For one reason or another (mainly fatherhood) I didn't listen to as much new music as last year. And much of what I did listen to was played either as an accompaniment to WFH, or during quiet moments sat with a very young baby between 5 and 7am. Neither of which are conducive to really … Continue reading Best Albums of 2022
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Best Albums of 2021
Well, what a year. We started off in the depths of a lockdown, and as the year draws to a close it looks like we could be headed that way again, as the pandemic maintains its strangle-hold on day to day life. But throughout all the ups and downs of 2021, there's always been music. … Continue reading Best Albums of 2021
Skee Mask – Pool (2021) – Album Review
With the release of his third full-length album, Bryan Müller a.k.a. Skee Mask has surely established himself as one of the leading figures at the vanguard of electronic music. His 2018 album, Compro, rightfully found itself near the top of several year-end lists, and now with a bumper selection of brand new tracks drawn from … Continue reading Skee Mask – Pool (2021) – Album Review
Actress – Karma and Desire (2020)
Actress is by no means the only electronic artist whose work consists in deconstructing the forms of club genres like techno and dubstep, and recombining them into a ghostly simulacrum of the original. Burial would be another who springs to mind. But Darren Cunningham is perhaps the producer whose experiments have taken him the furthest … Continue reading Actress – Karma and Desire (2020)
Throwing Muses – Sun Racket (2020)
After more than three decades, Kirstin Hersh's fearless creativity has not diminshed one iota; and the sound her band kick out is as powerful and uncomprimsing as ever. Continue reading
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