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Album Review: Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman
How could Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, possibly follow up on the sheer barnstorming odyssey of pop honesty of 2021’s Prioritise Pleasure?
The answer is with abundant ease upon the release of her third album, A Complicated Woman, on Polydor Records that summons the themes and styles that pushed the Self Esteem cream to the top - a blend of spoken word mantras, and alt-dance pop.
Album Review: Divorce – Drive to Goldenhammer
With a name like Divorce and a debut album title like Drive to Goldenhammer, you would be forgiven…
Album Review: Sam Fender – People Watching
The gifted songwriting of Sam Fender has long enriched the UK indie music scene, and his influence continues…
Album Review: bilk – Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
With their album Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll scheduled for release on the 24th of January 2025, indie rock trio Bilk are ready to get back on the road and back on the stage. Tickets are flying for their UK and EU tours, and the anticipation for the new album is only getting stronger. Hailing from Essex, frontman Sol Abrahms started Bilk in 2018 and was later joined by Luke Hare (bass) and Harry Gray (drums).
Album Review: Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out
There was a club night in Brighton I used to frequent at The Gloucester (now the North Laine Brewhouse). It was a Tuesday night indie/punk/ alternative night. The walls were stained yellow with cigarette smoke, your converse would stick to the floors, a pint was £3.10 and the cloakroom was free. What a time to be alive.
Review: DEADLETTER – Hysterical Strength
If you’ve stumbled upon this review wondering casually to yourself, ‘Hmmm, I’ve never heard of DEADLETTER, all caps is a bold move, I wonder what they’re like?’ Then that was pretty much what I was thinking around three hours ago and I’m here to congratulate you, you very lucky and noble music website review wanderer. You are just about to have your eyes and ears opened to something really very special. I have just listened to 'Hysterical Strength' twice on the bounce due to it being just so fucking great. You could in fact stop reading here and go and stick it on, go on, I dare you, I double dare you moth...(stop that, no need for two f-bombs in such close proximity, it cheapens us all).
Review: Beabadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Beabadoobee marks her return to the indie music scene with a memory-ridden, personal sentiment: This is How Tomorrow Moves. It's an authentic and unfiltered body of material, with all fourteen tracks proving there is no ceiling for her songwriting ability.
Review: Seasick Steve – ‘A Trip, A Stumble, A Fall Down On Your Knees’
Man, I really love Seasick Steve! I remember almost twenty years ago now when he seemed to fall, fully formed and full of gnarly, moonshine swigging cool, onto our screens on Later…It looked like he was playing a guitar that he’d accidentally reversed his truck over and was pounding his foot on a stomp box which might as well of had alligator teeth marks carved into the side. He plays it all loose and growling with heart, authenticity and rough-round-the-edges rawness that is infectious. He’s great when playing alone with his stomp box but when accompanied by the wild man that is Dan Magnusson on the drums, they are on another level.
Review: La Luz – News of the Universe
In an overwhelming moment in history, there is a lot to be said for bands that can perfectly encapsulate not so much direct social commentary, but sonically, embellish both the bedlam and the bliss in one go. Step forward La Luz and their 5th album, News of the Universe; their first offering on Sub Pop records.
Review: Pillow Queens – Name Your Sorrow
Pillow Queens, the Dublin based four piece, haven’t been short of accolades since forming in 2016 and certainly since their 2020 debut ‘In Waiting’. Their previous two albums have seen this indie rock, all-female quartet nominated twice for Irish album of the year and they’ve performed twice on The Late Late Show with James Corden. No pressure then for the release of their third, ‘Name Your Sorrow’, especially when they’ve decided to massively change their sound from something quieter and introspective to one that growls and bares its teeth.