Marillion – Sounds That Can’t Be Made
There are few things that get Gary Page as excited as a new Marillion album. Here’s his review of their latest offering: If you asked me at school about the British rock band… Read More
Category Archive: album
Winter People – A Year At Sea
Listening to Winter People’s debut album, A Year At Sea, is like packing up your life and taking off for a journey into the wilderness. It’s on this journey, that you discover beauty,… Read More
Boy – Mutual Friends
Boy – Mutual Friends A quick history lesson. Swiss-born singer Valeska Steiner moved to Germany, where in 2005 she met Sonja Glass, who grew up there playing the cello in classical orchestras as… Read More
Poliça album review
Poliça was born from the indie/RnB gang, Gayngs. The latest project from producer Ryan Olson teams him up with soulful singer Channy Leaneagh and the electro sounds and vocals of Mike Noyce from Bon Iver.… Read More
Collarbones – Die Young
For an album whose central themes revolve around nostalgia and adolescent love, there couldn’t be a more forward-thinking sound to Collarbones’ sophomore effort, Die Young. At least for me, this genre of male-driven… Read More
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Two Weeks, that track from Grizzly Bear’s 2009 release, Veckatimest, plagued me at the height of its popularity. The croony intro and pulsating piano followed me everywhere, it always seemed to be playing on… Read More
Tinpan Orange: stories of songs
Emily Lubitz of Tinpan Orange, talks us through the songs on the band’s new album, Over The Sun: Birdy It’s about the fear that maybe your life isn’t spectacular enough. It’s about the anxiety… Read More
The xx – Coexist
Golden Lady considers the battle between style and substance on the new xx album: When any band or artist release an album to mass critical acclaim, hopes for an equally satisfying follow-up present… Read More
Pet Shop Boys aim for imperiousness
Gary Page gives his verdict on the new outing from Pet Shop Boys: Back in the late 1980s, as I struggled through the early, awkward stages of high school, I was a keen… Read More
Chilly Gonzales review
Something You Said reviewer Golden Lady falls in love with Chilly Gonzales’ new album, Solo Piano II : A gentle, thoughtful and whimsical journey this is. It’s elegance, inspiring deserved critical acclaim, yet melodic and… Read More
Cat Power’s Sun warms like morning light
Victoria Mietchen gets blindfolded by Cat Power: Chan Marshall delights in obscurity, but she is one of few artists who can get away with it – and I am always more than happy… Read More
Ariel Pink review
Mature Themes is a fucking odd album. Archaic and disjointed, kitsch and abstracted. It’s also spectacularly refreshing and incredibly evocative. Reminiscent of C-grade 80’s cop shows, where junkies and drag queens rule the… Read More