The Offspring, ‘Let the Bad Times Roll’ review
These Californian punk stalwarts – with an almost 40 year-long career – find themselves in a...
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Laurie Anderson, ‘Big Science’ (reissue) review
Initially trained in violin, Laurie Anderson was respected as a conceptual artist and composer and...
Rhiannon Giddens, ‘They’re Calling Me Home’ review
When singer-songwriter-banjo-fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens and her multi-instrumentalist husband...
Dry Cleaning, ‘New Long Leg’ review
As one of the most exciting post-punk bands to come out of the UK in recent years, Dry Cleaning’s...
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird, ‘These 13’ review
Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird’s friendship started some 25 years ago, when Mathus brought Bird in...
Richard Clapton, ‘Music Is Love (1966 – 1970)’ review
It’s been quite a year, with Trump, COVID, the Black Lives Matter movement, the never-ending...
Noga Erez, ‘KIDS’ review
KIDS is the latest album from Noga Erez. It carries the universal quality of a timeless classic,...
Jess Locke, ‘Don’t Ask Yourself Why’ review
Jess Locke expands her repertoire of anthems for the disenchanted on Don’t Ask Yourself Why, the...
Troy Cassar-Daley, ‘The World Today’ review
Like all of us, Troy Cassar-Daley did it pretty tough in 2020. Also, he was dealing with his dad’s...
Middle Kids, ‘Today We’re the Greatest’ review
“Hope is an underrated word.” So starts Middle Kids’ eagerly awaited second album, a record that...
Pete Murray, ‘The Night EP’ review
In June 2020, singer-songwriter Pete Murray released Found My Place, his first new single in three...
Mere Women, ‘Romantic Notions’ review
Sydney’s Mere Women return with Romantic Notions, the band’s fourth record that sees them wielding...
Julien Baker, ‘Little Oblivions’ review
Tennessee-based Julien Baker, known for using the guitar as her primary instrument, launches into...
Sheppard, ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’ review
“Even if we die young, they will remember us … we had a damn good run,” George Sheppard declares...
Alice Cooper, ‘Detroit Stories’ review
There’s comfort in knowing that what you’re about to hear is exactly what it says on the tin, but...
Flyying Colours, ‘Fantasy Country’ review
Melbourne shoegaze revivalists Flyying Colours reveal their sophomore record, a reverb-drenched,...
June Jones, ‘Leafcutter’ review
Melbourne songwriter June Jones unveils her second solo record Leafcutter, a natural progression...
The Hold Steady, ‘Open Door Policy’ review
Since finishing the opus of Hoodrat Holly with 2008’s Stay Positive, Minneapolis’s rock laureates...
Tash Sultana, ‘Terra Firma’ review
It’s an extraordinary story. Tash Sultana went from busking in Melbourne to charting all around...
Sia, ‘MUSIC: Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture’ review
It’s impossible to entirely separate a soundtrack from its film, especially when the film caught...
SG Lewis, ‘times’ review
“There was harmony in the music/ There was harmony in the behaviour of the people/ And we had a...
The Rubens, ‘0202’ review
The Rubens planned to release their fourth album last year. But then the world changed. “I’m...
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, ‘SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound’ review
Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have been compared to Tame Impala and King Gizzard, which...
Kate Ceberano, ‘Sweet Inspiration’ review
“It’s coming from my heart and not my head…” Kate Ceberano didn’t write those words, and she...
Sarah Mary Chadwick, ‘Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby’ review
In 2020 I watched six consecutive seasons of the History Channel show Alone. In a house, on a...
Odette, ‘Herald’ review
While Odette’s second album – the follow-up to 2018’s massive breakthrough To A Stranger...
The Weather Station, ‘Ignorance’ review
Ignorance is the fifth album from Toronto singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman’s recording...
Sleaford Mods, ‘Spare Ribs’ review
Now 11 records in, Nottingham’s Sleaford Mods can afford to be less seething and urgent. But this...
Illy, ‘The Space Between’ review
Skip-hop’s nice boy Illy has always felt just a bit overlooked. Whether a victim of timing (local...
Eva Cassidy, ‘Acoustic’ review
Eva Cassidy – one of the world’s most loved singers – died in 1996 at the age of 33....
