It would be hard to make up a character such as Brix Smith. From LA, and besotted with punk, post-punk, new wave and The Fall, a chance encounter in Chicago with Mark E. Smith saw her arrive in grim and pasty Salford, where she suddenly became a member…
Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 while attending the Institute for Young Blind in Bamako (where they continue to play an annual benefit concert). Influenced by the records of Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd as well as traditional African music, the couple began working as a duo in…
Darkened rap, hazy tones and a countless number of subtleties featured, ununiform is the 13th record from British rapper/producer, Tricky. His complicated sound and eager endeavours with the unconventional make this an album which certainly lives up to its namesake.
Amanda Petrusich of The New York Times noted back in 2016, that she wasn’t sure what it was about the music of M.C. Taylor – the pitted voice behind Hiss Golden Messenger – that made her feel so connected. Was it his welcoming presence and his universal knowingness?…
It’s been ten years since The Horrors’ debut and who would have thought they’d still be relevant and critically acclaimed? Over the course of their five albums they’ve gone on a progressive, thought-provoking journey and a decade later they’ve produced what might be their finest LP.
Take a look on Cristobal And The Sea’s Bandcamp page and you’ll find the mission statement for Exitoca. The band themselves say that Exitoca is an album about escapism. Inviting you to shed your clothes, your inhibitions, embrace life and roll around in field. Cristobal And The Sea have…
A true British rock success story, Enter Shikari have grown from a basement band into one of the biggest alternative names to come out of the country. Their notoriously politically centred material has served as a beacon for movements across the past decade and, in light of today’s circumstances…
The Norwegian pop-punkers, formerly known as ‘Slutface’ until the Facebook regulators booted up a fuss, now known as Sløtface, release their long-awaited debut LP Try Not To Freak Out, a joyous marriage between noughties indie-pop and 80s US punk. Try Not To Freak Out buries serious sentiment within…
“DEREVAUN SERAUN is a piece I wrote a couple years back in five movements for voice, piano and string trio. Each movement is written about a different piece of literature, exploring the value I see in each work and the impression it has made on me, and there is nothing…
The latest solo record from Lee Ranaldo is a more traditional album than you’d expect. Electric Trim thoroughly explores all of the ideas it puts forward and Ranaldo doesn’t take any half measures, plunging deep into the songs he creates. Throughout Electric Trim there are really strong contrasts within…