Tag: REVIEWS
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Wotts – he spoke with conviction
Wotts are back with another marvelous composition that will immediately resonate with anyone looking for calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal music. “he spoke with conviction” is their latest standalone single, arriving after many works released this year, further positioning Wotts’ position as one of the greatest contemporary indie pop duos you could stumble upon nowadays. It’s…
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Reptyle – Blazed Shades & Thorned Veils
“Blazed Shades & Thorned Veils” is a new release by Reptyle, an outstanding German band based in Bielefeld. It’s their first piece of work this year, arriving after “Decrypt The Void,” a critically acclaimed full-length album released in 2021 that you should also check out as soon as possible. Besides bringing back keyboardist Andreas “Kufi”…
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Tender Ender – Black Swan
When a record aims for cinematic scale, it often ends up merely sounding big. But Tender Ender‘s Black Swan, the latest ambitious offering by Tender Ender, achieves soundscapes that could easily become your new soundtrack. It’s music built from the ground up for wide-screen moments, a sprawling, gorgeous, opulent and dangerously fragile movie landscape. Thomas…
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Lola Wild – Lost Signal EP
“Lost Signal” is Lola Wild’s recently released extended play that will immediately appeal to anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music. Arriving after “Girls In Hollywood,” “Lost Signal,” “Relax,” and “Jump The Gun,” four previously released standalone singles that vividly showcase what you might expect from this material, Lola Wild also included “The…
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The Lunar Keys – Pure As Your Protocol
The Lunar Keys are back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately appeal to anyone who appreciates clever songwriting and flawless performance. “Pure As Your Protocol” is their fifth standalone single in 2025, arriving after “Dreams Are Never Spoken,” “Bleed,” “88 Train,” and “Life Is A Dirty War,” four incredible compositions released…
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Block – I Thought I Won The War
After “Lead Me Not Into Penn Station,” a remastered version of the 1996 critically acclaimed full-length release, New York City-based artist Block returns with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will unquestionably appeal to anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music. “I Thought I Won The War” is the first piece of…
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The Dead Hearts – Plight Goes On
“Plight Goes On” is the latest release by The Dead Hearts, an outstanding Polish band based in Lublin. Heavily promoted by “Losing You,” “Lost Not Gone,” “No Way Of Healing,” and “Enslaved (Break This Cycle), four excellent compositions that vividly showcase what you might expect from this material, “Plight Goes On” stands as their debut…
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One Hundred Moons – Black Avalanche
“Black Avalanche” is the latest release by One Hundred Moons, an outstanding Canadian band based in Toronto. Arriving after “The Architect,” “Ear To Ear,” “Volodya,” “Black Avalanche,” and “Take Two,” five excellent compositions that vividly showcase what you might expect from the remainder of the material, it’s the new full-length album coming after their self-titled…
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Valvet – Mirrors & Ecstacy EP
“Mirrors & Ecstacy” is the latest release by Valvet, a superb Swedish band based in Lund. Heavily promoted by “Mountains,” a standalone single that vividly showcases what you might expect from this material, this extended play is their first piece of work in 2025, arriving after “Valvbum1,” a critically acclaimed debut full-length that you should…
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Smoke Spider – Vengeance
Smoke Spider are back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will unquestionably appeal to anyone who appreciates tastefully written, wisely composed, and flawlessly performed music. “Vengeance” is their latest release, serving as an adequate continuation of “Misery Loves Company” and “Black Widow Town,” two excellent standalone singles released earlier this year that you…
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Ravage – Ravage
Ravage’s self-titled debut is an uncompromising work of art, a furious conversation that takes place at the volatile intersection of noise rock, avant-rock, and post-hardcore. Formed by three tireless composer-improvisers, Anthony Laguerre on drums, Bastien Pelenc and Mathieu Werchowski on violins, the trio has engineered a fully organic, cinematic, and feverish soundscape. This is a…
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Lindsay Anderson – Forgiving
Lindsay Anderson’s latest work is a conceptual journey into the liminal space between creation and destruction, love and loss, and the consuming gravity of the muse. It is a work of startling emotional and artistic density, inspired by the notoriously romantic and artistic entanglement of surrealist painters Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst. Anderson moves through…
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