LEO ABRAHAMS returns with more hypnotic soundscapes on SCENE MEMORY 2
Leo Abrahams' Scene Memory 2 is an adventurously made selection of soundscapes, racked in a hypnotic kind of spellbinding beauty.
Leo Abrahams' Scene Memory 2 is an adventurously made selection of soundscapes, racked in a hypnotic kind of spellbinding beauty.
On Acoustic Album No. 8, Katie Melua’s vocals shine through throughout on songs that retain their original strength when stripped back to the bone.
As a whole, Dave Gahan & Soulsavers' Imposter works incredibly well as a complete piece of work - each track brimming with heart and soul.
Still Rising documents Gregory Porter’s ascent over the last decades, but is most definitely not his swan song.
From fan to official Depeche Mode photographer, Michaela Olexova talks to David Nobakht about what a dream come true her book DREAM was to create.
Unzipped and Hot Stuff provide colourful insight into rare Rolling Stones memorabilia and the music icons' working process.
With his long-awaited memoir out now, what better time for a look at the life and work of Barry Adamson: Mancunian musical cult icon and collaborator with the likes of Nick Cave and David Lynch. David Nobakht has the goods.
A week of heavy music in various forms this week - and though Adia Victoria and Moor Mother prove that doesn't have to mean big rock riffs and the like, Carcass, Employed To Serve and Merthyr band Florence Black offer a bit of that anyway.
A week of marquee releases including Manic Street Preachers album number 14 and a bumper-sized Metallica reissue/tribute album package. Plus Elvis Costello is redone in Spanish and there's comebacks from Martina Topley-Bird and Saint Etienne.
Murderous thrillers, Russian historical fiction, a perfume-scented journey to 19th-century Edinburgh, explorations of identity and belonging, and a graphic novel devised by Line Of Duty's main brain.
This week's books include a Southern Gothic novel by Bethany W Pope, a UK-Cypriot search for identity by Elif Shafak, and Séamas O’Reilly's bereavement memoir.
Buzz's second set of weekly album reviews this week (don't ask) includes a set of womanly pop covers by Will Young, more measured classical by Max Richter, and intense meditations on Christianity by Lingua Ignota.