Album Review

In January of this year, Björk released Vulnicura, her ninth studio album, to critical acclaim. Vulnicura Strings is the same record in acoustic form, but— unsurprisingly, given its famously eccentric creator— there’s not a softly strummed guitar to be heard. Instead, its predecessor’s dense electronic instrumentation has been replaced with...

Upon first listen, Arms Around a Vision is all too easily dismissible. Pleasant enough, the overwhelmingly similarities track-to-track leave it undistinguishable as a work of it’s own. It’s only on closer inspection that this album truly comes to life. The opening track ‘Reticence’ opens with promise. A slow-burning, hurtling...

Charli XCX has enjoyed an impressive rise in popularity following hits such as ‘Boom Clap’, ‘Fancy’ with Iggy Azalea, and writing Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It’. After the relative commercial failure of 2013’s True Romance, can Sucker match up to her debut album commercially and critically? The answer is...

It’s been a great few years for female singer-songwriters. Beside the odd exception like Mark Kozelek or Father John Misty, they’ve pretty much ruled the roost. Courtney Barnett, Natalie Prass and Kali Uchis have already laid claims for the early months of 2015 and with new Florence Welsh and...

A 4 year wait has spawned the 3rd studio album from the Merseyside indie group The Wombats.  Glitterbug marks the next stage of evolution for the band who have spent the majority of their time recording in Los Angeles after relentless touring of Europe, N. America and Australia. The...

After their fantastic debut album in 2012, the trio of multi-instrumentalist sisters return with a wider sonic palette. If I Was, the latest release from the three girls that make up The Staves is truly exceptional. After an extensive tour, The Staves have finally revealed their 12 track LP...

The question of whether Madonna, thirty-two years into her career, can remain relevant to today’s music scene is a question that comes up repeatedly when listening to Rebel Heart, her thirteenth studio album. Following 2012’s MDNA, which was considered a disappointment by both the critics and the general public,...