Top Games of August
The big build up of the year is here banging at our doors waiting to give us our first helping into the bounty of beautiful games that we can expect from the latter half of 2017. Yakuza Kiwami – 29th …read more
Entertainment
Passion for music, movies and games is something shared by everyone at Richer Sounds so we love talking about the latest releases and discussing our favourites. If you fancy some recommendations from our team on what to watch or listen to next, just scroll down and take a peek.
Album review: Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life
Elizabeth Grant, better known to the world as Lana Del Rey, is famous for her alternative, melancholy pop style, but with time has she really grown into the smiling character pictured on the album cover of her new album Lust For …read more
Album review: Floating Points – Reflections – Mojave Desert
Whether you are an original dubstep head, or a fan of modern jazz, you will probably heave heard about Floating Points… Some may have discovered Sam Shepherd via his recent work with the 16 piece Floating Points Ensemble, others have …read more
Film review: The Beguiled
In the second cinematic take on the 1966 Thomas P Cullinan novel, Sofia Coppola turns her impressive directorial skills to the feminist psycho-sexual drama, but how will she fare against the novel and previous film adaptation? Having already been attempted …read more
Film review: Captain Underpants – The First Epic Movie
Tra La Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! From 12 award-winning books written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, translated into 20 languages with over 70 million sales worldwide comes Captain Underpants’ first outing onto the big screen, but does it live up to the …read more
Film review: Dunkirk
Acclaimed director Nolan adds texture to one of the horrors of history that still resonates decades later. Bleak, wet and with dwindling hope, four hundred thousand men await their fate, at the mercy of the crumbling rearguard, a navy and …read more
Album review: The Acacia Strain – Gravebloom
After a massive amount of line-up changes, only one member, vocalist Vincent Bennett remains of the original band, but after such internal turmoil, the band has remained remarkably constant. Does the new album, Gravebloom reflect this? If you’re at all …read more
Album review: Lapalux – Ruinism
Stuart Howard aka Lapalux returns to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label this year to release his 3rd studio album entitled Ruinism, how has his sound progressed since his last outing in 2015? His experimental beats tend to be out of the …read more
Album review: Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
With 5 studio albums already behind him, Calvin Harris has come a long way since his debut single Acceptable In The 80’s. This years release entitled Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1 is another feature-filled collection of summer vibes and feel-good pop, …read more
Album review: Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
The award-winning, genre-bending ‘musical group’ Public Service Broadcasting have released their new album, Every Valley, which purports to tell the story of Welsh Coal. How will this fare, being told by a group only really known as ‘progressive’? Public Service …read more