Album Reviews
Album Review: Kerry King – From Hell I Rise
Years in the making and its finally here, the legend Kerry King is back, and he has unleashed his latest prodigy on us, and this is a beast of a record. ‘From Hell I Rise’ is the creation spawned from one of Thrash’s greatest sons, and it does not disappoint. The opening track, ‘Diablo,’ starts …
Album Review: PC Nackt – Angabe Der Person
PC Nackt is a multiple Grammy-nominated post-genre composer, performance artist, multi instrumentalist and producer from Berlin. Nackt is co-founder of various projects, including the electropunk band WARREN SUICIDE, the orchestra THE STRING THEORY, the recording studio CHEZ CHÉRIE and currently the band RAISON with Schorsch Kamerun, with whom he has been staging musical theatre at …
EP Review: Revenant – What A Time To Be Alive
Hailing from Basingstoke, England, Revenant features guitarist and vocalist, Sugarman Sam, guitarist Matthew Hudson, bassist Robin Nutley and drummer Carl D. After starting life with the esteemed blues band, The Voodoo Men, Sam moved on to form the Dead Jackals, where he settled into the role of guitar player as part of a twin harmony attack with Matthew …
Album Review : Ghana Special Volume 2 : a thrilling ‘burger-highlife’ compilation charting the roots of today’s afro-beats and so much more…
So, what makes a great compilation album? It so much more than flinging a gaggle of tracks together which have got a loose connection to a time or place or label or genre….and let’s not get started on the ‘Greatest Hits’ collection. No, outstanding compilation albums are assembled by people who know and care about …
Premiere: NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi’s ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ EP is an eviscerating poetic discourse.
We are honoured to present the premiere of the new EP ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ from NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi. Bisi has been a central figure in the musical history of New York City for the past four decades. Founding Brooklyn’s BC Studio in 1981, he has helped develop post-Punk, No Wave …
Album Review: Girls In Synthesis – Sublimination
9/10 After two critically acclaimed albums (2020’s Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future and 2022’s The Rest Is Distraction), and numerous mini-album, EP and single releases, London based innovators Girls In Synthesis are back with LP3, Sublimination, and it is without doubt their most poignant and visceral yet. Without doubt pushing themselves to new …
Album Review: Fleetwood Kelly – Just Happy to Be Here
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Fleetwood Kelly has finally unveils the anticipated debut album, ‘Just Happy to Be Here’. With a captivating blend of classic Americana and contemporary pop, Kelly delivers a modern yet organic sound that resonates deeply with listeners, marking a significant milestone in his musical journey. Through heartfelt storytelling, gentle soundscapes and poignant melodies, …
Album Review : Scott Lavene – ‘Disneyland in Dagenham’ : More alt-songs of wit, wisdom, life, love and laughs from the Essex story-teller.
Steve Earle coined the phrase ‘Hard-core Troubadour’ probably with one eye on himself and the other on Townes Van Zandt but it’s a tag you could easily stick into Scott Lavene’s bio. Yes he’s from Essex not Texas but there are plenty of trucks around Tilbury docks and his story in its own way fits …
Album Review: The Big Special – Postindustrial Hometown Blues
The Big Special consist of poet/frontman Joe Hicklin and previous session/function band drummer Callum Moloney, a former bandmate of Hicklin. Not content with writing acoustic-led, melodic, easy-going songs, Hicklin had words to say that didn’t suit that vibe and instead required a harsher backing to go with the harsh truth of his words. Songs about …
Album Review: Kee Avil -‘Spine’: experimental pop with a thrilling, raw urgency from the Montreal artist.
Two years ago Montreal producer Kee Avil’s debut for Constellation ‘Crease’ turned heads with its leftfield pop mosaicism, an intricate patterning of vocal, sound and instrumental shapes set with experimental glue but framed in song form. Now at last we have the follow up ‘Spine’, again via Constellation, and a chance to engage with Avil’s …