‘There’s something, something you believe you in, but you can’t touch it, and you can’t hold it’ – Habit An honest to God four piece playing quirky guitar based rock? Post punk […]
Ought – More Than Any Other Day – Album Review
tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack – Album Review
This was probably the album I was most looking forward to this year. It was announced just before Christmas, and out of all the new releases, this was the one I wanted […]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos VII – Review
The news of a new release from ‘A Winged Victory for the Sullen’ did set hearts a flutter around here. Their self titled album from 2011 was played on repeat for a […]
Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream – Album Review
Some movements can be too sudden. The type that catch you off guard and leave the ground feeling less than solid beneath your feet. There has been an alteration to the sound […]
Micah P Hinson and The Nothing – Album Review
This is Micah’s 7th album, if you believe Wikipedia at least (always dangerous) but with a style such as his, it’s easy to rack up the albums. They’re nicely lo-fi and not […]
Real Estate – Atlas – Album Review
Atlas is the third album from our favourite Ridgewood, New Jersey band Real Estate. If their 2011 album Days was one of the best of that year then Atlas is certainly going to be […]
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness – Album Reviews
‘i quit my dreaming the moment that i found you. I started dancing, just to be around you’. Is the opening couplet on the new album from Angel Olsen ‘Burn your fire […]
St. Vincent – St. Vincent – Album Review
St. Vincent or Annie Clark as her mother called her, has kicked off her little known side kick David Byrne, and returned with an album of her own! This is her fourth […]
Sun Kil Moon – Benji – Album Review
Those of you who pay even vague attention to such things will know that the Workhorse appreciates Mark Kozelek. We’ll admit he’s a bit of a moan, but when it comes down […]
Young Fathers – Dead – Album Review
This something out of left field, an unexpected sound that has caught my imagination over the last few weeks. You can tell the roots of their sound, with Massive Attack and other […]
Warpaint – Warpaint – Album Review
This album quietly took me by surprise. I’d heard the single that was bouncing around the airwaves, but was expecting the album to be patchy at best, but there’s consistency and quality […]
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son – Album Review
Amazingly, this is Damien’s 11th studio album, with the first being released in 1997. Another performer that has endured where many others have fallen in his wake. He must be doing something […]
This Is How We Fly – Album Review
The much-anticipated self-titled album from This Is How We Fly has been released and it is a joy to behold. TIHWF is a contemporary folk band consisting of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle […]
Bill Callahan | Dream River | Album Review
“The only words I said today are ‘Beer’ and ‘Thank you’” are the lyrics that capture the imagination in the first song of Bill Callahan’s 15th studio album ‘Dream River‘. He’s created […]
Album Review | ReDiviDeR | meets I Dig Monk, Tuned
ReDiviDeR, Matthew Jacobson, Colm O’Hara, Derek Whyte, Nick Roth, have a fondness for word play both in their band name and titles, (anagrams and palindromes feature heavily). This playful inquisitive spirit flows […]
Album Review | Grey Reverend | A Hero’s Lie | Ninja Tunes
“No one wants you quite the way I do” This summer’s haunting EP “Everlasting” from Brooklyn resident L.D. Brown AKA ‘Grey Reverend’ is followed up this September by the full length Album, […]
Raffertie – Sleep of Reason – Album Review – Ninja Tune
Raffertie (AKA Benjamin Stefanski) will release his debut album on Ninja Tunes on the August 4th, and the reaction to this subtle and impressive new work will be fascinating. His music is […]
Thundercat – Apocalypse – Album Review – (Brainfeeder)
Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat has all the right friends. He’s worked with names such as Erykah Badu and Suicidal Tendencies and has performed live with Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili […]
Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South – Nonesuch – Album Review
Sam Amidon has been making quiet, subtle and lovely folk music for some time now. If you include his early recordings, this is his 7th album. His first release ‘Solo Fiddle’ came […]
Glenn Jones – My Garden State – Album Review (Thrill Jockey)
“This is where the frogs live” Writing in 2009, Composer and Percussionist Gerry Hemingway spoke of ‘place’ in music. This can be the place one experiences music in and also the emotional […]
No More Workhorse 