Reviews
Review: Blaue Blume – Beau & Lorette (Brillante Records / A:larm Music / Universal Music Denmark, 2014)
“Blaue Blume” is German for blue flower which symbolizes longing, love, and pursuit of the...
The KVB – Out Of Body (A Recordings, 2014)
After 4 years and countless releases of tirelessly exploring the genres of goth, new wave...
W.T.Drones – W.T.Drones (Onesense Music, 2014)
W.T.Drones is an electronica project that is guided by American vocalist Anthony Mills into a...
Weekend Guitar Trio, Toyah Willcox, Jan Bang – Live At Kings Place (Weekend Guitar Trio 2013)
Who or what is twenty years of Weekend Guitar Trio?Comic strip characters by Olimar Kallas,...
Review: Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day (Rhymes of an Hour Records, 2013)
The end of September saw the first release (and fourth studio album) in 17 years...
Review: Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub, 2013)
I hadn’t heard anything about Jessy Lanza before Hyperdub shared the video for her song...
Review: Hot Coins – The Damage Is Done (Sonar Kollektiv, 2013)
Daniel “Danny” Berman (or Red Rack’em) is a Scottish producer and DJ currently residing in...
Review: Deerhunter – Monomania (4AD, 2013)
It appears that whatever Brian Cox, the frontman of Deerhunter, decides to pursue, it will be touched by a strange genius. Be it the premiere of the title song from Monomania on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where he used fake blood and bandages to created the illusion of a missing finger – a nod to his father who actually had recently lost a few fingers in a saw-related accident – or him performing concerts in girly frocks.
Review: Milo – things that happen at day / things that happen at night (Hellfyre Club, 2013)
The first time I heard Milo, I felt the same kind of elation that I felt for the debut album by The Streets – the freshness of the new and unknown, plus that special something that makes you want to listen to it again after the initial excitement wanes. However, unlike Mike Skinner, Milo's follow up to his debut (I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here), is still interesting and engaging.
Review: Multiphonic Rodent – Civilisation EP (2013)
Parts of Multiphonic Rodent’s – solo project by multiinstrumentalist Erki Hõbe – new EP Civilisation came to fruition in organic farms while denying civilisation. Incidentally, Western civilisation is the centre of this album's concept.
Review: Uku Kuut – Estonian Funk (Big Tree Studios, 2012)
It's the Eurovision final; this is the last thing I want to spend my Saturday night with and so I turn off the freakshow on the telly. I slip on Uku Kuut's Estonian Funk, crank up the bass and let myself be gently carried away by the Umblu prelude “Angel”.
Review: Odd Hugo – Odd Hugo (Odd Hugo Music 2013)
It's as if Odd Hugo had been invited to someone's funeral that was cancelled at the last minute, but they have decided to play nonetheless.