Spectres: Condition | Controlled and Measured Teeth-Grinding
Whereas Spectres debut, Dying was total teeth grinding their second album, Condition is more of a measured drawl with noise sprinkled in.
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Overkill: The Grinding Wheel | Absolute Riff-Storm
Overkill's The Grinding Wheel is a patchy piece of work that quite often cannot pick itself up out its own absurdity. Put it still thrashes and grinds.
Big Sean: I Decided | Nothing Profound or Interesting
I Decided, Big Sean's fourth full-length, sees little in the way of a shake-up sonically, but there are glimpses that Big Sean has upped his game.
Brian Eno: Reflection | Brilliantly Human Ambient Music
Reflection is not a powerful piece of work but it doesn’t intend to be. This is Brian Eno reconnecting with the changeability & situational purpose of music
Album Review: Suede – Night Thoughts
It may take a few listens to reveal the entirety of its resonance, but when it does Night Thoughts marks itself as one of Suede’s finest releases.
Album Review: Tindersticks – The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room has power enough to ponder the question as to whether Tindersticks will ever run out of ideas. Another great album from Tindersticks.
Album Review: Battles – La Di Da Di
The consistent lack of the depth Battles have expunged throughout La Di Da Di sneaks into the corners the territory of mediocrity.
Interview with Uncommon Nasa
Jack speaks with Uncommon Nasa at length about some of the themes of his new album, Halfway, and the larger ideas of life and death.
Record Review: Kuedo – Assertion of a Surrounding Presence
Kuedo's Assertion of a Surrounding Presence may only be 7 tracks long, but it’s ability to make you feel like you’re in a totally different world.
Album Review: Foals – What Went Down
Foals' 'What Went Down' is an often brilliant, often hungry album that refines its ideas while remaining a blast of fresh air.