Album Review: Tommy Guerrero – ‘Sunshine Radio’
Tommy Guerrero’s ‘Sunshine Radio’ is the latest release in his pretty consistent turnover of albums, with the skateboarding legend turned musician averaging at least an LP every three years since 1997’s ‘Loose Groove And Bastard Blues’, as well as slotting in other projects (check out last year’s ace Los Days). On a similar path to …
Album Review: Garrett – ‘Private Life III’
DāM-FunK has been enchanting listeners for over a decade with his highly filthy but musical synth funk-infused jams. Mostly releasing with Stones Throw, his solo albums Toeachizown and Invite the Light, as well as an anthology of early productions, have joining a number of collaborative projects including with Steve Arrington, Snoop Dogg and Nite Jewel. …
Album Review: Machinedrum – ‘A View Of U’
As Machinedrum, LA-based producer Travis Stewart has been steadily outputting innovative records broadly influenced by rave, jungle, hip hop and soundsystem music for the past two decades. 2011’s breakthrough album Room(s), released on Planet Mu, came the same year as the Sepalcure, a collaboration with Praveen Sharma aka Braille, self-titled debut album. He’s since gone …
Album Review: Horse Meat Disco – ‘Love And Dancing’
FROM their revered tenancy that began on New Year’s Day, 2004 at The Eagle in Vauxhall, DJs Luke Howard, Severino Panzetta, James Hillard and Jim Stanton – collectively known as Horse Meat Disco – have grown into disco titans loved across the globe. The inclusive attitude of their self-described “queer party for all” attracts an open-minded …
Album Review: Roisin Murphy – ‘Roisin Machine’
IN ANOTHER, more enlightened plane of existence, the world lauds Roisin Murphy as a famed cultural icon with a string of hit albums, maybe with a prime-time talk show, international fashion house and probable appointment as Culture Secretary … heck, why not make that PM too? Unfathomably, in our particular tangent of reality that hasn’t …
Album Review: Mildlife – ‘Automatic’
Phase, the debut album by Australian band Mildlife, was a bonafide word of mouth discovery upon its release in early 2018. It’s mellow combination of groove propelled psychedelic jazz and disco, performed with a nod to Kosmische, Balearic, Scandinavian and Adriatic favours, caught a wave with a snowballing swell of support that united various scenes’ …