Review: Beth Gibbons, Lives Outgrown
Words by: David James Young When assessing great singers of the 1990s, any list is incomplete without English singer-songwriter Beth Gibbons. Her pained, haunted vocals propelled trip-hop trio Portishead to create some of the decade’s most striking musical moments, including classics like “Glory Box”, “Sour Times,” “Roads” and “All Mine.” Distinctive, emotive and consistently engaging, […]
Review: Microwave, Let’s Start Degeneracy
An album of two halves from the Atlanta outfit. Musical evolution is a funny thing. Bands that repeat themselves are doomed to fade away (the exception being AC/DC), but changing without focus can lead a ship off course. While not quite as jarring as Deafheaven, who dropped their post-rock leanings to go full shoegaze on […]
Album Review: The Lagoons – Island Hopping
Album Release Date: March 29, 2024 […]
THE DISCOVERY – Album Review: The Donnys – Get Active
Album Release Date: April 5, 2024 […]
Album Review: 408 – Hot Mess
Album Release Date: March 22, 2024Genre: Alternative / Pop Punk In the words of the late great Kurt Cobain, ‘Teenage angst has paid off well,’ and no better description could be created for Orlando-based pop-punk outfit 408. Following 2022’s ‘Out Of It’ the quartet has returned with thirty-three minutes of fist pumping tunes, with track […]
Album Review: NewDad – MADRA
Album Release Date: January 26, 2024 Genre: Indie Rock / Shoegaze It’s no secret that Ireland’s bountiful music scene is currently […]