Madonna Interscope I don’t understand why so many people are trashing this album, it’s far from Madonna’s worst output and it’s filled with incredibly catchy and fun dance tunes. Maybe it’s about expectations, Madonna’s last album Hard Candy was one of her most un-original – and in the past when Madonna’s had a dubious album, [...]
Kindness Modular Evoking memories of New Order and the Art of Noise, this collection is filled with sleek electronic sounds and sweet vocals. Swinging Party grooves along to a steady beat while the vocals gradually build momentum, Listening to Anyone Can Fall In Love it took me a moment to place the tune, before I [...]
THEESatisfaction Sub Pop Seattle hip hop duo THEESatisafaction’s debut album is sublime. If you’re a lover of Shabazz Palaces or 90’s hip hop heroes like Digable Planets, Arrested Development or a Tribe Called Quest – this is an album that’ll be a great soundtrack to the last days of summer. The partnership of female rappers [...]
VCMG Mute Erasure soundman Vince Clarke is going clearly going through a period of reconnection. He’s recently reunited with former Yazoo band mate Alison Moyet for a tour and now he’s teamed up with fellow Depeche Mode alumni Martin Gore to create an album of minimal techno. The two created this first class collection of [...]
The Magnetic Fields Domino The last few albums from Stephen Merritt’s main band have either been disappointing or challenging to listen to. With this new collection he throws out the distorted guitars and brings back the keyboards and the fun. Never one to shy away from a twee lyric, this collection is full of word [...]
He’s known as Victor Trevino, but clearly the diva who brought the house down on stage last night at the Regal Theatre, was no-other than the principal ballerina diva herself, Nina Minimaximova. Trading blows under their gilded tulle, the Les Ballets Eloelles’s dancer ballet company, which based in New York, had the audience in the [...]
Mary Kiani Little Things Mean a Lot EMI Australia Scottish singer Mary Kiani returns with an album of jazz classics. In the ‘90s Kiani provided the vocals for a stack of club hits but has now jumped across genres for this more mature effort. It’s a standard selection of classics including It ‘Aint Necessarily So, [...]
Perfume Genius Put Your Back N 2 It Matador Perfume Genius is back with his second album, the Seattle based singer who caught our attention with his track Gay Angels two years ago presents another mellow and sublime collection of haunting tunes. Normal Song is sweet and peaceful and just plain lovely, but as the [...]
The Tings Tings Sounds from Nowheresville Sony Have The Tings Tings left it too long since their debut success? Can this collection match the quality of their first album that spawned the hits Great DJ, We Started Nothing and Come On And Let Me Go. Hit Me Down Sonny has a great mix of rolling [...]
Burial Kindred Hyperdub The dub-step deity is back with not a new album but a three tune EP that clocks in just over the 30 minute mark. Opening track Kindred, a sprawling 11 minute long composition features a catchy drum beat juxtaposed with muffled sounds and an enchanting vocal. Loner is denser, more danceable and [...]
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