Ronald Hage – Don’t Wanna Lose This
“Don’t Wanna Lose This doesn’t simply build toward a drop—it builds toward a feeling.” From the very beginning, Ronald Hage’s “Don’t Wanna Lose This” comes across as a song centred…
Reaven — “Reavolution”
With Reavolution Reaven adopt a larger, heavier and more unapologetically modern rock sound, producing an album which seems to be centred on movement, release and the instinct to move forward.…
Volume VIII — Ugly Mothers
Ugly Mothers show absolutely no hesitation in establishing the unruly nature of *VOL. VIII*, a four-track burst of London alternative rock that combines the spirit of garage rock, massive fuzz…
Mad Painter — “Island Poetry”
The Mad Painter’s up-coming album Island Poetry has the clear signature of a band that knows what makes a great rock record: with the Hammond organ placed at the forefront,…
The New Citizen Kane — “interTWINE”
“interTWINE” from The New Citizen Kane embodies the excitement of attraction at the exact point when curiosity starts to take over logic. The song is based on a playful chemistry,…
Jinishi — “Broken People, Break People”
The song “Broken People, Break People” adopts a simple yet powerful concept and explores the emotional harm that lies beneath it. Drawing on the idea that “broken people break people,…
Hamish – “Singing In My Soul”
The song “Singing In My Soul” shows Hamish to have a great awareness of historical context, since it was first included on his 1999 debut album, *Picture In My Bag*.…
BR33Z WORLD – Black Heart
The artist BR33Z WORLD, who was born in San Francisco and grew up in Oakland, offers a clear Bay Area viewpoint on his album *Black Heart*, which consists of eight…
Magdi Aboul-Kheir – Replicant Dreams
Magdi Aboul-Kheir’s Replicant Dreams is a vast retro-futuristic adventure which opens the way to an imagined world featuring spaceships, cyborgs, androids and neon-drenched horizons. Referred to as a spiritual follow-up…