Freya Martin reviews the deceptively effortless and nostalgic new track from Black Country, New Road, ‘Track X.’
Whole Lotta Red: Playboi Carti at his most experimental
Hemma Daddral reviews Playboi Carti’s polarising Christmas release, Whole Lotta Red.
Pony up! Delving into Deftones’ reissues and remixes with revisionist relish
Harry Bedder reviews Deftones’ 20th anniversary reissued and remixed White Pony, released on Reprise Records.
Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke return with collaboration ‘Her Revolution / His Rope’
Eleanor Palmer reviews the new singles from Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke, ‘Her Revolution’ and ‘His Rope.’
Eartheather burns bright on latest album ‘Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin”
Carmen Walker-Vasquez talks us through ‘Pheonix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin’, Eartheater’s dazzling new album, described as a return to the “primordial lava lake”.
All This I Do For Glory by Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson is really fucking good at the saxophone. He can do things with his saxophones that I can barely even comprehend, and listening to each of his albums has always been exciting if only […]
In The Middle with Ghadimi
Blessed by an abundance of talent in the local area, In The Middle has set its sights on uncovering some of the finest unsigned and small-label artists in Yorkshire and beyond, in a showcase of […]
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World by The Decemberists
Following a four-year recording hiatus, anticipation for the Decemberists’ latest full-length release is undoubtedly high. What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World sees the band return in their trademark literary folk rock form while […]
Chromatics by Diagrams
Still flirting with the boundaries of the innocuous folktronica genre, Sam Genders returns with Chromatics. Revisiting debut release Black Light again shows how much the last couple of years have improved Genders as a songwriter: […]
Vulnicura by Bjork
Bjork’s latest and ninth album is a record of her divorce from husband Matthew Barney, and the songs contained within it are unflinchingly vulnerable and wrought with heartache. It’s a side we’re not used to […]
Ariel Pink ‘Pom Pom’ Album Review
It’s never wise to judge a book by its cover but with Ariel Pink’s Pom Pom, you at least have a good inkling of what you are letting yourself in for. Usually when the cover […]
Onra @ Hifi 24/10
For four months last year I lived with a Chinese family in Shanghai, and for four months I was surrounded by the unique tones of Chinese children’s learning development songs. Safely back in Leeds, I […]