Tag: Reviews
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Art Angels by Grimes
This is the album that made me want to start trying to write about my favourite albums – both old and new. Grimes is an artist in the truest sense of the word. She reminds me of people like David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Jack White – she uses whatever instruments or sounds fit the…
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Priest by Priest
I’ve been on a bit of an Electronica / Synth-Pop binge recently, and Priest’s debut L.P, eponymously-titled, fits that habit like a glove. Priest, formally X priest X, is a pseudonym of singer Madeline Priest and producer David Kazyk. Their songs feel like glorious walls of electronic sound. I think I’m right in saying that…
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Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey
From the moment I first heard her previous album, “Ultraviolence”, I was hooked. Honeymoon then became my most anticipated album of 2015. And I was not disappointed. From the moment the first strings on the title song began, I could feel that this was going to be another unforgettable dive into the cinematic, haunting world…
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100 Albums #2 – The Wall: Live in Berlin by Roger Waters (and various artists)
A couple of weeks ago I went to see the one-night-only showing of Roger Waters’ The Wall at my local cinema. That performance rekindled my love for that album – indeed Pink Floyd in general. Yesterday I revisted an older performance of the album, which was given at the Berlin wall at the time when…
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100 Albums #1 – Kiddo by Tove Styrke
My very first album write up goes to Tove Styrke’s Kiddo. I had never heard of her before tonight – she was a recommendation by Google Play Music, based on my interest in ‘Say Lou Lou’. As soon as the first song started, I was hooked. Hooked enough to take advantage of my Android 6.0…
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All in all – thoughts of Roger Waters The Wall
A slow, winding blade of green weaves across the ever-growing familiar white brickwork from the left side of the stage. Then another from the right. They wind slowly across the length of the wall – both to the centre and up – until they blend seamlessly into one of the most iconic animations from The…
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Cherlene’s New Album
Any fans of the TV series Archer will know that — while the rest of the ex-ISIS agents are figuring out what to do with a literal tonne of cocaine — Cheryl/Carol has renamed herself to Cherlene and is on her way to becoming the star of outlaw country music. Archer is one of my…