An album to cure your autumnal anguish
George Clanton, a previously little known underground electronic artist, is changing perspectives on vapourwave by collecting his knowledge from past work to create what he calls a ‘Vapourwave Opera’.
Samm Henshaw takes us to church
The gospel-influenced UK soul singer shuts down Scala and proves he is one to watch
BBC Music Introducing Live
Tickets are still available for the three day event aimed at helping students and new artists explore the music industry
Pieces of a Man is introspective, indulgent, and inaccessible
Despite lavish production, the latest effort by Mick Jenkins never really gets off the ground. Loosely narrating the fragments and facets of a person’s life, Jenkins’ jigsaw seems to be missing a piece.
Everybody wants to change the world: Looking at the White Album’s Legacy 50 Years on
Exactly fifty years ago, the year 1968 was to be the beginning of the end for the Beatles. Lennon had finally escaped the clutches of chronic acid tripping, partly due to his burgeoning love for Yoko Ono, partly due to the retreat the band made to Rishikesh where they were
Mutation as a form as music
Tim Hecker warns of an apocalyptic dawn with transcendental acceptance.
Minimum to maximum, ambient to aggressive
Aggression has, for the most part, been a matter of force or damage. They yell, the guitars scream, the drums roar. All a product of man’s basest tendencies, a primitive release. Reining it back, Live 2002, is in many ways a controlled exploration of the impulses preceding the violence.
REDUXER: Turning Water Into Wine
Where RELAXER was a fairly uninspiring mark of alt-J running out of new ideas with a sound that almost embraced their TV-ad music status, alt- J’s REDUXER has taken the same material and reworked it into something masterful.
With a new Chance the Rapper project supposedly on the way, let us revisit his iconic Acid Rap mixtape
It’s simultaneously becoming increasingly easy and difficult to ignore Kanye West. Apparently, he’s been “working on” a new Chance the Rapper album. What that means or whether it even matters (see the substandard Ye or elusive Yahndi) is to be seen. Still, let’s take this as an
Fresh albums: Thee Oh Sees, Gregory Alan Isakov
The new Isakov album is out today... And I haven’t listened to it yet because I’m writing this piece on a Wednesday. But it’s spawned enough singles to be recommended to me on Spotify anyhow as an EP, “Dark, Dark, Dark,” after the lead single on the
The Hippo in the room: toxic masculinity
Following up a debut LP as well-received and enjoyable as Landmark was bound to be a tough job for Hippo Campus. The American Midwest’s breeziest indie rock band have not shied away from the pressure though, and have just released a record that – despite not being a big departure
New term, hoo dis? The 2018 album prospectus
Some albums are destined for greatness. I treasure the rest, and hoard them in my squalid flat.