Just as that cosmopolitan city is set into its vast red continent, the group set traditional jazz elements; piano, trumpet, bass, and drums, into a vast experimental and improvisational landscape. Their latest work, Flux, explores themes of “notions of flow, movement, and shape.”Continue Reading
Monologues is the most recent album from London-based ambient producer Iván Muela. Released on the Rusted Tone tape label, the album sees the artist develop intense and brooding atmospheres over five tracks. Opener Whisper is a gentle introduction, heavily effected piano tones aimlessly but happily segueing into a tapestry of ambiences and foley. Howl seesContinue Reading