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Thrash metal champs MUNICIPAL WASTE still top of their game over 20 years in

July 3, 2022

With new album Electrified Brain, Municipal Waste have put together another collection of riffy headbangers that will keep circle pits rotating for a long time to come.

Afrofuturism & jazzy hip-hop create free-flowing alchemy on MOOR MOTHER’s JAZZ CODES

July 3, 2022

Can an LP this unapologetically cerebral, this relentlessly out-there, find Moor Mother a wider audience? If Kendrick Lamar can turn a Glastonbury headline set into rapturously received politically charged performance art, then there’s a chance.

Challenging & remarkable, THE NORTHMAN OST stands tall on its own

July 3, 2022

As challenging as this music can sometimes be, it certainly succeeds in matching the film’s blood-soaked visuals blow for epic blow.

After 8-year hiatus, PAOLO NUTINI’s album return is uniquely great

July 3, 2022

The music is bloody good, dense and full of the deep feeling that Nutini obviously needs to make that rather special voice of his soar.

ADWAITH: rising Welsh-language dreampop trio excel with BATO MATO

July 1, 2022

For a group awarded the Welsh Music Prize in 2019, the prospect of releasing the ‘difficult second album’ could understandably be true. With Bato Mato, Adwaith needn’t worry.

Region: Mid Wales

FINAL LIGHT: post-metal duo cruise into dark synthwave for futuristic debut

June 25, 2022

File under ‘F’ for future metal, and rock out with your neon battle jacket and shades out while listening to Final Light's post-metal debut.

STEALING SHEEP: Liverpudlian feminists mix video game sounds & psychedelia

June 24, 2022

Liverpool’s Stealing Sheep have retained their psychedelic sound but taken it to another level on their latest album, WOW Machine.

Never-before-released live album is ELLA FITZGERALD at her most charming & honest

June 24, 2022

Towards the end of Puttin’ On The Ritz, too, Ella can be heard saying “I screwed that one up, ha ha!” referring to a melody she had changed: her unique charm, honesty and energy are palpable throughout At The Hollywood Bowl.

REAL ESTATE’s MARTIN COURTNEY gives summery BEATLES-vibes on second solo album

June 24, 2022

The frontman of Real Estate has downsized to a bungalow with another solo album as Martin Courtney, with tunes bathing in the ‘here comes the sun’ golden glow.

ZOLA JESUS captivates with seventh album – thanks to seasoned collaborators

June 24, 2022

Arkhon, the seventh Zola Jesus album, from track to track, has a varied and expansive sound that lies somewhere between dark electronica and minimal cinematic soundscapes.

PERFUME GENIUS crafts another fluid standalone album with UGLY SEASON

June 17, 2022

FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WHITE RAVEN fails to take flight on new WARDRUNA offering

June 17, 2022

Norwegian band Wardruna’s latest offering reshapes their early 2021 studio album Kvitravn, and the results fall between two stools, neither relaxing nor rousing.

Thrash metal champs MUNICIPAL WASTE still top of their game over 20 years in

Afrofuturism & jazzy hip-hop create free-flowing alchemy on MOOR MOTHER’s JAZZ CODES

Challenging & remarkable, THE NORTHMAN OST stands tall on its own

After 8-year hiatus, PAOLO NUTINI’s album return is uniquely great

ADWAITH: rising Welsh-language dreampop trio excel with BATO MATO

FINAL LIGHT: post-metal duo cruise into dark synthwave for futuristic debut

STEALING SHEEP: Liverpudlian feminists mix video game sounds & psychedelia

Never-before-released live album is ELLA FITZGERALD at her most charming & honest

REAL ESTATE’s MARTIN COURTNEY gives summery BEATLES-vibes on second solo album

ZOLA JESUS captivates with seventh album – thanks to seasoned collaborators

PERFUME GENIUS crafts another fluid standalone album with UGLY SEASON

FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WHITE RAVEN fails to take flight on new WARDRUNA offering

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