Cornelius, ‘Mellow Waves’ review
You’re more likely to hear of BABYMETAL as definitive of Japanese music, but Cornelius is an...
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Arcade Fire, ‘Everything Now’ review
Arcade Fire’s records chart the increasing space available to the indie rock stalwarts, with...
Vera Blue, ‘Perennial’ review
What happens when it’s over? Vera Blue’s debut album is like 12 steps, or songs, to recovery. A...
Edguy, ‘Monuments’ review
Twenty-five years! I can remember when I first heard Edguy back in 1997, when they released their...
Tommy Emmanuel, ‘Live! At the Ryman’ review
In February 2016, Tommy Emmanuel fulfilled a life-long dream, playing his first solo show at...
Iced Earth, ‘Incorruptible’ review
Iced Earth have worked tirelessly to become one the most respected names in heavy metal. Through...
Mura Masa, ‘Mura Masa’ review
Alex Crossan: SoundCloud bedroom wizard, student of the world, Mura Masa. Emerging from his quiet...
Alestorm, ‘No Grave But the Sea’ review
No Grave But the Sea displays all of Alestorm’s charm and Scottish wit. As expected, the music is...
Meg Mac, ‘Low Blows’ review
Meg Mac’s star has been on the rise since picking up Unearthed Artist of the Year in 2014, a...
Batpiss, ‘Rest in Piss’ review
Batpiss’ third album follows the familiar haunting, dissonant path forged by the Collingwood kings...
Lapalux, ‘Ruinism’ review
Lapalux makes electronic music to make you feel. There’s always an impact – however subtle...
Shabazz Palaces, ‘Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star’ and ‘Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines’ review
“We be to rap what key be to lock” – a powerful phrase taken from Rebirth of...
Steve Earle & the Dukes, ‘So You Wannabe an Outlaw’ review
Steve Earle promised his next album would be country, and here it is: loaded with twanging pedal...
Dasher, ‘Sodium’ review
Kylee Kimbrough of Atlanta thrash-goth quartet Dasher upholds the intriguing drummer/vocalist...
Major Leagues, ‘Good Love’ review
Think Best Coast meets Pavement and you’ll get Major Leagues, Brisbane’s much loved lo-fi quartet...
Haim, ‘Something to Tell You’ review
Everyone’s favourite musical sisters Haim are back with sophomore album Something to Tell You, the...
Big Boi, ‘Boomiverse’ review
Sir Luscious Leftfoot came out swinging, mapping Big Boi as just as fierce a rapper as he was in...
Tex, Don & Charlie, ‘You Don’t Know Lonely’ review
A pattern seems to be emerging here. Tex Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen released their first...
Public Service Broadcasting, ‘Every Valley’ review
Music and politics go hand-in-hand for London duo Public Service Broadcasting. On Every Valley...
Brightness, ‘Teething’ reviewed
Now back in the homeland after half a decade across the pond, Brightness AKA Alex Knight has...
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, ‘Murder of the Universe’ reviewed
Blink and you’ll miss King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Apart from wowing North America...
Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ – an essay
This isn’t Jay-Z’s 13th studio album; 4:44 is Shawn Carter’s first. One of hip-hop’s biggest names...
Lorde, ‘Melodrama’ – review
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, better known by stage name Lorde, was called ‘the future...
Rory Block, ‘Keepin’ Outta Trouble’ reviewed
Acclaimed acoustic blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Rory Block recently released the sixth in her...
Helen Shanahan, ‘Every Little Sting’ reviewed
You might not know the name but Perth’s Helen Shanahan is as good as it gets when it comes to...
Underground Lovers, ‘Staring At You Staring At Me’
Underground Lovers’ eighth album Staring At You Staring At Me features a song called The Rerun,...
Fleet Foxes, ‘Crack-Up’ reviewed
Six long years after releasing their last, highly acclaimed album Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes...
Jason Isbell, ‘The Nashville Sound’ reviewed
Since Jason Isbell parted ways with Drive-By Truckers in 2007, his star has continued to rise as a...
Review: London Grammar, ‘Truth Is a Beautiful Thing’
Realistically, London Grammar’s Hannah Reid could be singing utter nonsense and she’d still...
Review: Big Thief, ‘Capacity’
Big Thief are the kind of band that stop you dead in your tracks. In the follow-up to their debut...
