‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’ See Sheppard Delivering Powerful Career-Defining Pop
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The group's third album, 'Kaleidoscope Eyes' is arguably one of the most powerful and innovative albums of Sheppard's career.
Jed Parsons Serves up Edible Art With ‘Brunch’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsJed Parsons’ sophomore effort uniquely showcases Kiwi middle-class suburbia with power Brit-pop energy and deeply relatable tunes, like “Movie Knight” and “25”. The latter of which, written a week before his quarter-century birthday, is a highlight thanks to its honeyed existentialism. Brunch is a generous snapshot of an artist falling in love and finding his […]
Hayley Williams Delivers Delicate Confessionals on ‘Flowers’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe Paramore singer has codified what a quarantine album can be
Sarah Mary Chadwick’s Grief Becomes Her Exquisite Muse on ‘Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsWith just a piano and her brittle voice, the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter sings the things most people cannot say
Sarah Mary Chadwick Delivers Stark Intimacy on ‘Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsSarah Mary Chadwick delivers a stellar record by way of 'Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby', with dark topics serving as a form of catharsis.
John Carpenter’s ‘Lost Themes III’ Scares Up New Thrills
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe self-proclaimed Horror Master defends his title with 10 new songs in search of corpses to haunt
Madlib’s ‘Sound Ancestors’ Is All About the Ecstasy of Discovery
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe wildly inventive rapper-producer teams up with electronic musician Four Tet to create an album that lives in the space between the past and the future.
Weezer Drop the Ironic Facade (Almost) on ‘OK Human’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsLoud guitars are out, schmaltzy strings are in on the group’s 14th album, which frontman Rivers Cuomo & Co. finished in lockdown
Pseudo Mind Hive Reach Dizzying New Heights on Their ‘Volume III’ EP
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsRecorded during a year on hold, 'Volume III' sees Melbourne's Pseudo Mind Hive masterfully covering new ground.
The Foo Fighters Throw a Pop Party on ‘Medicine at Midnight’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe alt-rock standard-bearers’ 10th album is the most upbeat music they’ve ever made
