Divorce Find Their Voice on ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’
When I first heard Divorce’s self-titled EP back in 2022, it felt like a raw, jagged artefact from...
Album Spotlight
Antony Szmierek: Words That Make You Think, Beats That Make You Drift
Sam·
Two years ago, Antony Szmierek was teaching English and self-publishing novels. Now he has made a debut that...
Porridge Radio Sign Off With The Machine Starts To Sing, And It Stings
It is a strange thing to make sense of a breakup when the music arriving alongside it still...
Art D’Ecco – Serene Demon: Pop Ambition Done Right
Sam·
There is something quietly satisfying about being caught off guard by a record you almost skipped. Before 2025, Art...
Cameron Winter’s Precocious ‘Heavy Metal’ Debut Rewrites the Rules
Sam·
Cameron Winter dropped ‘Heavy Metal’ in December, and it was either terrible timing or a quietly brilliant act of defiance. Technically,...
Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana: Smashing Through The Fourth Wall
Sam·
Before ‘Mahashmashana‘, I had often found myself on the fence with Father John Misty. Josh Tillman existed behind...
40 Years in the Making: Kim Deal’s Nobody Loves You More Reviewed
For someone synonymous with bands that thrived on friction and loose edges, Kim Deal‘s solo debut is surprisingly...
The Cure Prove Their Darkness Only Deepens on Songs Of A Lost World
Forty-five years after ‘Pornography’* scared off half their audience with its gloom, The Cure circle back to that same darkness on ‘Songs...
The Smile ‘Cutouts’: A Band Refusing To Slow Down
Jen·
In an era when most bands treat album cycles like slow‑moving glaciers, The Smile tear through 2024 at a pace...
