Album Review: Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE; A love story in two halves.
After six long years, Bon Iver returns with SABLE, fABLE, a two-part odyssey that explores love, longing, and transformation with his trademark emotional depth and sonic inventiveness. More than just an album, it feels like a narrative split across two discs—SABLE, a prologue of hushed reflection and sadness, and fABLE, a blossoming, kaleidoscopic response full …
Album Review: Lea Maria Fries – Cleo; Restless, poetic, genre-hopping brilliance from a singular new voice.
From the Swiss countryside to Berlin’s creative chaos and on to the quiet corners of Paris, Cleo, the debut album from Lea Maria Fries, feels like a journey through sound, place and self. A vivid, shape-shifting patchwork of jazz, soul, art-pop and spoken word, this debut is more than a statement—it’s an arrival. Fries, who …
Album Review: Yann Tiersen – Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour; a immersive two part journey from solo expressive piano to urgent electronics
On Ninnog – out now via Mute Records, Yann Tiersen delivers an ambitious and deeply personal double album that journeys from delicate, introspective piano meditations to full-bodied electronic eruptions. Split into two distinct halves—Rathlin from a Distance and The Liquid Hour—the record captures both the serenity and turbulence of a life shaped by the sea, …
News: Fontaines D.C. Announce Final Supports for Sold-Out Finsbury Park Headline Show
Fontaines D.C. have today confirmed the final additions to the line-up for their biggest headline show to date, set to take place at London’s Finsbury Park on Saturday 5 July 2025. Joining the already announced Amyl and the Sniffers and Kneecap will be rising stars Blondshell, Been Stellar, and Cardinals. The show, which sold out …
Track : Frankie and the Witch Fingers reveal psych punk brilliance with new single “Total Reset”
Frankie and the Witch Fingers come out swinging with “Total Reset”, an adrenalized burst of psych-punk chaos that’s as catchy as it is unhinged. It hits like a jolt to the system—blasting guitar riffs, synth freakouts, and a breakdown that practically begs for a sweaty, full-throated singalong. The track balances raw punk energy with a …
Track: Cole Pulice – “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream”; shimmering ambient jazz palette
Cole Pulice’s latest single, “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream,” feels like standing at the edge of a new world, watching the air shimmer just before you step through. As the opening track of the forthcoming Land’s End Eternal, it gently signals a shift in Pulice’s sonic universe, bridging the celestial ambient jazz of their previous …
Live Review: Henge / Mr Vast – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield 05.04.2025
Sidney & Matilda was transformed into a launchpad for the bizarre and the brilliant last Friday, packed to the rafters with earthlings in tinfoil hats, green face paint, and full-on intergalactic regalia. There was a genuine sense of occasion in the air—like a cosmic carnival had landed in Sheffield—and both Mr Vast and Henge played …
Album Review: Disk Musik – A DD. Records Compilation; Beautifully broken sounds from the Japanese fringe.
In the cultural afterglow of Japan’s postmodern early ’80s, Disk Musik emerges as both an endnote and a revelation—a window into a scene too strange and insular to ever fully cross over, yet too fascinating to ignore. Originally released as one of the final statements from the cult cassette label DD. Records, the compilation has …
Album Review: The Nightingales – The Awful Truth; Post-punk chaos meets twisted pop brilliance.
The Nightingales return with The Awful Truth, their first album since 2022’s The Last Laugh, proving once again that Robert Lloyd and company remain as sharp, unpredictable, and essential as ever. Released on Fire Records, the album is a tangled, exhilarating mix of post-punk urgency, surrealist storytelling, and skewed pop sensibilities—an acerbic, sideways glance at …
Album Review: Florist – Jellywish; a warm, intimate exploration of uncertainty
Florist’s Jellywish is a delicate yet expansive exploration of life’s biggest uncertainties, delivered with their signature warmth and intimacy. Across its ten tracks, the band weaves together folk, ambient textures, and hushed, dreamlike melodies, creating an album that feels deeply personal yet quietly transformative. It’s a record that doesn’t offer answers but instead lingers in …