BEATRIX WE SWALLOWED THE SKY NICE LIFE One thing you can almost instantly spot with singer songwriters is if they have classical music background. The key thing there is how they use that background in a pop/rock musical setting – are they able [...]
STEPHEN BECKER GRAVITY BLANKET ONE IS THREE RECORDS Avid readers of Spill magazine have probably noticed that NYC’s Stephen Becker is one of the frequent artists you can meet here. His brand of so-called bedroom pop has that quirkiness and [...]
CABARET VOLTAIRE BUT WHAT TIME IS IT REALLY? MEMETUNE Cabaret Voltaire, initially consisting of Richard Kirk, Chris Watson, and Stephen Mallinder, is an English techno music group that experienced a degree of success with their song “Sensoria” [...]
ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE ANGEL IN PLAINCLOTHES ASTHMATIC KITTY There are a number of singer songwriters out there that might not have the wide exposure they deserve but do have a staunch core of fans that keep them going for fame or bust, and in most [...]
CARLA DAL FORNO CONFESSION KALLISTA RECORDS Upon hearing a new album, one thing music fans usually try first is trying to define and categorise the music they are listening to – try and fit it into nice and clear category or categories. Maybe [...]
FOO FIGHTERS YOUR FAVORITE TOY RCA RECORDS Foo Fighters have returned with their 12th studio album, Your Favorite Toy. The album is their first release since 2023’s But Here We Are and marks the debut of drummer Ilan Rubin. The record comes [...]
APAULL GUNFACTOR FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch-Canadian electronic music artist, DJ, and producer apaull has released his third studio album, Gunfactor. The album’s title loosely translates to “it factor” in Dutch, a term which takes on a [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING – SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Famed author and film director Grant McPhee (All Invisible Things, Postcards From Scotland) has assembled a three-CD set handpicking some [...]
