Category Archive: Music Reviews

Various - G.I. Disco

Various - G.I. Disco

A showcase of 1980s Electro and Disco that helped to inspire German Techno and Electro. Imported to feed the tastes of US soldiers (G.I.s) stationed …

 

Neil Nathan - The Distance Calls

Neil Nathan - The Distance Calls

Sun drenched 70’s Rock doesn’t come any fresher than on Neil Nathan’s debut album. Like the soundtrack to the best road movie never made, it …

 

Turner Cody - Gangbusters!

Turner Cody - Gangbusters!

Listen as Absinthe fuelled Hobo chic Folk tunes dissolve into New Orleans funeral marches in front of your very ears. Turner Cody sings sad, sad …

 

Sara Radle - Four

Sara Radle - Four

Like scratched old vinyl, the tunes on ‘Four’ feel strangely familiar and the whole package has a slight nostalgic feel to it, like having a …

 

Oriol - Night And Day

Oriol - Night And Day

Here’s an album’s worth of smooth grooves for suave mixers and lounge lizards. ‘Schmoove’ has not been done so well in a long time.

 

Peasant - Shady Retreat

Peasant - Shady Retreat

An album of mellow, sun-drenched pop tunes with a hint of Americana. Songwriter Damien DeRose makes rural music for city folks under his Peasant moniker.

 

Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip - The Logic Of Chance

Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip - The Logic Of Chance

No more larking about, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip mean bizniz. The beats are fatter and the raps deliver a fiery sermon urging listeners …

 

The Tiny - Gravity & Grace

The Tiny - Gravity & Grace

Listening to The Tiny is like a whistlestop tour of Marianne Faithful’s career rolled into one song: From innocent girl pop singer to alcoholic ex-junkie …

 

Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have

Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have

Somewhere in a parallel universe there are Prince and Sun Ra working on a Dubstep album. The closest you will ever get to listening to …

 

Vex’d - Cloud Seed

Vex’d - Cloud Seed

‘Cloud Seed’ captures the dark, cinematic drama that defines the first golden era of Dubstep, circa 2006/2007. It has all the trimmings: Urban angst, techno …