Album Review: ABBA – Voyage
Two things in recent music memory have struck me as particularly implausible. The first, Kate Bush taking to...
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Vespertine at 20: Our guide to Björk’s romantic opus
She wanted to craft an album bound by domesticity, inspired by her newfound partnership with Matthew Barney, and delivered a record overflowing with wintry choirs and strings, icicle-delicate music box keyboards and beats...
Book Review: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike – You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico
“Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, her artistry and influence are often...
Please Don’t Reproach Me for How Empty My Life Has Become: PJ Harvey’s White Chalk and its Demos
In the latest of his series of explorations into PJ Harvey’s recent reissues and demos, Matthew Barton investigates...
BPM’s Darkest Albums
Grab a cup of tea, hold on to your favourite My Little Pony plushie, and venture with us into the nether realms of the darkest albums according to the BPM team
Tape the Broken Parts Together: PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her and Its Demos
Continuing in his series of explorations into PJ Harvey’s recent reissues and demos, Matthew Barton investigates the songwriter’s...
heka channels her anger into the mellifluous folk of “(a) wall”, announces EP
Born in Italy but now London-based, Francesca Brierley – aka heka – emerges with “(a) wall”, the first...
This is love that I’m feeling: PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and its Demos
Following the deep dives into the songwriter’s early work and the dark Is This Desire?, Matthew Barton continues...
Album Review: Lizzie Reid – Cubicle EP
Following a series of quality single releases, Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid arrives with her debut EP, Cubicle, assembled from a mix...
Trouble Taking Place: Examining PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and Demos
Following on from last year's reissue of her early records and demos, PJ Harvey has just released an expanded version of her 1998 album Is This Desire? Matthew Barton revisits the record and its newly released demos, exploring the mind of a songwriter in artistic turmoil.
