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Album Review: Shortparis – Yablonnyj Sad

Shortparis, the avant-pop outfit originally from Novokuznetsk, Russia, continue their sonic experiments on their fourth LP Yablonnyj Sad...

Legacy is a hell of a thing to reckon with. For the bands that simply keep going, whether...

Ray Finlayson·July 5, 2021

A glimpse at the cover of Alexandra Riorden‘s debut album is enough to give you an idea of...

The world has undergone many challenges of late and it never ceases to come up with new reasons...

Openness is a messy thing. Especially when the means of communication makes for a murky transit between giver...

Carlo Thomas·July 1, 2021

Before the ubiquity of mobile cameras, making home videos was no easy task. Some may remember their parents...

Tim Sentz·July 1, 2021

So far, no two Lightning Bug records have sounded the same. The minimalism of their 2015 debut Floaters...

Conor Lochrie·July 1, 2021

Bristol-based artist Lucy Gooch first gained traction with the looping and layered 2020 EP Rushing, but her latest...

Ray Finlayson·June 30, 2021

Faye Webster‘s life doesn’t move fast – or at least that’s the impression you get from her music....

John Amen·June 30, 2021

There’s something exciting about a debut. Perhaps we anticipate and respond to it as we would a birth,...