Music Reviews
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Sophia Knapp Into The Waves
Olivia Newton John has a new rival! Check out Into The Waves by Sophia Knapp.
Randi Dietiker reviews -
Quakers Quakers
Quakers is Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow) 7-Stu-7 (Portishead engineer Stuart Matthews) and Australian producer Katalyst. They're accompanied by 35 handpicked MCs that they've fit perfectly into a record that's more electronica than hip-hop. It's ridiculously ambitious and ridiculously good.
Andrew Baer hasn't listened to anything else for three days... -
Bear in Heaven I Love You, It's Cool
Is that the new brand for L.A. Looks styling gel?
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez travels to the eighties once again... -
Phédre Phédre
Phédre, lovers from Monaco, raised in a cave of gold.
Matt Bevington reviews... -
VCMG Ssss
For the first time in 30 years, two of the most famous names in electronica are making music together. Does the music match the legend?
Forrest Cardamenis would like to buy a vowel... -
AU Both Lights
There's a good chance that Both Lights, the third album from Portland duo AU, is the most original album of the year. It might also be the most difficult to review.
Mark Davison tries his best... -
Willis Earl Beal Acousmatic Sorcery
Our first look at the elusive Willis Earl Beal and the sound behind the rumours.
Matt Bevington considers... -
Paul Weller Sonik Kicks
A fascinating album which shows that Weller has the nous and skill to evolve and, in doing so, the self-styled ‘Changingman’ manages to stay fresh, challenging and relevant.
David Zammitt reviews... -
Grimes Visions
Third full-length release of sensual synth-pop from the Canadian artist Claire Boucher, her first for 4AD.
David John Wood thinks it could be the start of something big... -
Tyga Careless World: Rise of the Last King
Commercial, commercial, calm down, it's not gonna hurt you. It's not free though.
James McKenna reviews...
