Month: October 2019
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Spectreview: Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Drinks and Snacks
Dry Cleaning’s excellent second EP finds a scatterbrained beauty in life's banalities.
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Spectreview: Bobbygrooves, DEEMO & Sous Chef – Acid Cloud
Acid Cloud is skillfull improvisational jazz that’s alternately relaxing and unnerving.
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Spectreview: Kanye West – Jesus is King
On Jesus Is King, Kanye West continues to fall from grace amid underbaked, forgettable gospel rap.
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Spectreview: Dogbreth – Ever Loving
Dogbreth’s Ever Loving is vibrant, yearning power-punk counterbalanced by an autumnal uncertainty.
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Spectreview: Great Grandpa – Four of Arrows
Great Grandpa find their true voice on the diverse, revelatory Four of Arrows.
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Spectreview: Susumu Yokota – Cloud Hidden
The winding, eclectic sprawl of Cloud Hidden provides yet another window into the legacy of late electronic artist Susumu Yokota.
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Spectreview: Béret – Jesus White
Béret’s third album cuts down the noise while upping the accessibility factor, surrounding the listener in crystalline guitar and confrontational vocals.
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Spectreview: Sam Parkin – Sam Parkin EP
Sam Parkin’s self-titled EP is an excellent collection of deft, restrained psych-folk.
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Spectreview: Kim Gordon – No Home Record
Kim Gordon’s first solo record is a dizzying high for the pioneering noise artist, featuring some of her most compelling vocal work yet.
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Spectreview: Long Beard – Means To Me
Leslie Bear’s sophomore outing as Long Beard is a wistful, striking portrayal of suburban anxiety.