Earlier this year Australian rockers Smoking Martha teased us with Liquid Sunshine then taunted us with Wild and Free, two singles which sparked an over eager anticipation here for the band’s new album. Now just unveiled, Universe has proved that… Read More ›
Month: December 2021
ten56. – Downer: Part 1
Put past and present members of Betraying the Martyrs, Uneven Structure, Novelists FR and Kadinja together and what do you get? One mighty tempest of sound and carnivorous temptation with a debut EP is the answer. Downer: Part 1 is… Read More ›
The Scaramanga Six – Worthless Music
As so many within the media are contemplating even revealing their best of the year lists, some deciding even before December opens its eyes let alone before its last embers die out, we say hold the press and keep those… Read More ›
I Am a Rocketship – Lies and Legends
The past couple of years alone have proved that American-Swedish indie pop outfit I Am a Rocketship have nurtured a sound and creative imagination which simply draws you into the heart of songs, a union of physical temptation and emotional… Read More ›
Robin Guthrie – Pearldiving
As his new EP, Riviera, is unveiled close on the heels of the album, Pearldiving, we have taken to that larger exploration of sound and intimation to share with you the compelling composing and craft of legendary Scottish music-sculptor Robin… Read More ›
Star Botherers – Tales Of Layton Rakes
Sometimes it dawns on us just how simple it is to miss out on special musical moments as it is with matching ease to be given them. The missing of an email can unknowingly take away a realm of sheer… Read More ›
Fritch – Unwire Rewire Rewire
If choosing only two words to describe Unwire Rewire Rewire, fascination and intrigue would jump to the fore though there are so many more we could offer after exploring the new album from experimental project Fritch. The first of the… Read More ›
Shrinari – Hold On To The Hope, Though
As beguiling as the landscape of the world it explores, Hold On To The Hope, Though is the new album from British-Spanish indie neo-folk duo Shrinari. A collection of songs written over the past few years, across a time when… Read More ›
The Kundalini Genie – Half In, Half Out
With a sound fluid in its embracing of psychedelic rock, sixties garage rock, and eighties/nineties fuzz/alt rock, Scottish outfit The Kundalini Genie has just unveiled their new album, Half In, Half Out, and again proved theirs is a wholly fresh… Read More ›
TRAITRS – Horses In The Abattoir
It is fair to say that Horses In The Abattoir has been one of the most eagerly anticipated encounters this year here at The RR thanks to a series of singles before it which have involved the senses and imagination… Read More ›