From start to finish this album delivers brilliantly. With acoustic guitar and vocals at its centre, Newton displays how he is an artist with a clear identity, who has had longevity in his career through […]
Foals Save Themselves in Stunning New Album
In 2018, when Arctic Monkeys released Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino, fans were divided and faced with a band once energetic and explosive, refined to weird lounge jazz and piano-plinking. To some, it was viewed […]
Jack Savoretti Releases New Album, Singing to Strangers
Combining a hint of the wild west, at times what feels like a nod to Abba, lying under a pop blanket, as well as a subtle gravelly rock vocal tone, Jack Savoretti delivers his next […]
Alice Phoebe Lou Builds Her Own Paper Castles in Debut Album
Alice Phoebe Lou, a singer-songwriter originally hailing from South Africa, has just released her second full-length album. Titled Paper Castles, it is an effortlessly transformative and perfected record. With one of the tracks titled ‘Nostalgia’, […]
Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Now That I Found You’ and ‘No Drug Like Me’ are Pop Music Perfection
Carly Rae Jepsen, against all odds, has become somewhat of an indie darling. Her last two projects have been very well received by typically indie-leaning critics, and it’s not hard to see why. Plato spoke […]
Solange’s ‘When I Get Home’ is Soulful, Moody RnB
With names such as Pharrell Williams, Gucci Mane, Dev Hynes, Steve Lacy and Playboi Carti on the billing, Solange’s fourth album boasts an impressive list of collaborators – a list striking enough to catch most […]
Drenge’s ‘Strange Creatures’ is a High-Speed Rollercoaster of an Album
4 years and a new member later, Drenge made their return last month with the release of their long-awaited third album, Strange Creatures. A complete rollercoaster in the form of just ten songs, Strange Creatures […]
Weezer’s ‘The Black Album’ Disappoints
1994 was a phenomenal year for rock. The same year that gave us Green Day’s Dookie, Jeff Buckley’s Grace, the Oasis/Blur clash of Definitely Maybe against Parklife, and even Kurt Cobain’s posthumous Nirvana album, MTV […]
Kehlani Shines in New Album, While We Wait
Hot on the heels of Ariana Grande, Kehlani delivers a modern pop R&B record that has a similar sound to the mega star. Kehlani burst onto the scene in 2014 with an eight track album […]
Julia Michael Steps Out From the Shadows in The Inner Monologue Pt 1 EP
Singer-songwriter Julia Michaels released her sophomore EP Inner Monologue Pt I last week and it is something we did not know we needed. Before her world-wide success following her first single ‘Issues’ culminated with two […]