| ⭐✨ | Drake has been a walking paradox for a not insignificant portion of his career now. In one breath, he currently stands as the highest selling current day rap and R&B artist. On the other hand, he is handily the most insecure, pick-me narcissist to ever wear the honour of such commercial status.ContinueContinue reading “Spinning the wheels: Drake – ICEMAN *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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Purveyors of vintage pop: The Lemon Twigs – Look For Your Mind! *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ | For a few years now, The Lemon Twigs have locked themselves into a time machine, and gotten to work studying the musical zeitgeists of the 1960’s and 70’s. The old-soul brothers, sons of power pop legend Ronnie D’Addario, have already had a leg up in this venture. Beginning as some sort ofContinueContinue reading “Purveyors of vintage pop: The Lemon Twigs – Look For Your Mind! *ALBUM REVIEW*”
An adequate entry: Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Oft content to appeal to radio sensibilities, applying the sort of thin plasticity and quantisation that is just perfect to draw in the lowest common denominator, Kacey Musgraves has been a sort of leading voice in the contemporary country pop space for a decent while. What gets people going about her hasContinueContinue reading “An adequate entry: Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere *ALBUM REVIEW*”
The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐✨ | The indie singer-songwriter has almost become a trope in and of itself over the last decade or so. The image of a weathered looking guy or girl with a beaten-up acoustic guitar, sporting torn items of clothing and crooning in painful detail about love in the philosophical sense is not a rarity.ContinueContinue reading “The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Bloated, but improved: Noah Kahan – The Great Divide *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Noah Kahan harks back to a not-too-distant era of popular culture that feels almost surreal to look back on. His usually flannel-clad, man bun and beard presentation brings only one word to mind when I see it: “hipster”. You know them. They’re the kinds of dudes asking you if you’ve heard ofContinueContinue reading “Bloated, but improved: Noah Kahan – The Great Divide *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Much like her namesake: M.I.A – M.I.7 *ALBUM REVIEW*
| 🥚 | Against my better judgement, I am reviewing the latest “album” from British-Sri Lankan activist and musician turned religious zealot M.I.A. I stayed away from Kanye and the ‘Bully’ rollout, as his unabashed Nazism over the last few years is perhaps the most egregious abandonment of any sort of moral standing from aContinueContinue reading “Much like her namesake: M.I.A – M.I.7 *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Ware’s the limit?: Jessie Ware – Superbloom *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Since 2020’s ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, Jessie Ware has been reaping the rewards of a fresh creative revelation. Dance music is irresistible when it’s driven by insistence. The movement of the music is compelled by the artist’s singular mission statement. The intention behind her recent couple of albums has been to apply aContinueContinue reading “Ware’s the limit?: Jessie Ware – Superbloom *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Ironically, everything aligns: Thundercat – Distracted *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Thundercat’s wonderfully wonky R&B, funk, jazz and soul fusions have proven fruitful for his place within the modern muso pantheon. He began as an angular prodigy, elasticising his bass guitar until it was occasionally unrecognisable as the instrument it is. He continued on in much the same way, blessing the credits ofContinueContinue reading “Ironically, everything aligns: Thundercat – Distracted *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Keeping it simple: underscores – U *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐✨ | April Harper Grey had somewhat of an artistic breakthrough in 2023. The dynamism displayed on ‘Wallsocket’ was one of the record’s biggest perks. Shifting gears was made to seem effortless, and seemingly it was soundtracking an equally volatile storyline. The buzz this generated for April landed them squarely in the sights ofContinueContinue reading “Keeping it simple: underscores – U *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Upping the ante: Hellripper – Coronach *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Harkening back to the glory days of 80’s thrash, blending that with the death-defying guitar work of speed metal, and spreading a nice even layer of blackened muck over the top is Scotland’s very own Hellripper. Since 2014, James McBain has been the lone songwriter of this project, showcasing the sort ofContinueContinue reading “Upping the ante: Hellripper – Coronach *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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