Rhian Sheehan – Recollections, Vol.1 (LOOP) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Comedian Bill Bailey once made a joke about the best way to listen to Pink Floyd – you pull the curtains, lie on the floor, turn the speakers over andContinue Reading
Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain (Flying Nun Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. I first met Californian born Reb Fountain during her tour of her 2008 ‘Holster’ album when her bandmate Sam Prebble (also performing as Bond Street Bridge) introduced usContinue Reading
Shihad – Churn (Wildside) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Ahhh… the good old days. Most of us have an album or two (or three or four) that provided the soundtrack to days of a potentially reckless and misspent youth, or conjureContinue Reading
The Dream Syndicate – The Universe Inside (ANTI-) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. The Dream Syndicate were one of those US alt-rock/neo-psychedelia bands that injected the vibrance of the Paisley Underground into the depressive veins of the late 80’s, at aContinue Reading
The Frights – Everything Seems Like Yesterday (Epitaph Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. With Covid-19 the best thing, if there is anything to be positive about, has been the opportunity to stop and refresh the batteries and get stuck intoContinue Reading
Purity Ring – Womb (4AD) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. It has been five years since Canadian electro-witch-pop two-piece Purity Ring dropped their last album ‘another eternity’ to critical acclaim. On ‘Womb’, their third album, vocalist Megan James and multi-instrumentalist andContinue Reading
The Weeknd – After Hours (XO / Republic Records) Reviewed by Sam Smith. After ten years in the music game, R&B prince The Weeknd is back with another project and this time he has brought his darker side to proceedings.Continue Reading
Devilskin – Red (Independent) Reviewed by Doug Peters. The Kiwi hard rock band Devilskin are often considered to be a bit of a “Marmite” act. While they have one of the most intense dedicated fanbases ever seen by a NewContinue Reading
Childish Gambino – 3:15:20 (Wolf+Rothstein / Liberator Music) Reviewed by Sam Smith. It has been over three years since Childish Gambino let loose on the world his p-funk project Awaken, My Love! In the years following, Donald Glover has toured,Continue Reading