This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. Rachael Yamagata likes to take her time. Tightrope Walker comes a full five years after the American songwriter’s last release, and it’s an album that demands to be listened to with as much care as clearly went into its creation. Like the French daredevil Philippe Petit, for […]
This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. To anybody who was able to resist the girl gang siren call that was Honeyblood’s 2014 debut album, the Glasgow duo is upping their offer. Babes Never Die is both a motto and a call to arms, the words – apparently – tattooed on the ribcage of […]
They may be a few days out from the release of their debut album, but Muncie Girls are hardly newcomers. Hailing from Exeter, the trio are no strangers to the punk circuit – and, with three and a bit EPs already under their belts, have the material to prove their credentials. And yet, From Caplan […]
This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. As the year in which Jenny Hval has already declared war on “soft dick rock”, 2015 seems perfect for the return of Peaches: the electroclash shock-rock pioneer’s bass-heavy, provocative music is the diametric opposite. Rub, her first album in six years, comes as an audio and visual […]
“Another romantic failure, it’s nothing new – I ain’t missing you.” Earlier this week Sarah Fuller – mouthpiece of North Carolina’s Sea Gulls – wrote a pretty funny piece on online dating for IndyWeek, which as far as I can tell is the state’s equivalent of The Skinny. “For most of my adult life, getting […]
It’s no secret that I’m a lady who loves her lyrics, so if you want to grab my attention in a crowded inbox a tagline like “hyper-realistic pop songs” is not a bad way to go about it. Nele Needs a Holiday – the song de plume of a London-based songwriter – writes archly funny, […]
This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. Trying to pigeonhole Apocalypse, girl, Norwegian artist Jenny Hval’s third album under her own name, is like trying to grab onto a snake that is in the process of shedding its skin. It’s a simile that you can’t help thinking Hval would enjoy: “Kingsize”, the spoken word […]