| ⭐⭐✨ | A band that has always promised, shame has made a point of never treading old ground. Even if the temptation burns, they have found a way consistently to bend expectations for their listeners. When shame first hit the scene, they possessed a certain naivete that endeared their music. Undulating between fuzzy post-punkContinueContinue reading “A surprising regression: shame – Cutthroat *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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Deftones just clear the bar: Deftones – private music *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Ever the enigma, Deftones began their career churning out some of the most beloved, influential alternative metal and hard rock of the turn of the millennia. Helping to usher in the nu-metal phase of music history, they’ve had a unique relationship with each generation of fans. It seems they’ve been experiencing aContinueContinue reading “Deftones just clear the bar: Deftones – private music *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Highly anticipated, highly impressive: Tropical Fuck Storm- Fairyland Codex *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ | Tropical Fuck Storm’s latest release is a surprising exercise in restraint. At a point in their career where they have an already built-up reputation for musical abandon, there really is nowhere for a group as lateral in their movement as TFS to go. At least, that was my initial thought going intoContinueContinue reading “Highly anticipated, highly impressive: Tropical Fuck Storm- Fairyland Codex *ALBUM REVIEW*”
WITCH look ahead: WITCH- SOGOLO *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Following up their remarkable 2023 comeback record ‘ZANGO’, Zambian psych-rockers WITCH have decided to make hay while the sun is shining. Their uniquely sunburnt shade of zamrock one of the first in the genre’s sparse history, if any band had the authority to rewrite the rules of the genre, it would beContinueContinue reading “WITCH look ahead: WITCH- SOGOLO *ALBUM REVIEW*”
King Gizzard elevate their usual jam-style: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Phantom Island *ALBUM REVIEW*
Oplus_131072 | ⭐⭐⭐✨ | Pre-eminent Australian psych-rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have embarked on a collaborative album with UK conductor and keyboardist Chad Kelly, resulting in some of their most lush and elegant compositions to date. It wasn’t out of nowhere either, it came as a result of their shared love for allContinueContinue reading “King Gizzard elevate their usual jam-style: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Phantom Island *ALBUM REVIEW*”
‘Never Enough’ is not enough: Turnstile- Never Enough *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐ | I mean, come on. They practically teed me up… The fifth studio album from this Baltimore-based hardcore band sees them continue even further into their newly-developed dream-punk sound. Established on their 2021 highlight ‘Glow On’, this fusion of the ethereal and the visceral saw them writing their catchiest and most exciting materialContinueContinue reading “‘Never Enough’ is not enough: Turnstile- Never Enough *ALBUM REVIEW*”
The “Big Sound” Swansong: Swans – Birthing *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Back in 2010, a decade after the release of their critically-acclaimed ‘Soundtracks For The Blind’, the band Swans decided to crawl out of their hiatus and re-invent themselves once again. This time around, they ushered in elements of some of their prior drone and experimental rock excursions, which were complimented by someContinueContinue reading “The “Big Sound” Swansong: Swans – Birthing *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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