MagazineReviews(Page 63)

Single Review: The Reflective Growing Pains Of Youth In ‘Exceptions’ By Rituals of Mine

Rituals of Mine | Exceptions (single) | Carpark Records Single Release Date: 18 August, 2020 Album: HYPE NOSTALGIA | 25 September, 2020 Rituals Of Mine, otherwise known as the now solo moniker of Sacramento-based vocalist and songwriter Terra Lopez is a project that demonstrates clearly what it means to create music from the

Review: Son Lux’s Beautiful Anxiety In ‘Tomorrows I’

Son Lux | Tomorrows I | City Slang Release Date: 14 August, 2020 More pervasive than a virus, anxiety and urgency has spread across our physical and virtual landscapes. The growing inequities of centuries old and current day complexes of oppression has reached a critical and necessary breaking point, forcing

Single Review: Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu Embrace Genre-Bending Dark Disco Satire In ‘Renegade Breakdown’

 Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu | Renegade Breakdown (single) | Ninja Tune Single Release Date: 12 August, 2020 ‘Renegade Breakdown’ Album Release Date: 25 September, 2020 From the moment she released her breakout album ‘Working Class Woman’ in 2018, Marie Davidson quickly made waves in the electronic music industry with

Review: Jónsi & Liz Fraser’s ‘Cannibal’ Swoons In Gothic Dreamlike Heaven

Jónsi & Elizabeth Fraser | Cannibal (single) | Krunk Single Release Date: August 14, 2020 ‘Shiver’ Album Release Date: 3 October, 2020 Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and avant-garde maestro Jónsi (Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson) is perhaps best known as the frontman of Icelandic post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós. Even those who may be

Single Review: The Industrial Alien Distortion of ‘Babysitter’ by TOBACCO (Ft. Trent Reznor)

TOBACCO (Ft. Trent Reznor) | Babysitter (single) | Ghostly International Single Release: 5 August, 2020 ‘Hot Wet & Sassy‘ Album Release Date: 30 October, 2020 When it comes to his moniker TOBACCO; Tom Fec, whose real identity only recently came to light – has always been known as a multi-faceted,

Single Review: The Nostalgic & Heartfelt Longing Of Blue Hawaii’s ‘I Felt Love’

Blue Hawaii | I Felt Love (single) | Arbutus Records Single Release: 12 August, 2020 ‘UNDER 1 HOUSE‘ Mixtape / EP Release Date: September 25th, 2020 Finding themselves trapped on different sides of the Atlantic, electronic duo Blue Hawaii found themselves tackling their upcoming EP ‘Under 1 House’ in a

Review: MACHINEDRUM’s ‘Kane Train’ (Ft. Freddie Gibbs) & ‘Ur2yung’ Flows With Contemporary Sentiment

MACHINEDRUM | Kane Train (Ft. Freddie Gibbs) + Ur2yung (singles) | Ninja Tune Release Date: 7 August, 2020 Album ‘A View Of U’ Release Date: 9 October, 2020 For Travis Stewart, otherwise (in this context!) known as Machinedrum – experimentation is key to the evolution of his works, and always

Review: The Wistful Island Romanticism Of ‘Purple Noon’ By Washed Out

Washed Out | Purple Noon | Sub–Pop Release Date: 7 August, 2020 When the work of American singer-songwriter and producer Ernest Greene first entered the music world under his alias Washed Out, with his first (official) EP Life Of Leisure in 2009; the artist found himself in the midst of

Review: The Glowing Sunlight Of Slow Magic (Ft. Manila Killa)’s ‘Closer 2 U’

Slow Magic (Ft. Manila Killa) | Closer 2 U (single) | Moving Castle Single Release Date: 28 July, 2020 EP Release Date: 19 August, 2020 “Music by your imaginary friend” is the most fitting way to describe DJ and producer Slow Magic – as quite frankly, that is all we know about him and the […]

Review: The Bold, Labyrinthine Equilibrium Of Rival Consoles’ ‘Articulation’

Rival Consoles | Articulation | Erased Tapes Release Date: July 31, 2020 In his newest album ‘Articulation’, UK producer and musician Ryan Lee West, known under his musical alias Rival Consoles, took a completely different approach as to what one would expect when it came to composing the six tracks

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