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SALLY SHAPIRO reunites for first album in six years – and little has changed

February 18, 2022

Putting aside their musical differences at last, Swedish duo Sally Shapiro are back with more of the same synthpop-slash-Italo disco on new album, Sad Cities.

GOLD: melancholic synthpop at its most nostalgic from RIKI

December 17, 2021

Gold, the second album from Riki, seees the self-identifying New Romantic leave behind the darkwave of her debut for 80s synthpop.

NEW FLESH: too few sparks in LOVE OBJECT’s Russian spin on electro-pop

December 10, 2021

Is electroclash back? Did it never end in Russia? Love Object's New Flesh poses many questions but provides few fresh answers.

RIVAL CONSOLES’ sonic social commentary fails to take off on OVERFLOW

December 3, 2021

Overflow, Ryan Lee West’s seventh album as Rival Consoles, doesn't manage to make sweet music out of toxic web practices.

RITMO FANTASÍA: seriously smooth Spanish synth of the 80s

November 26, 2021

Venezuelan DJ Trujillo has dug deep to unearth some seriously smooth Iberian bangers for Ritmo Fantasia.

MUSIC FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY: beautiful, authentic ambience from JON HOPKINS

November 12, 2021

While it’s easy to mock ambient, it can’t diminish Jon Hopkins' Music For Psychedelic Therapy from being a simply beautiful album.

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 24, 2021

Unlikely reggae covers selected by Don Letts; kick-ass American rock and country women Melissa Etheridge and Mickey Guyton; Bristol jazzers Run Logan Run and Vangelis soundtracking a mission to Jupiter, like he was born to.

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

February 12, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE A.A. WILLIAMS Songs From Isolation (Bella Union) A.A. Williams’ recent online cover versions are now collected on Songs From Isolation. It …

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

January 15, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE CASPER CLAUSEN Better Way (City Slang) Better Way is the debut solo album from Casper Clausen, perhaps best known as the …

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 2, 2020

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE COREY TAYLOR CMFT (Roadrunner) If you’re a little unsure of the name, where have you been for nigh on twenty years? …

ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL

March 30, 2020

ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL ALUN GAFFEY *** Llyfrau Hanes (Côsh) The second solo album from Alun Gaffey, ex-guitarist of Aberystwyth’s Race Horses, is a funky affair. With a mixture …

DRAGON ERA 7 LAUNCH PARTY | LIVE REVIEW

October 26, 2015

DRAGON ERA 7 LAUNCH PARTY | LIVE REVIEW The Abacus, Cardiff, Fri 23 Oct The guys behind Dragon Era decided to throw themselves a little party to celebrate the …

SALLY SHAPIRO reunites for first album in six years – and little has changed

GOLD: melancholic synthpop at its most nostalgic from RIKI

NEW FLESH: too few sparks in LOVE OBJECT’s Russian spin on electro-pop

RIVAL CONSOLES’ sonic social commentary fails to take off on OVERFLOW

RITMO FANTASÍA: seriously smooth Spanish synth of the 80s

MUSIC FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY: beautiful, authentic ambience from JON HOPKINS

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL

DRAGON ERA 7 LAUNCH PARTY | LIVE REVIEW

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