Daily Newsletter, October 27, 2023

THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF DOING IT SOLO A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN DOUGLAS (TRASHCAN SINATRAS) Deciding to do it solo, just you, your voice and guitar, can be a tricky proposition. You are not only all by yourself, you are completely exposed and vulnerable. The music you take on, yours or somebody else’s, has to […]

Childhood nightmares and uncanny reminders seep into the flux of Elizabeth Bernholz's latest, an album of disarming vocal force, finds Lottie Brazier

From the Sound of a Black Rooster (Sonido Gallo Negro) to Duran Duran and the enigmatic Rubio and popster Binx, we have selected a sparkling set of 6 songs from the 200 submitted this week.

"It's about time technology was used in resistance."

Miles Davis may have given birth to jazz fusion but most of those who adopted the genre tag took it in an entirely different direction. Davis incorporated

Listening to pop rock albums on vinyl better engages the listener, requiring more effort and attention than a flick of a button on a phone.

Darran Anderson slashes away at many of the myths surrounding Cocteau Twins while revisiting their glorious second album

'Shaft' shifted Blackness into the mainstream and birthed the highly influential blaxploitation genre.

Our feast of fabulous reviews this week includes Leah Greenblatt on Britney Spears’ The Woman in Me, Hua Hsu on Staci Robinson’s Tupac Shakur, Walton Muyumba on Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend, Ryan R…

Catherine Anne Davies clearly sees a kindred spirit in Goth trailblazer Julianne Regan, and she adds subtle melancholy to her version of "Martha's Harbour".