Reviews

The Killers – 'My Own Soul’s Warning' Don’t let the eerie synth opener fool you, as the latest single from soon to be released ‘Imploding the Mirage,’ is as satisfyingly anthemic as they come. After a gentle intro featuring ethereal...
To be human is to be complicated – a fact that, despite all of us being intrinsically aware of it, can get overlooked when we’re thinking about our favourite music. We often expect our songwriters to inhabit one emotion, one...
For almost 60 years, since his self-titled debut album was released in 1962, Bob Dylan has stridently been marching to the beat of his own drum. He took the protest song into the pop charts, pissed off the folkies...
Pillow Queens - ‘Handsome Wife’ A powerhouse of indie rock, this Irish four-piece plough onwards with their gritty new single ‘Handsome Wife’. Trailing in with gentle harmonies and a backdrop of a whining guitar chords, this single wins you over...
Throughout lockdown, Jehnny Beth has made a name for herself – not as a post-punk band ringleader this time, but as a sordid storyteller. Each week, the French singer hosts readings from her forthcoming erotic book C.A.L.M: Crimes Against...
When Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket took off from Earth for its first flight into space at the beginning of June, it was hard not to feel a little envious. Out there in the great, wide galaxy, you don’t have...
It’s been an interesting 12 months for Wiley. Viral feuds with Stormzy that saw both artists release a number of diss tracks, Wiley with the chart-topping ‘Boasty’, and his now abandoned ‘Full Circle’ project, a record which was said...
'The Prettiest Curse' is a chronicle of complicated love stories, unbridled independence, and a final say on the band's identity as women in a band. You guessed it; Hinds are sick of explaining themselves, instead they are taking control...
Run The Jewels – ‘A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation)’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgH1mlXDhA By the time you get to the final track on Killer Mike and El-P’s fourth album, you’ve already gone head-to-head with a series of blistering rap anthems, big name...
Is Sports Team's debut album the record to revive guitar music?