Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Goo Goo Dolls – Live at The Academy 1995

ALBUM REVIEW: Goo Goo Dolls – Live at The Academy 1995

To appreciate the Goo Goo Dolls, one must have an appreciation for dichotomy. Signed to Metal Blade Records in 1985,…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Rival Sons – Lightbringer

In June this year, Rival Sons released their first album in over four years with Darkfighter, the first of a…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Skinny Lister – Shanty Punk

Folk-punk outfit Skinny Lister releases their sixth album, Shanty Punk, reflecting the band’s journey to their present circumstances. Frontman Dan Hepinstall…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Pip Blom – Bobbie

On this, their third album, Amsterdam’s finest Pip Blom, change direction yet maintain their wonderful and vivacious indie-pop sound. Following…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Streets – The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light

When multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner’s project The Streets released their first LP in 2002, apart from offering a fresh, vibrant sound,…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Menzingers – Some Of It Was True

The Menzingers, a Philadelphia-based US band, are back with their seventh studio album, Some Of It Was True, featuring 13…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Lauren Lakis – A Fiesta and a Hell

Austin, Texas-based dark rock/shoegaze artist Lauren Lakis releases her new album, A Fiesta and a Hell, via Green Witch Recordings.…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens – Javelin

On what will be his 10th studio album and first since 2020, Sufjan Stevens returns with Javelin. An album marking…

7 months ago

LIVE REVIEW: PJ Harvey at Camden Roundhouse

In 1991, Polly Jean Harvey formed PJ Harvey as a three-piece with Rob Ellis and Ian Oliver. Based on their…

7 months ago

LIVE REVIEW: Public Image Ltd at Kentish Town Forum

With an eight-year hiatus, since PiL released their last LP, PiL's devoted fan base was elated that not only a…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Slow Pulp – Yard

The sophomore effort from Slow Pulp, Yard, builds on the hugely promising groundwork laid by their fine debut effort Moveys,…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Jorja Smith – Falling or Flying

How many people can say by age 21 that they have toured and collaborated with Stormzy and Drake before even…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Blonde Redhead – Sit Down For Dinner

Blonde Redhead, made up of Kazu Makino and Italian twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace, releases their new album, Sit…

7 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever

For this, Teenage Fanclub's eleventh LP, the now quintet, returned to Rockfield Studios in the Welsh countryside, where they recorded…

8 months ago

EP REVIEW: NZCA LINES – Universal Heartbreak

On September 22, multi-instrumentalist Michael Lovett, who works under the moniker NZCA Lines, drops his fourth musical outing with the…

8 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Explosions In The Sky – End

In April this year, when Explosions in the Sky announced their first North American tour since 2019, the excitement was…

8 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Margo Cilker – Valley of Heart’s Delight

After releasing her much-admired debut album, Pohorylle, in 2021, Americana singer-songwriter Margo Cilker releases her sophomore album, Valley of Heart’s…

8 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Ash – Race The Night

My first encounter with Ash may be similar to many folks. I heard "Girl from Mars" in 1995  and thought,…

8 months ago

LIVE REVIEW: Kula Shaker at The 100 Club, London

Twenty years following the departure of their original organist in 1999, Kula Shaker released their sixth LP, First Congregational Church…

8 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: William Shatner – Ponder The Mystery Revisited

It is not every day you get to review an album by someone who is a musician, author, actor, director,…

8 months ago