The House Flies – Glimmer (EP Review)
With a tonic of indiscernible sounds, sultry bass lines, snappy percussion, colourful guitars, and hauntingly elusive vocals, The House Flies beguile the listener with their recent EP, Glimmer. The solo recording project of Murnau’s Alex Riggen, The House Flies delivers a gothic brand of alternative post-punk, obscuring emotionally led songsContinue Reading
C.M Jenkins – First Movements Along A Curve (Album Review)
For many people, the 1984 movie Amadeus is the first point of reference for the world of classical music, bringing a dramatic and character-fueled aspect to the otherwise intimidating wall of pretence and demanding music. The success of that movie is down to memorable scenes, one of which involves an emperor summarizingContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 7 February 2023: The Know, Plastiklova, June Rosewell, Shockpowder, Dexter Dine
Photo by Mathias Reding. The Know – Me indie Wife and husband duo The Know invite the listener into their sweet world of good vibrations and positive but thorough emotions on the recent single “Me”. Taken from their upcoming second EP, the song sees the group expound on their dreamyContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 3 February 2023: David Curington, Mylar, Chris Hyson, Andy Loebs
Photo by Grace Ho David Curington – Assured Listening Experience experimental The mystifying plunderphonics of Mancunian artist David Curington are spread across 26 minutes on the recent release “Assured Listening Experience”. Like Ronseal Quick Drying Woodstain, it does exactly what it says on the tin, assuring a wonderous, if notContinue Reading
Sam Himself – Never Let Me Go (Album Review)
Maybe songs don’t need to be about anything to be about something. This seems to be the case for the pieces of Sam Himself, a musical project led by Swiss-born NY implant Sam Koechlin. His painfully cool vocal delivery is low in the mix and used to perfume odourless lyrics,Continue Reading
Meg Baird – Furling (Album Review)
Meg Baird wants to show you another world. The psychedelic folk tones of her new albumĀ FurlingĀ underline a slow-burning and patient collection of dreamy songs that act as conduits for inter-plane travels. The honest-to-goodness production, mainly helmed by producer Tim Green at his Grass Valley Louder Studios, packages Baird’s songs inContinue Reading
Acid Goose – Perpetual Torment (Album Review)
The sociologist Margee Kerr has the most incredible job title in the world; fear scientist. Through her research of fear at the University of Pittsburgh, Kerr has found that scary scenes, such as those in horror movies, trigger our flight-or-fight response, offering a free dose of adrenaline. This explains whyContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 30 January 2023: Unstuck, Dev Lemons, Cloudy Summer Days, Glossy Boy, Hotel Lux
Photo by simon peel Unstuck – Anne-Marie pop punk Wexford arrivistes Unstuck play blisteringly fun indie rock as exhibited on their recent single “Anne-Marie”. The lo-fi sound and loud guitars complicate the otherwise pop simplicity of this infectious track. With slacker sentiments, Unstuck claims viability with Mid-Atlantic accents and relentlesslyContinue Reading
David Deutsch – Prism (EP Review)
While his work as a film composer has landed him some big-name projects, LA-based musician David Deutsch flexes his ‘serious composer’ muscles on his debut EP Prism. Constituted by ambient-leaning pieces that play with sonic intensity, the EP often finds moments of serenity and beauty through acoustic piano, orchestral strings, andContinue Reading
Michael Crean – Songs To The Sea (Album Review)
What do the sea and dreams have in common? That’s not a joke or a riddle but a philosophical question. Perhaps the answer can be found in Londonite artist Michael Crean’s debut album, Songs To The Sea, which sees Crean explore the redemptive power of the sea by contrasting it with theContinue Reading