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Single Review – Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend

Heloise Letissier as Christine and the Queens returns off the back of a masterful Pop record from 2016. It was minimalistic, energetic and intelligent. In 2018 she looks to start ‘a new chapter’ firstly by striking out most of her stage name in promotional material, leaving the name Chris from it. With regards to this she said “It’s…

Gaz Coombes – Worlds Strongest Man Review

Three years on from releasing the critically acclaimed Matador; Gaz Coombes has released his ‘Frank Ocean inspired’ third album The Worlds Strongest Man on May 4th. It is a culmination of the added hints of experimentation to his ever maturing songwriting in 2015 he was in a new submersible phase. This earned himself a Mercury prize nomination amongst other accolades. His recent comments about…

Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

What we’ve come to expect from the Arctic Monkeys is to expect the unexpected. Five years ago saw the release of AM, which showcased a more suave, more mature side to the Sheffield quartet, dominated by thumping basslines and effortless funk; a bit of a diversion from the punkier, festival-ready hits of days gone by. Although, with everything that’s happened between then and now, five years ago…

Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer Review

It wasn’t long ago that I saw Janelle Monae on countless red carpets in sometimes-outrageous outfits and people going crazy for her. And I had no idea who she was. Then she goes and drops singles like Make Me Feel, Django Jane and I Like That – which is when I realised that her red carpet looks aren’t her biggest statements.

Back when Make Me Feel was released and I was reading into the lyrics,…

Blossoms – Cool Like You Review

Still today, whenever Charlemagne comes on the radio, or comes on when a playlist is shuffled, there’s a sense of hearing a brand new song. The innovative use of synths in a riff that has now been forever imbedded in my brain is trademark Blossoms; the whole song – with that jangling riff in particular – sum up their one-of-a-kind, boisterous indie pop style in just 2 minutes and 47 seconds. Two…

Manic Street Preachers – Resistance is Futile Review

Four years off the back of one of their most accomplished works in over a decade in Futurology, The Manics are back with their thirteenth studio album, the typically to-the-point titled Resistance Is Futile. Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield have already hinted at the album’s sound being influenced by bigger, stadium rock styles in what is evocative of Springsteen and War On Drugs. It suggests…