Listening to the latest installation to Darwin Deez’s discography, Double Down, we are presented with an album of contrasts. The wacky yet wonderful compositions; relentless pace shackled by an overall subdued feel; and the disparity […]
Pagans In Vegas by Metric
“Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven must look at night” Chuck Palahniuk once wrote. A view shared by tycoon Steve Wynn, who states Las Vegas is how God would do it if he […]
Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey
Five years on from her self-titled debut, Lana Del Rey is already onto her fourth album. Honeymoon sees Lana continue down the road of Hollywood heartbreak, a seamless thematic transition from the critically acclaimed Ultraviolence. […]
Mothers by Swim Deep
When Swim Deep first emerged onto the music scene their summery album debut Where The Heaven Are We secured them the adoration of an unswervingly devoted collection of 13/14-year-old fan girls and favourable reviews from […]
GO:OD AM by Mac Miller
GO:OD AM marks a significant shift in the career of Mac Miller. Despite his first studio album Blue Slide Park reaching top spot on the Billboard 200, the first independently produced album to do so […]
Slime Season by Young Thug
Mixtapes are a different animal to LPs; there isn’t really stylistic or narrative coherence. Each track has to be treated as if it were some sort of standalone demo, a half developed idea that wouldn’t […]
Didn’t He Ramble by Glen Hansard
It was the academy award winning song ‘Falling Slowly’ and all of its wistful, desperate beauty that first introduced many to Glen Hansard, but the Irish artist has always been a prolific songwriter. Whether as […]
Wishes by Rhodes
In a world full of singer-songwriters trying to be the next Ed Sheeran, Rhodes is a breath of fresh air. His cinematic debut album, Wishes, solidifies his place in a genre where individuality is everything. […]
La Di Da Di by Battles
There is a surreal tangibility to the sounds on La Di Da Di. The building blocks Battles have created, despite having no real world analogue, sound frustratingly like they ought to. The sound that is […]
Me by Empress Of
An uncompromised vision of the self, resulting in this stunning experimental electro pop work. Empress Of, aka songwriter Lorely Rodriguez, delivers an introspective dream of an album debut. Emerging onto the musical scene in 2012 […]
Oh Wonder by Oh Wonder
London based duo Oh Wonder tapped into something spectacular last year, announcing they would release a single on the first day of the month for a year before releasing their debut album. Last attempted over […]
The Curved Line by Kelpe
The Curved Line is the fifth studio album from Kel Mckeown, otherwise known as Kelpe, released on his own label DRUT. Previously unfamiliar to his music I was eager to listen to the record, comparisons […]