The singer-songwriter plays his cards with a deep authenticity of authorship and puts his creative soul in dialogue with themes such as death, loneliness, and war. Radcliffe's vision, through the delicate sounds of guitar, cello, and effects created by the eccentric pedals, makes us feel in relation to the earth, to the terrestriality.
J. Robbins - "Un-Becoming" | Album Review
Imperial Wax - "Gastwerk Saboteurs" | Album Review
Over the course of eleven years and six albums, Keiron Melling, Dave Spurr, and Pete Greenway formed behind Mark E. Smith as the final and longest iteration of The Fall. After Smith’s passing, they recruited Sam Curran for vocal duties and formed Imperial Wax, the name being a nod to the first album they all played on together as The Fall, and have put out their first album Gastwerk Saboteurs.
Gomme - "Absent Healing" | Album Review
Mr. Husband - "Kenny Husband & The Husky Section" | Album Review
Apex Manor - "Heartbreak City" | Album Review
Acquaintances - "8 1/2 Lives" | Album Review
A sort-of supergroup, Acquaintances boasts members who have played with The Ponys, The Poison Arrows, Don Caballero, Ted Leo + the Pharmacists, Titus Andronicus, and Thumbnail. The band’s latest album sounds like a group of lifers jamming in a room. They know that they’re now the older guys in the crowd, but they can still write spiny, intelligent, driving rock ‘n’ roll.
Empath - "Active Listening: Night On Earth" | Album Review
So Totally - "In The Shape Of..." | Album Review
On the whole, in the shape of... doesn’t latch directly onto any single genre. So Totally comically tagged “fuck a genre” on the album’s Bandcamp page. They’ve drawn influence from a wide range of subgenres and experiment with creating massive walls-of-sound, incorporating field recorded clips, and blurring contrasted audio qualities together.
Full of Hell - "Weeping Choir" | Album Review
Holding Patterns - "Endless" | Album Review
She Keeps Bees - "Kinship" | Album Review
The power of She Keeps Bees lies in the nuance, the understated. It’s Jessica Larrabee’s vocals moving like smoke over Andy LaPlant’s kindling crackling drum beats. It’s intimate music. A quiet rage that is intoxicating, inviting the listener in, leaving them unguarded for the jabs and barbs that come their way through the music.
USA Nails - "Life Cinema" | Album Review
Emma Ruth Rundle - "On Dark Horses" | Album Review
2016’s Marked for Death was hard to follow, and Emma Ruth Rundle certainly rose to the challenge with her latest solo record, On Dark Horses. Out on Sargent House, the album is lyrically lighter and musically heavier than its predecessor, concerning itself with themes and symbols of racing, running, and the freedom of wide open spaces.
Looms - "The Way Up" | Album Review
Hash Redactor - "Drecksound" | Album Review
Big Thief - "U.F.O.F." | Album Review
Nude Model - "Crying Games" | Album Review
Dehd - "Water" | Album Review
Blessed - "Salt" | Album Review
Salt bears many similarities to its predecessor, namely in its post punk sensibilities, experimental song structures and intricate instrumental passages. However, Salt utilizes a more diverse palette of sounds, reaching beyond distorted guitars to make use of synthesizers, clean textures and advanced harmony.