Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Like I Used To.
Duets worth their proverbial NaCl come about only too occasionally. (Chronologically, those which immediately spring to mind include, and are more or less strictly limited to: Don’t Go Breaking My...
View ArticlePreview: Bigfoot Festival 2021 x Dots & Dashes.
Given the past year-plus we’ve all endured, the thirst for live music is palpable; that for festivals can only be all the more so, especially now that the meteorological gloom has cleared up a touch....
View ArticleBANKS, The Devil.
Offering as great a rate of return as any contemporary pop icon, Jillian Banks – best known by the non-negotiably stylised BANKS mononym – is back with a banger in The Devil. A suitably wicked...
View ArticleSea Power, Two Fingers.
For fear of getting caught up in the swollen undertow of ‘an isolationist, antagonistic nationalism’ – one which has coursed through the country with desperate prevalence since the Brexit vote, the...
View ArticleSharon Van Etten, Porta.
The evolution of Sharon Van Etten’s songwriting, from crestfallen acoustica (Because I Was In Love) to synth-laden anthemia (Remind Me Tomorrow), has been something to behold. But if the likes of...
View ArticleFirst Transmission: Georgia Harmer, Austin.
Were Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams reimagined by Autolux, it probably wouldn’t sound too dissimilar to Toronto, Ontarian Georgia Harmer’s Austin. Which is much higher praise than I could ever pay the Texan...
View ArticleSharon Van Etten, Used To It.
Whether this should be said in relation to Love More, All I Can or Afraid of Nothing, Sharon Van Etten has repeatedly proven herself to be something of a slow-burn virtuoso. And, initially kindled from...
View ArticleFirst Transmission: O. Girdler, I Want You (Say So).
Although there is an instantaneous sense of fleet spontaneity to O. Girdler’s I Want You (Say So), with repeat plays, it becomes increasingly apparent how painstakingly crafted this piece of music is....
View ArticleO. Girdler, Death Spin.
It wasn’t so long ago that O. Girdler struck a chord with début number I Want You (Say So) and the itinerant Londoner now returns, turning in the ominously named Death Spin. Whereas its predecessor...
View ArticleBlaue Blume, Crush.
Composing incredibly beautiful, intricate songs is one thing, and something that Blaue Blume have now been doing for the better part of a decade. But smashing out true hits is another altogether. Of...
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