WAAX, ‘Big Grief’ review
Like a championship title fight, you might have to take a few blows on the way to victory....
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Winterbourne drop ’60s-licked debut today
It seems far too fluky that the surnames of James and Jordan – the two fellows who comprise...
City Calm Down, ‘Television’ review
Switch on City Calm Down’s third album and you’ll be confronted by flickering images and some...
Shannon Lay, ‘August’ review
August arrives in August. It’s a seasonal synchronicity, but there’s a deeper...
Jay Som, ‘Anak Ko’ review
‘Anak Ko’ means “my child” in Tagalog. It’s a phrase used by Jay...
Wagons, ‘Songs from the Aftermath’ review
Songs From The Aftermath, Wagons’ first album in five years, is a strange beast. Adventurous and...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, ‘Infest the Rats’ Nest’ review
All hail the mighty Gizz and their 15th album release in seven years! From their previous Fishing...
Eilen Jewell, ‘Gypsy’ review
Eilen (sounds like “feelin’”) Jewell is from Boise, Idaho, and started singing in...
Sleater-Kinney, ‘The Center Won’t Hold’ review
Sleater-Kinney present a new electrified version of themselves on The Center Won’t Hold, the...
Killswitch Engage, ‘Atonement’ review
Killswitch Engage are one of modern metal’s most renowned bands. They injected much needed...
Birtles Shorrock Goble, ‘Full Circle’ review
What’s in a name? For all intents and purposes, this is Little River Band – but don’t tell the...
Bon Iver, ‘i,i’ review
The fourth album from Justin Vernon-led project Bon Iver completes the seasonal cycle begun with...
Marika Hackman, ‘Any Human Friend’ review
On her third album English musician Marika Hackman pushes boundaries and subverts genres...
Seeker Lover Keeper, ‘Wild Seeds’ review
Eight years after their self-titled debut, Seeker Lover Keeper – Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and...
Tyler Childers, ‘Country Squire’ review
Kentucky native Tyler Childers is the real deal. Since the release of his critically acclaimed...
Holy Holy, ‘My Own Pool of Light’ review
From one angle, My Own Pool Of Light looks very much like it’s going for an increasingly popular...
The Teskey Brothers, ‘Run Home Slow’ review
If you’ve previously eschewed The Teskey Brothers because you don’t like folk, you need to pull...
Jade Imagine, ‘Basic Love’ review
On her highly anticipated debut album, Melbourne-based songwriter Jade McInally gives a voice to...
The Bamboos, ‘By Special Arrangement’ review
The Bamboos – Australia’s preeminent soul-funk outfit – are celebrating their 20th anniversary in...
Northlane, ‘Alien’ review
“You can’t make me DIS-A-PPEAR! You tried to break me, but I’M STILL...
James Taylor, ‘The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970-1976’ review
After the breakup of his band The Flying Machine in 1966, (referenced in the hit song Fire And...
Mini Mansions, ‘Guy Walks into a Bar…’ review
C’mon, that TITLE!? According to suave frontman Michael Shuman (also QOTSA’s bassist),...
Kaiser Chiefs, ‘Duck’ review
Having thoroughly outlived every other band in their heat (your Franz Ferdinands, your Killers,...
Thy Art Is Murder, ‘Human Target’ review
Thy Art Is Murder have risen to the upper echelons of the deathcore scene through hard work and...
Abbath, ‘Outstrider’ review
Abbath is one of the genre’s greatest characters. He’s considered a legend in black metal circles,...
Various, ‘Stranger Things: Season 3 OST’ review
Unlike previous seasons, which addressed late-last-century-via-suburban malaise (Season 1) and...
Angie McMahon, ‘Salt’ review
In some ways, Angie McMahon’s debut single Slow Mover was aptly titled, as it’s taken her two...
Sum 41, ‘Order in Decline’ review
Deryck Whibley has seen the news, and if you too tune your feeds to a relentless stream of...
Thelma Plum, ‘Better in Blak’ review
“If I had lighter skin, maybe I would win” – Thelma Plum’s debut album...
Dope Lemon, ‘Smooth Big Cat’ review
The second full-length by Angus Stone’s intoxicating Dope Lemon moniker opens with lead...
