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Album Review: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
The 1975 have returned, following a brief disappearance from social media (causing ripples of panic to their fans), with their mammoth 17-track sophomore album I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It. The record was released worldwide on 26th February 2016, swiftly followed by a tour across the …
Track: Gabriel Bruce – metal soul
Seemingly on the cusp of big things, largely due to his rich, attractive baritone and songwriting comparisons to the likes of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, but since his lauded debut album Love in Arms, things have been quiet. It’s therefore something of a relief that he’s back, on the other sid of the devastating …
New Music: Monkey Swallows the Universe – Sheffield Shanty II, plus live date
It’s niche, I grant you, but for some people somewhere (probably, in all honesty, Sheffield) the news that there is new music from folk/indie poppers Monkey Swallows the Universe, and a live date as well will be causing great excitement and gnashing of teeth and vexing of cattle and the like. Possibly. To be fair, …
Track: Iris Gold – Steve McQueen
The slightly retro but joyously laid back Pop feel of Iris Golds new single, Steve McQueen, perhaps owes something to her unconventional upbringing. Born in London, but brought up in what was essentially what appears to have been a nomadic childhood, which included time squatting for intervals above the famous Folkteatret (‘People’s theatre’) and autonomous …
Album Review: Animal Collective – Painting With
Animal Collective can say that they have most assuredly created their own unique musical world. No one can even come close to reinterpreting their sound and their vibe. Maybe t-U-n-E-y-A-r-D-s to some extent, but not to the exuberant extremes that AC do. I think for many Merriweather Post Pavillion was the point at which this Maryland four-piece …
Track: Dear Tatiana – Staycaytion
Orlando, Florida quartet Dear Tatiana mix things up with their rhymes and raps working in tandem with their pop-punk attitude. With their new single Staycation, they’ve mixed up some warm, summery synths, with a good helping of RnB infused pop to make something that floats into your senses. One of the quartet, Thayne explains the …
Album Review: SIA – This Is Acting
There is an uneasy amount of hype surrounding Sia Furler’s forthcoming album, This Is Acting – Sia is seen as the new bastion of hope within a bloated pop music scene with her offbeat musical output lauding her to not only critics but more crucially the general populous (no pun intended) of mainstream audiences. You …