Girlpool are a girl-power duo who manage to serve up hard-hitting unapologetic femininity with equal amounts of hope and anxiety at the same time. Within this gorgeous golden era of girl grunge, the duo, Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker, have managed to master a genre of their own that…
Album Reviews
Her’s – Songs of Her’s
Liverpool duo Her’s have been knocking about for a few years now. They’re a name you'll probably recognise if you’ve been keeping watch over the indie scene recently. Their debut Songs of Her’s may fly under the radar for some, however it lays the foundations for a very promising…
Dreamcar – Dreamcar
The fresh supergroup project Dreamcar comes from the minds of three members of the iconic band, No Doubt with accompaniment from Davey Havok of AFI. Finding an official origin as far back as 2014, the band’s secret status is finally being fully released to the public through their…
Black Lips – Satan’s Graffiti Or God’s Art?
Atlanta, Georgia – the birthplace of Black Lips, one of the world’s most audacious purveyors of rock’n’roll as it was truly intended. Handlebar moustaches, leather jackets and enough sweat to raise world water level all included. The Black Lips are renowned for cementing the Atlanta music scene in…
Blondie – Pollinator
Blondie is an iconic household name of unprecedented magnitude, with a career spanning over forty years and countless worldwide sales under their belt. Now they are back with a new record, Pollinator, which has secured them as being more than worthy of holding such legendary status.
Fazerdaze – Morningside
There seems to be something in the water over in New Zealand at the moment. Not particularly famous for its music (bar the likes of Crowded House and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa), there has nevertheless been a strong underground/cult scene since the 80s, led by the Flying Nun label…
At The Drive-In – in•ter a•li•a
At The Drive-In have finally returned with in•ter a•li•a, their first album in more than 15 years, and it’s a beast of a record. Exactly the album long-term fans will have been hoping for. When the critically-acclaimed Relationship Of Command was released, way back in 2000, it was a…
Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
The prince of goof and dank memes has surpassed any judgement regarding his professionalism in recent years. Despite his on-stage joke persona and his indescribably weird sense of humour, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter has released two critically-acclaimed albums that have set him up for having consistently sold out shows…
Feist – Pleasure
Six years is a mighty long time to retreat from music by anybody’s estimation. 2011’s Metals was the last we heard from the Canadian singer-songstress, Feist but now she has returned with the triumphant Pleasure – an album that mixes dark atmospherics, rattling distress and methodic songwriting. Leslie…
Thurston Moore – Rock N Roll Consciousness
After a 30 year stint of being at the forefront of the US alternative noise-rock scene, and following a split between husband Thurston Moore and wife Kim Gordon, Sonic Youth called a halt in 2011; the view being that if Moore and Gordon could somehow be in the same…