Published on RA 2022-10-05
Category: Reviews – English
Hymns to Uncool or Reconsidering Lisa Germano’s Geek The Girl (Popmatters)
Published on Popmatters 2021-07-15
Perila – How Much Time It Is Between You and Me? (Clash)
Published on Clash 2021-06-30
The Carters – Everything Is Love (Drowned in Sound)
“No need to ask you heard about us/Already know you know about us”, sings Beyoncé over a plangent electric piano … More
Björk – Utopia (Drowned in Sound)
“The essence of utopia seems to be desire – the desire for a different, better way of being.” – Ruth … More
Book Review: Brian J. Hracs et al – The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age (Popular Music)
Published on Popular Music Volume 36 Issue 2 (June 2017), Cambridge University Press
Book Review: David Keenan – England’s Hidden Reverse. A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground (Metal Music Studies)
Published on Metal Music Studies Volume 3 Issue 2 (June 2017), Intellect Ltd Editorial
Book Review: Cosey Fanni Tutti – Art Sex Music (Drowned in Sound)
We were outsiders and we commented from the outside looking in” Cosey Fanni Tutti told ‘The Wire’ in 2007, reflecting back on … More
Track of The Year: Jenny Hval (Drowned in Sound)
Drowned In Sound’s 2016 Staff Mixtape Track of The Year Jenny Hval ‘Conceptual Romance’ A year ago Jenny Hval looked … More
Raime – Tooth (Drowned in Sound)
Whether you paid more attention to the ‘jungliest’ elements of their early releases or you fell for the deep melancholia … More
Beyoncé – Lemonade (Drowned in Sound)
We’re all too familiar with resilience. ‘Move on’, ‘adapt’… ‘when life gives you lemons, make lemonade’. Whether you see it … More
Chairlift – Moth (Drowned in Sound)
Combining Eighties-referencing pop with the sheen of angular electronica, Chairlift could be regarded as an ‘easy’ listen. When their second album Something came out … More