Though it is obvious, as with life itself, the Covid pandemic brought so many things to a standstill it could not defeat the creativity across the world as proven by music alone where the past eighteen months has given us… Read More ›
Au Pairs
Loose Fit – Self Titled
If we had taken the time to contemplate a fusion of the essential juices of bands such as The Raincoats, Essential Logic, Au Pairs, and Noseholes we might have conjured up something not too far removed from the pleasure now… Read More ›
Dry Cleaning – Sweet Princess
There are times when you realise that unknowingly you have been waiting for a certain encounter and such is our feeling with the debut release from UK outfit Dry Cleaning. The Sweet Princess is a fascinating chunk of post punk/new… Read More ›
Noseholes – Ant And End
Such the dark majesty and ravening twisted exploits of debut album Danger Dance last year, we found it hard to imagine that Noseholes could eclipse its striking character and triumph. Well with its successor the German outfit has… Read More ›
Skinny Girl Diet – Ideal Woman
Ever since the release of their striking and plaudit grabbing debut album of 2016, there has been an instinctive anticipation for a great many for the Skinny Girl Diet follow-up and not just for their sound but the rage, irritability,… Read More ›
Lady Lynch – Self Titled
Haunting to the point of being disturbing, sombrely magnetic to the edge of invasive seduction, the self-titled debut album from Austria quartet, Lady Lynch, is quite simply one of the year’s essential explorations especially if your appetite has a hunger… Read More ›
Noseholes – Danger Dance
If you are looking to have your imagination twisted into torturous shapes matching those drawn from the body, then checking out the twisted disco of German outfit Noseholes is a must. The ticket to its no wave/post punk/noise rock devilry… Read More ›
Sju Svåra År – Ingen Tog Det Som Ett Skämt
Ingen Tog Det Som Ett Skämt is the new EP from Swedish punks Sju Svåra År, a band said to be “a precursor to the wave of Swedish-language punk swept across Sweden in the early 2000’s.” With their name… Read More ›
Das Fluff – Flower With Knife
When checking out a mere week or two ago the band’s latest single, Far Gone, we suggested the forthcoming new album from Das Fluff “should be very highly anticipated”, as too for newcomers the source of the single, their current… Read More ›
Kabbalah – Spectral Ascent
For everyone there are certain encounters which forge an instinctive union with personal tastes; records which more than most tap into the creative imagination. We have come across a great many over recent years, having the privilege to listen to… Read More ›
The RingMaster Review 