Finnish neoclassical composer Aki Yli-Salomäki stretches his sparse compositions towards oceanic and blurred parameters on Jäi mieleen, an album of nine patient, thoughtful and colourful compositions for strings and synthesizer. The first three tracks see heavily sustained bows of cello and violin rise and fall around melancholia, sometimes finding disharmonicContinue Reading
Sir Bobby Jukebox, the moniker of Dublin artist Bobby Aherne, has released his sophomore effort, the breathily-titled Sir Bobby Jukebox in the Organ Loft at Midnight. This collection of persistently offbeat and contagiously irreverent songs might lead one to mistake it for comedy or children’s music. However, Bobby skillfully navigatesContinue Reading
Old-school riffage is alive and well in Bristol. Multi-instrumentalist Oli Duerden may be best known for his work with the early-21st-century rock band Left Side Brain, but since that group’s hibernation period started in 2014, Duerden hasn’t put down his guitar. Instead, the riffs on his sophomore solo EP,Continue Reading
Newcastle upon Tyne musician Graham Thompson has been an active member of his local music scene for the past 25 years. Cutting his teeth with the groups OZO, Jinn, and Gullich, Thompson is an experienced artist who knows the rules well enough to break them into something idiosyncratic. Thompson’sContinue Reading
Melburnian psychedelic rock band Skybelly sound like they’re playing from a dive bar somewhere in the multi-verse. The group is fronted by artist Sara Nelson, a highly expressive singer with a flair for adding colour to her already flavourful songs with peculiar vocal deliveries and personifications. The project’s sophomore album,Continue Reading
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a Greek philosopher known for espousing the view that change is central to existence. Phrases as “change is the only constant” can be attributed to him, and it’s hard to argue with such a principled thought rooted in observation. This theme of change as anContinue Reading
Bostonian electronic music producer George Bolton started the musical project The Screaming Pope just before Covid hit. By operating around steadfast drums, whimsical virtual instrumentation, and a desire to create motivating atmospheres that are also downbeat, Bolton has etched a niche corner for himself in the electronic music world.Continue Reading
While the London-based group Doris were “born out of a stormy night,” there’s an energizing quality to their precision-sharp blend of shoegaze and dream pop. The ensemble is composed of three core members; lead vocalist Romy Jo, who sings with a dulcet sweetness that floats over strong foundations of rock,Continue Reading
M.Krebs are an alternative rock band composed of Spencer Moody, Brian Yeager, and Jeff Alvarez. While the trio has just released their debut album, the inebriating and insightful Peggy Lee, their CV is full of chops, with members having played in groups such as Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive ToContinue Reading
Oaklander noise merchants Cheree come out guns blazing on their debut EP, Factory. Replete with face-melting guitar lines, sinisterly impassioned vocals, and industrial sounds held together with mechanistic programmed drums, the four-piece deal with visceral anti-capitalist sentiments, shoved down the listener’s throat with the kind of raw intensity thatContinue Reading