
In years gone, Royal Blood‘s dirty breed of garage rock seemed fresh. Their 2014 self-titled album had a lot of promise, not least considering bassist and frontman Mike Kerr’s inventive setup. But, like their 2017 sophomore album, ‘Typhoons’ drags the duo’s sound even further into tedium, combining their played-out cock-rock with a poppier non-polish. The…

Reece Beckett reviews the debut album from post-punk band Black Country, New Road.

Though only armed with a violin, Lindsey Stirling certainly has a way of telling an entire story without words. Whether it is to feel confident in yourself like with “Shatter Me” or how her Artemis album brought an entire narrative between the titular goddess and Nyx to life. Not every story is a powerful ballad though,…

After a year of waiting for the anticipated collab, was it worth the wait?

Often hard to pinpoint, Synchronic is a surprising sci-fi film that proves itself a lot smarter than its trailer lets on. Combining elements of psychological horror, gore, and a claustrophobic editing style, it blends into a remarkable piece of cinema that often left me without hope. While set in a reality we recognise, at the same time Synchronic is…