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I remember listening to this album in my bedroom as a 14-year old kid in 1989. It was the first Simple Minds album that really hooked me – quite a departure from the likes of […]
Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, has made more news in recent years for her romantic involvement with Elon Musk than in her musical endeavours. This is all about to change with the release of her fifth […]
The Italian, Venetian born composer, Gigi Masin has probably moved into the veteran category in the world of electronic ambient music. “Wind” was his debut album, it was privately pressed in 1986. Unfortunately, Masin’s house […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been quarter of a century since Northern Irish indie pop-punk trio Ash burst onto the scene in the mid-90s. 25 years later and the group have endured, still maintaining […]
On their 2018 debut album When I Think Of You In A Castle, Chicago-based outfit Post Animal displayed the sort of appealing scrappiness that marked them out as a band to keep an eye on, […]
With Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne reminds us that he’s anything but. A difficult 2019 for the Prince of Darkness resulted in the cancellation of all his tour dates and in early 2020 he revealed he’d been diagnosed […]
“Quite a show for a loner in LA / I wonder how I managed to end up in this place?” Kevin Parker’s got plenty on his mind. ‘Par for the course for someone who’s called […]
Back in the late ’80s, early 90’s Erasure were riding high as synth-pop royalty having released consecutive albums from 1986 through to 1989 and embarking on a mammoth World tour supporting their Wild album. They […]
After a six-year absence since her second album “Trouble In Paradise” La Roux is back with a new record – “Supervision” – ironically named as she quite clearly doesn’t need any supervision and on this […]
‘Humanist’, inspired and created by musician Rob Marshall, brilliantly explores the deep and dark recesses of the human race, supported by an array of ground-breaking artists. As morality, spiralling suicide rates, the fragility of the […]
There are bands who take a while to get a handle on their sound, and then there are those who don’t stick to a sound long enough to bother; Nelson Can certainly fall into the […]
Hotspot from the Pet Shop Boys is their open, roller-coaster love-letter to Germany and more specifically, Berlin – a city that has spawned their last three releases, all produced by Stuart Price. Tennant and Lowe […]
Dan Bejar, the man behind the musical entity Destroyer, has always been the master of apt sarcastic, lyrical ennui set to engaging sonics. On January 31st under his Destroyer moniker, he will release his inspired […]
Sometimes you have to reckon with where you came from to figure out where you’re going. Introspection is rarely easy, but we learn the most about ourselves when it is deemed necessary. In a number […]
Opening with “Premonition – Intro” – Eminem cuts to the chase concerning his bitterness over his previous LP, his tenth, Kamikaze not getting the reviews he expected. We see Slim Shady looking back over his […]
Kevin Barnes, the master of ceremonies for the ever shape-shifting band Of Montreal, has never shirked from camp and cogent observations. Once again with his latest release, “UR Fun” Barnes orchestrates a celebration of musical […]
As Neil Young once opined, maybe it’s better to burn out than to fade away, but Bombay Bicycle Club had no intention of doing either. In 2016, having completed the touring cycle for their chart-topping […]
Defining Sam Lee is a very onerous task as he is much more than just a folk musician. Lee has studied fine art, worked as a forager and wilderness expert and been a part-time burlesque […]
The stark contrast between the two eras of Georgia Barnes’s musical output to date can be seen even in the cover art for her albums. Whereas her 2015 self-titled debut album as Georgia was adorned […]
It is fitting that among the first lines of the first track on A Beginner’s Guide To Bravery David Keenan references Samuel Beckett. The young man from Dundalk has produced a stunning debut album which […]
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