SOPHIE’s birth of venus in ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides’
SOPHIE | Oil of Every Pearls Un-Insides | Future Classic / MSMSMSM Release date: 15 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Drenched syrup-swirl; a hallucinatory richness screams
Melody’s Echo Chamber returns with bittersweet uplift in ‘Bon Voyage’
Melody’s Echo Chamber | Bon Voyage | Domino Recording Co / Fat Possum Release date: June 15th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Healing within the clutches of the heart, the fl
Review: Johnny Jewel’s nightmarish catharsis of ‘Themes for Television’
Johnny Jewel | Themes for Television | Italians Do It Better Release date: 21 May 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock “The project began as a sonic exploration of the sounds I w
Review: oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls defy all senses on ‘Faminine Mystique’
oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls | Faminine Mystique | Nihjgt Feelings Release date: May 18th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A bleeding glimmer in each finger. The shining of the
Review: Beach House embrace unforgiving rebirth on ‘7’
Beach House | 7 | Bella Union / Sub Pop Release date: May 11th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A golden lyrical weave; sunlight winding, grasping like vines, a stunning bloom of
Review: Black Moth Super Rainbow candy coat horror on ‘Panic Blooms’
Black Moth Super Rainbow | Panic Blooms | Rad Cult Release date: May 4th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A honeyed simmer in the deathly wilt; bubble-pop electronic pollen, stu
Review: Midas Fall burst into cinematic bliss on ‘Evaporate’
Midas Fall | Evaporate | Monotreme Records Release date: April 27th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Hands clasped in royal blue; the kindness of unseeing mist, sleeping in palms.
Review: Nils Frahm’s sensory anatomy in ‘All Melody’
Nils Frahm | All Melody | Erased Tapes Release date: January 26th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Vast open spaces within a constraint. Worlds within a wooden bowl; a four walled
Review: Högni expresses existential locomotion on ‘Two Trains’
Högni | Two Trains | Erased Tapes Records Release date: 20 October 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock You are but a shadow locomotive of yourself; the crisp burn of cold has numbed
Review: Portico Quartet, Art in the Age of Automation
By Mo Hafeez Portico Quartet, even for those with their ears to the ground of the jazz scene, will not be a familiar household name to most – this is despite them holding a Mercu
