BETH GIBBONS LIVES OUTGROWN DOMINO RECORDS There is something ethereal to Beth Gibbons’ voice, the distinctively haunting quality that made the trip hop genre such a fitting home for it and had helped launch her band Portishead into global [...]
Milky Chance Living In A Haze Muggelig Records Milky Chance wants you to dance, and its latest album is an intriguing effort to capture what has made people dance throughout the 21st century. The German alt-rock outfit found fame across the [...]
Yaeji With A Hammer XL Recordings On a debut album that was heavily-anticipated by the global electronic scene, Yaeji’s sound manifests as an ocean of ideas, each tide brimming with intriguing influences and provoking artistic choices. The [...]
Black Country, New Road Live At Bush Hall Ninja Tune Records In the accompanying concert film to Live At Bush Hall, the members of Black Country, New Road are dressed up as if they emerged from a time capsule from the 80s, seeking to mirror the [...]
Yves Tumor Praise A Lord Who Chews But Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Warp Records With each album, Yves Tumor (real name Sean Bowie) has hinted at a cyclical pattern: constructing a sound you can almost label their signature, [...]
Lalo Schifrin Man On A Swing OST (1974) Wewantsounds The late 60s and early 70s have always been objects of intrigue in the 21st century, one notable example being the wide-ranging coverage of the late ‘60s in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon [...]
Young Fathers Heavy Heavy Ninja Tune On their recent release Heavy Heavy, we see Young Fathers at their ‘happiest’. Happiness is nuanced here, in the typical experimental fashion that echoes their previous projects. The vocals used on [...]
