Small Island Big Song by Small Island Big Song (Album Review)
An ambitious eighteen-track project recorded “in the field, from the grassroots up'” on various islands across the Pacific and Indian ocean, Small Island Big Song is a beguiling document of…
Repetitive Music Vol. 1 by Misha Panfilov (Album Review)
As twentieth-century composer Arnold Schoenberg said: “Intelligibility in music seems to be impossible without repetition.” and on Resistive Music Vol 1, Misha Panfilov has taken that maxim and run with…
Formations by Sunhaus (Album Review)
Sergiu Celibidache once described time as a ‘condition’ by which ‘the multitude of information contained in sound can be reduced to a unity.’ On Formations by Sunhaus, the tracks seemingly…
REVENGE by Ellery Twining (Album Review)
Rich Freitas has been behind the drum kit for seventeen years now. For bands like Low-beam and Slander, he has been patient in developing his own musical voice. His debut…
Aubades by Jean-Michel Blais (Album Review)
Quebecois neoclassical composer Jean-Michel Blais has been releasing his own brand of piano-focused instrumental music since his much-acclaimed debut Il came out in 2016. His third album, aubades, sees the…
Interview: heka
heka is a 28 year old Italian artist based in London. She caught my ear last month with the astoundingly gorgeous single ‘no-one’, and I wanted to know more about…
Henry Earnest – Dream River (Album Review)
Irish muso Henry Earnest has been operating on the outskirts of the Irish music scene for several years now. As part of the Dublin collective knowns as Herzog TV, Earnest…
How I Learnt To Disengage From The Pack by Ben McElroy (Album Review)
Nottingham based musician Ben McElroy has been making waves with his latest album How I Learnt To Disengage From The Pack, and for good reason; it doesn’t take long for…
Single Reviews: February 3rd 2022: Softcult, Heka & GG Skips, Rolling Blackouts CF, No Monster Club, Maria BC
Photo by kevin laminto Gaslight – Softcult indie rock/pop Gaslight from Softcult’s new EP Year of the Snake balances itself precariously on the line between pop and indie rock. With…
Gilboa – Quiet Sweet Nothings (Album Review)
If home-produced, rough-around-the-edges indie-pop is your bag, then Quiet Safe Nothings by Gilboa could be right up your ally. For those who appreciate melody and intention over execution, tracks like…