Is FKA twigs really singing about robots in LP1? What genre does it fall into? And should you get it on vinyl? Find out in this week’s Record Review! LP1 fuses the organic and the mechanic to create an innovative yet unsettling sound, as FKA twigs’ breathy vocals interact with industrial noises. One of the … Continue reading Review: LP1 – FKA twigs
February might be the shortest month but this year it’s crammed full of great new albums! There’s Bob Dylan’s 36th album, exciting experiments from BADBADNOTGOOD and A Place To Bury Strangers, and an incredibly talented track listing on Emile Haynie’s debut. Full list and release details below! Which records are you looking forward to this … Continue reading February’s Most Anticipated Pressings
How does Lana Del Rey’s second LP “Ultraviolence” transform her sound? What do all those dark lyrics really mean? And should you get it on vinyl? Find out in this week’s Record Review! Ultraviolence is a fascinating exploration of the emotional devastation left by a romance gone wrong. Del Rey adjusts her sound to mimic … Continue reading Review: Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey
I'm really excited to release into the world a video I've been working on for a while - my review of Lana Del Rey's Paradise EP! After my first ever Record Review, of Del Rey's Born To Die, got such a positive response I decided to review another of her album's. I love Lana's work, partly because it … Continue reading Review: Paradise – Lana Del Rey
While I’m hardly a New York scene kid, I do fancy myself a tad artistic, so when I read in last month’s Vogue that famed BritPop artist Damien Hirst had opened a new store/gallery of more affordable pieces in NYC I had to check it out. So I headed downtown to the SoHo store and … Continue reading Did Damien Hirst Just Get Affordable?!
I had a lot of thoughts for this week's review, probably because Lorde is such a provocative artist! Watch for my discussion of the weird predator-prey relationship between marketers and Millennials, teenage boredom, and the real takeaway from the tale of Oedipus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyn-oWMbPd0 You can also check out this bonus brainwave that didn't make it into … Continue reading Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine
The latest Record Review is up and ready to watch! This week I took a look at Bombay Bicycle Club's latest album, So Long, See You Tomorrow. The quartet (made up of Jack Steadman, Suren de Saram, Jamie MacColl, and Ed Nash) have never sounded as confident as they do now, and I'm really excited … Continue reading Review: So Long, See You Tomorrow – Bombay Bicycle Club
This week on The Record Review I take a look at the latest release from Dum Dum Girls, Too True. It's a real departure from their previous two albums, as Dee Dee channels the best of 1980s lo-fi into a stylish LP. Heavily influenced by the Manchester sound, mispronouncing French poets' names (or maybe just making me mispronounce them...), … Continue reading Review: Too True – Dum Dum Girls
It's up! After much trepidation with the YouTube upload process, my first ever record review is officially available for your viewing pleasure! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVMgTa6yUZo And if you'd like to buy a copy of the album yourself (and help support the show <3) you can use my link here: Born To Die [VINYL]
I’m excited to announce a new project that I’ve been working on for my YouTube channel: The Record Review! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmFMjXcTVEs Every week I’ll be posting a new video review of an actual real life record. Why records? As a child of the nineties I grew up in the age of the cassette, then the CD, … Continue reading Introducing: The Record Review
