A review of Self Esteem’s beautiful new album Compliments Please
Author : Frankie Baldwin Self Esteem is the project by one part of Slow Club’s Rebecca Lucy Taylor. I was probably quite late to
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Foals – Exits review
January is the month for new things; diets, resolutions and, for Foals, new music.
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What does hipster music mean nowadays?
What qualifies as hipster music in the modern age and how did it evolve into the term so widely used today?
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Vampire Weekend channel Madchester at its most carefree on return single Harmony Hall
Critic favorites, Vampire Weekend, have returned following an extended hiatus. But, while the indie darlings deliver a pleasant sound on their return, depth
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Conjuring Goblin, the cult prog band behind the Suspiria soundtrack
Prog-rockers’ Goblin road to rock timelessness is as unusual as their music. The Italian group spent their career making a name for themselves,
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Brian Jonestown Massacre & Dandy Warhols, worlds apart on new singles
Fifteen years ago, the documentary Dig! set this two American bands up for years of indie rock rivalry. In 2019, the two groups are still at it, but their attitude towards music couldn’t be more different from one another. Is it fair to compare the Dandy Warhols to the Brian Jonestown Massacre any more?
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Let’s agree that bands lipsyncing to backing tracks is unacceptable
Are backing tracks used to enhance an artist’s sound and bands lipsyncing becoming a more widely spread phenomenon? More and more reports suggest this
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Menacing 80s synth pop aplenty on Fat White Family’s new single, Feet
Indie provocateurs Fat White Family return with a diminished line-up, a new single, Feet, that echoes chilling 80’s darkwave and the threatening sound that characterized their
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Bring Me the Horizon fish for mainstream compliment with “medicine”
Bring Me the Horizon attempt to extract all of the band sound’s commercial appeal on new single medicine. But are fans of the one time metalcore group
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Black Pistol Fire’s Level sways in and out of garage rock and southern boogie
Garage rock duo, Black Pistol Fire, have released the single Level, a song whose sound swings hard amid fuzzy guitars and vocal phrasing. But it’s the song’s melodic appeal that may earn the band a hit, finally.
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