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3 days ago · The rest of the album feels phoned-in and too eager to sound trendy. If Alice had committed fully to his new wave stance (a la David Bowie or Iggy Pop), Flush The Fashion might have worked better than it does. I read once that Alice was too booze or drug-addled to remember much about making the record.
5 days ago · Classical rock with phenomenal vocals and fighting spirit, that’s what Prizefighter, Matthew Mayfield’s new album, promises. Review. PRIZEFIGHTER – MATTHEW MAYFIELD. Some voices are particularly outstanding. And Matthew Mayfield has that kind of voice, perfectly pushing it forward through his new album Prizefighter.
9 hours ago · There’s nothing grand or portentous about this album—every win, mistake, lost loved one, and lesson is presented as a fact of life. Perhaps he’ll never truly get past reconciling the scars ...
1 day ago · In Glide’s review of Richard Thompson’s 2018 13 Rivers, we closed by saying “…nothing else labeled ‘folk rock’ sounds like Richard Thompson. Like Hendrix, he’s his own genre, one the major virtuosos of our time.” With certainly nothing to prove, Thompson sallies forth six years ...
1 day ago · Ship To Shore. ★★★★. NEW WEST. Spidering his way into the bleakest corner of his first album in six years, Richard Thompson sees through the eyes of a soldier struggling with PTSD on the quietly crushing The Fear Never Leaves You. “Numb is heaven, oblivion wealth,” sings the 75-year-old master of the dark arts in his customary ...
1 day ago · The Dream of Delphi unfolds with emotional delicacy, intimate candour and a fine balance of cinematic imagery. Alongside the sounds that inspire Khan, sights seem equally elemental as she channels the rush and crash of the sea in instrumental swells that almost feel like field recordings. In spite of progressive synth textures, the album’s ...
1 day ago · Album Review: Richard Thompson, ‘Ship To Shore’. May 29, 2024. Although it’s been six years since Richard Thompson’s last album—2018’s 13 Rivers —the 12 songs on his new effort Ship To Shore (New West Records) illustrate that he’s lost no ground. The album kicks off with the swirling guitars and driving rhythms of “Freeze ...
