Album Reviews

Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko (Wagram Music)
Malian superstar and famous friends collaborate to make eclectically original, beautiful, healing music
Posted on May 30th, 2023
Abracadabra: Shapes & Colors (Melodic)
Ascendant Californian duo deliver intriguing set of off-beam synth pop on new disc
Posted on Apr 27th, 2023
Emmett Finley: Emmett Finley (Big Potato Records)
The only album by rediscovered Golden Age singer-songwriter marks the death throes of the 60s in lovelorn, baroque balladry
Posted on Apr 25th, 2023
Roxanne de Bastion: Live at St. Pancras Old Church (Nomad Songs)
London via Berlin singer's career up to now in excellent, unplugged form on home turf
Posted on Mar 28th, 2023
The Go! Team: The Get Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
Technicolor mash up purveyors par excellence, the 'Team return with blazing seventh album
Posted on Mar 27th, 2023
Flyying Colours: You Never Know (Club AC30)
Aussie dream pop specialists return with heavenly third album
Posted on Mar 23rd, 2023
Death Valley Girls: Islands in the Sky (Suicide Squeeze Records)
LA alt. rock stalwarts reach new heights on outstanding new set
Posted on Feb 23rd, 2023
Amber Arcades: Barefoot On Diamond Road (Fire Records)
Dutch indie pop outfit return with reimagined sound on third LP
Posted on Feb 14th, 2023
Harmonious Thelonious: Cheapo Sounds (Bureau B)
Modern electronica created on retro-futurist kit. Intellectual exercise? Analogue nostalgia? Uneasy listening? All of the above
Posted on Jan 29th, 2023
SUEP: Shop (Memorials of Distinction)
Promising debut mini LP by off-beam alt pop outfit
Posted on Jan 28th, 2023
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