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Album review: Taylor Swift – Reputation

Album review: Taylor Swift – Reputation

Taylor Swift returns with her latest studio album Reputation with a bold new sound and direction, but does it live up to the massive success of her previous works? Read one to find out… Taylor Swift has been on an …read more

Album review: GWAR – The Blood of Gods

Album review: GWAR – The Blood of Gods

If Slipknot’s masks are a bit much for you, then Gwar may literally take the theme of shock rock to dimensions you hadn’t conceived. Thundering along like the demon incarnations of Iron Maiden, but with little care, restraint or social …read more

Album review: Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues

Album review: Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues

With a title that has already sparked controversy online, will Maroon 5’s latest album Red Pill Blues make the headlines for the right reasons too? The “red pill” aspect of the title may have been lifted from The Matrix films, but …read more

Album review: Weezer – Pacific Daydream

Album review: Weezer – Pacific Daydream

  It’s only been a little over 18 months since Weezer’s last release The White Album, but everyone’s favourite “nerd-rock” band from the ’90s is back again with a fresh recording. Although the band had plans to follow up with …read more

Album review: Jessie Ware – Glasshouse

Album review: Jessie Ware – Glasshouse

Jessie Ware may not be throwing stones in her latest album Glasshouse, instead she mostly plays it safe, with another conventional soul-pop release that is already hitting all of the right notes. Her simplistic approach has remained fairly similar throughout …read more

Album review: Nelly Furtado – The Ride

Album review: Nelly Furtado – The Ride

She flew onto our radar (like a bird) in 2000 with her debut album Whoa, Nelly! Which went platinum around the world thanks to the monstrous success of her hit single I’m Like Bird. Like so many female artists it …read more

Album review: Jamiroquai – Automaton

Album review: Jamiroquai – Automaton

Since the surprise announcement in January Jamiroquai fans have been salivating at the thought of some new material. Their unique take on funky disco flavours gained them a hugely successful career in the 90’s, they continued to impress with consecutive …read more

Album review: Conor Oberst – Salutations

Album review: Conor Oberst – Salutations

Salutations sees Conor Oberst revisiting 2016’s Ruminations, fleshing out the initially sparse effort with a full band and special guests, rearranging the original tracks, and adding a handful of new tracks to round out the album. For the uninitiated, you …read more

Album review: Thundercat – Drunk

Album review: Thundercat – Drunk

Grammy-winning bass virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, returns to the fold with his signature oddball mix of jazz fusion, hip hop, pop and funk with his latest release, Drunk (Brainfeeder). Bruner, a Los Angeles native, was …read more

Album review: Sampha – Process

Album review: Sampha – Process

With one of the most distinctive voices in the world of music, Sampha has been able to collaborate with or be sampled by some of the scene’s greats such as Solange, Drake, Kanye West and Frank Ocean. Since being thrown …read more