Radiohead frontmen Tom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood join forces with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner to create A Light For Attracting Attention, under the moniker The Smile— a name Yorke described as not one of affection but of deception. Following in…
‘Ribbon Around the World’ review: Blossoms’ Fourth Flowers in Intricate Imagination
Warmer weather comes to mind with the melodic voice of lead singer Tom Ogden which glides through Ribbon Around the Bomb’s hit songs “The Writer” and “Care For”. With their fourth studio album, the “Charlemagne” artists strike soft anthems of the…
‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ 01×04 Review: “Cornered” presents a formula
Bad Batch episode four on Disney+, titled “Cornered,” defines the formula most likely to run through the entirety of the show: the powerful forces chasing after Omega. The five members of Clone Force 99 push on to the planet Pantora and…
‘Scatterbrain’ review: The Chills’ new album proves their longevity
New Zealand band The Chills released their first album, Kaleidoscope World, in 1986. Chalk full of pacey tunes and cult themes, it rocked the world. Nearly forty years on, in 2021, their seventh studio album, Scatterbrain, is a testament to the band’s longevity…
‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ 1×03 Review: “Replacements” is full of chilling, heartfelt moments
Having bolted from Seleucamai in episode two, Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode three brings back the marksman Crosshair as the remaining members of the ‘Batch’ crash land on a moon. The episode, titled “Replacements,” deals with two types of replacements. Firstly,…
‘Better Mistakes’ album review: Bebe Rexha’s rollercoaster ride that ends too soon
Bebe Rexha’s Better Mistakes is her second full studio album and lives up to the anticipation and hype she has cultivated over the past few years. It’s a crowning moment for the “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy” singer as a…
From the Record Crate: Bon Iver – ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (2007)
Bon Iver is a legend of the unknown, and a relatively unknown legend. In 2006/07, Justin Vernon went into the forested wilderness of Midwest America and came back with an album so chilling, melancholy, and soberingly lonesome that it would…
