Frenetic, Unabashed Youth
It’s often said that a musician or band is almost always at their peak creativity within the early days of their career, releasing a debut that will never be topped … Continue Reading Frenetic, Unabashed Youth
The 25 Least-Regrettable Causes for Ry’s Accelerating Tinnitus in 2018
In a phenomenal year for music, picking the best 25 projects seemed a lot harder than it needed to be. 2018 brought textures that pierced and soothed, rocked and mangled, … Continue Reading The 25 Least-Regrettable Causes for Ry’s Accelerating Tinnitus in 2018
REVIEW: Homeshake – Helium
The similarly vibrant orange cover of Homeshake’s sophomore album, Midnight Snack, is delicately brushed to the bottom of my trustiest surfboard. The board rips, the album rips, and I realised … Continue Reading REVIEW: Homeshake – Helium
REVIEW: 日野繭子 [Mayuko Hino] – Lunisolar
Leaving unfathomably harsh, emotionless and unstructured noise in the late-80’s/90’s, Hino understands that shock-value noise has no place in the present day. I was never expecting such noise coming into … Continue Reading REVIEW: 日野繭子 [Mayuko Hino] – Lunisolar
REVIEW: Kool Keith – Sex Style
“Bisexuals on stage eating fruit loops” I’m torn with Sex Style, as I’m not sure if Keith’s trying to parody the overly-sexualised 90’s hip-hop scene, or if he’s just extremely horny. … Continue Reading REVIEW: Kool Keith – Sex Style
REVIEW: Tim Hecker – Mirages
I’ve had a crack of producing a few ambient tracks just like every man and his dog seems to have done these days and I’ve come to the conclusion that … Continue Reading REVIEW: Tim Hecker – Mirages
REVIEW: Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside
Criminally underrated and overlooked, Earl Sweatshirt’s (AKA Thebe Kgositsile) 2015 LP, I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside is an unflinchingly honest discussion of Earl’s personal struggle through drug … Continue Reading REVIEW: Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside
REVIEW: Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden
As bittersweet as realising you’ve spelt her last name incorrectly for about the 15th time, Haley Heynderickx’s debut is as hopeful as it is inwardly existential. I Need to Start … Continue Reading REVIEW: Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden
REVIEW: The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer
An absolutely filthy album, guaranteed to make you feel guilty of ever laughing, smiling, or being happy and encouraging you to feel like complete shit in the most phenomenal way … Continue Reading REVIEW: The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer
REVIEW: Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
Where to start… If there’s any album which perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being in a manic, drugged out state of being, through both the extreme highs and desolate lows, … Continue Reading REVIEW: Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
REVIEW: Bill Evans – The Paris Concert (CD1)
1979 was an undeniably heavy year for Evans, with his brother’s suicide and his cocaine dependency hitting a pivotal high, yet he still managed perform this set in Paris in … Continue Reading REVIEW: Bill Evans – The Paris Concert (CD1)
REVIEW: Pedestrian Deposit – Fatale
Just like many performing noise artists, well, real noise artists who understand and compose cacophony as something more than aural shock value, the sounds of Pedestrian Deposit are comprised physically … Continue Reading REVIEW: Pedestrian Deposit – Fatale
REVIEW: Pink Navel – raw navel
Abstract variations of droney instrumentals mix with outsider beats and introspective slam-poetry style rapping on Pink Navel’s most personal release yet. Polished, synth-driven production slither between melancholic themes, illustrating bittersweet … Continue Reading REVIEW: Pink Navel – raw navel
REVIEW: Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
“Feminism never ends, sadly” – Jenny Hval The music industry seems to let a lot of things pass, get brushed under the rug. So why do some seem to always … Continue Reading REVIEW: Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
REVIEW: Jeff Mills – Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo
Although ironic to say, this live set of unadulterated Detroit techno is so humanesque. It’s not straight-down-the-middle, calculated or cold. It’s not uniform and not overtly chaotic. That doesn’t sound … Continue Reading REVIEW: Jeff Mills – Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo
REVIEW: Vangelis – Blade Runner
Often imitated, never replica(n)ted Blade Runner is among my favourite films ever made. And so much of what makes Blade Runner great and allows it to continue to endure today … Continue Reading REVIEW: Vangelis – Blade Runner
