Having formed in 2006 over a blueberry muffin in a high school in Calgary, art rock trio BRAIDS have been experimenting with their sound since their inception. Not quite genre-defying, but never resting creatively, how will their latest album, Euphoric …read more
BORN PINK is the latest studio album from K-Pop sensations BLACKPINK. Can this foursome bring the sounds of manufactured pop into a cohesive and genuinely good album? I might be a little late to this review (this album was released …read more
Sometimes, one track becomes so unescapable to a Richer Sounds colleague it lives in our heads rent-free, passing from one colleague to another until we’re all intimately aware and familiar with it. One that is still doing the rounds thanks …read more
Icelandic singer and general instrument whisperer JFDR has returned with her third album. Amidst her myriad of other projects and band commitments, has she managed to focus enough to produce something meaningful? Perhaps it’s just because it happens to be …read more
Perhaps sometimes overshadowed by the on-stage, online and in person antics of frontman Matt Healy, The 1975 have managed to top the charts and impress fans since their meteoric rise to fame in 2012. With their latest album, Being Funny …read more
Back with their twelfth studio album, veteran rockers Def Leppard return with Diamond Star Halos. Being one of the most well-known and respected hard rock groups ever comes with it’s own expectations however, will the band be able to keep …read more
Silverstein’s last release in 2017 was a solid entry to their longstanding career – but will their latest release show they’ve still got it, or will the strange few years that have occurred since have made them lose their edge? …read more
Rammstein are back with their 8th studio album, Zeit. Like an industrial, angered version of Kraftwerk, Rammstein’s sound moves like an unstoppable machine onto the opening track, ‘Armee der Tristen’. Despite the song being effectively a militant metaphor to ‘misery …read more
With a career spanning over twenty years – but only six albums released including this newest entry, Alpha Games. Having been tagged with more genres than most, Bloc Party have managed to defy convention, and create their own unique sound …read more
Olly Alexander has returned to the world of music with his third studio album under the guise of Years & Years. Now a complete solo act, will he be able to match the success of his previous work? It’s been …read more
