Lady Gaga’s Joanne is a cluttered mess of a record.
RIGHT let’s get into this. Lady Gaga has always been somewhat hit and miss when it comes to her records. Artpop was a mixed affair; when there was a hit, it was a hit,...
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Album released this week in… 2012: Tame Impala – Lonerism
2012 was the year that saw Australian five-piece (or Kevin Parker solo project) Tame Impala really moved into the spotlight. Having already released the stunning debut album Innerspeaker in 2010 following a string of...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: July to September – Skeleton Trees, Atrocity Exhibitions & A Corpse Wired For Sound
I WON’T lie, this quarter was tricky. What started out as a relatively quiet summer turned into heaps upon heaps of artists releasing great records. I’ve included what I can on this list, but...
Album released this week in… 2001: The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2
IT WAS A TOUGH choice for which album to review this week. 1991 saw Nevermind, Screamadelica and Blood Sugar Sex Magik all come into the world. Weezer’s seminal sophomore album Pinkerton came out in...
Album released this week in… 2008: Metronomy – Nights Out
SINCE its inception, Metronomy has utilised those big electronic beats that sat so comfortably within mid-Noughties British pop music. On the outfit’s second album, Nights Out, the band made the shift from proto-beats that...
Album released this week in… 1980: Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
WHEN PEOPLE talk about the best punk albums of all time, it’s important to place Dead Kennedy’s debut record up there alongside Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power, The Clash’s London Calling and The...
Album released this week in… 2009: The xx – xx
THE SHEER subtlety of The xx makes their 2009 debut all the greater. The winners of the 2010 Mercury Prize produced what is heralded as one of the best debuts to come out of...
BadBadNotGood’s IV is GoodGoodNotBad
JAZZ HASN’T always had the smoothest of rides in the last year, but with acts like BadBadNotGood and Kamasi Washington now on the scene, it seems as if the genre has stepped back into...
The Avalanches finally return after 16 years with Wildflower
BEFORE we get into this, let’s establish one thing; Since I Left You came out 16 years ago. Yes, it’s a classic, but let’s not dwell on the past. The entire musical landscape has...
Summer 08 is another quality album in the Metronomy discography
WHEN people talk about great album streaks, British Synth-pop outfit Metronomy are often unfairly overlooked. From the clunky-instrumental Pip Paine (Pay Back The £5000 You Owe) to 2014’s melancholy funk drenched Love Letters, every...
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