25 Joy as an Act of REsistance by idles Joy as an Act of Resistance beats with a pulse that proves punk isn’t dead. IDLES stack their sophomore album with humour, honesty and angry bangers. Their post-punk sound is so smart it’s as woke and witty as Kanye West thinks he is. Lead singer Joe Talbot […]
Neo-Psychedelia
Album Review: MGMT – Little Dark Age
In 2007, Connecticut-born Indie-Rock duo MGMT (made up of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser) released their spell-binding debut Oracular Spectacular. Simmering with synth-laden poppy beats and gorgeous neo-psychedelic vocals, the band were soon catapulted into the mainstream with stadium hits like ‘Kids’, ‘Time to Pretend’ and the sultry ‘Electric Feel’. Indeed, Oracular felt at the time like […]
Album Review: The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Pennsylvanian rooted, electropop and neo-psychedelia band, The War on Drugs, released their 4th studio album, A Deeper Understanding, on 25th August. This became their first record alongside the major label ‘Atlantic Records’, who took them on after their 2014 success, Lost in The Dream. Their later album was heavily introspective, claustrophobic, and rife with intense […]