Single Review: Carly Rae Jepson – No Drug Like Me
2015’s stunning Emotion was one of the best pop albums of the decade. It was a perfect mix of breathless hooks, simple narratives and underhand bitterness, lifting to something of cult status amongst...
View ArticleAlbum Review: David Byrne – David Byrne
In 1994, listeners got a tantalisingly brief glimpse at the real David Byrne, one they would have to wait a decade to witness again. On his self-titled album, Byrne raised the veil slightly; just...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Steely Dan – Gaucho
Speaking about Steely Dan’s sixth album Aja, guitarist Dean Parks said of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, “perfection is not what they’re after, they’re after something that you wanna listen to.” No...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Björk – Vulnicura
On the plastic sleeve for the vinyl of Vulnicura, computer generated and mutating, Björk lies with her back stretching over a rock. A crevice splitting her chest, she is the embodiment of pain. As if...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot
You return home, slowly locking the door behind you. Your ears still ringing, you make your way upstairs. Collapsing onto your bed, the same ringing that was once a comfort on your journey home now...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine
There’s a misconception surrounding Róisín Murphy that’s followed her for a number of years now, something that sounds nice when written down but is ultimately a completely empty statement. Critics...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Laurie Anderson – Big Science
Laurie Anderson’s Big Science is an album that is obsessed with time. Its progression, its regression and its stalling. It fixates on the mundanity of modern life, suffusing it with a sense of dread...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Prefab Sprout- From Langley Park to Memphis
Paddy McAloon is a human curio. Sixty-four years of age yet comparatively ancient in outward appearance, he sports long grey hair which melts into a silver beard of equal length. For a photo shoot with...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Donald Fagen – Kamakiriad
At what point does music become lifeless? Could it be commercial pandering? Indeed, one could spend hours reeling off artists whose music has come across as a blatant cash grab. Whose time spent on...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa kick-starts her second album with the line, “you want a timeless song, I wanna change the game.” Seemingly a manifesto for the album ahead, it suggests a mould-breaking album, a complete...
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