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Tree Trunks – Hot Fruit REVIEW
What is in a first impression? Tree Trunks’ latest LP, Hot Fruit, is immediate with its saccharine peppiness; ‘Tiempo’, the opening track, shimmies with three notes of repeated woodwind and a wood block Soca rhythm. The melody is fairly simple, and Sam Lewis’ stream-of-consciousness lyricism is sung with a whimsical airiness. You may start worrying that the…
Weekly Roundup 15/03/26 – Really Good Time, The Lemon Twigs and more
A roundup of new releases this past week (09/03/26-15/03/26).
Weekly Roundup 08/03/26 – Green Gardens, Damaged Bug and More
A roundup of new releases this past week (02/03/26-08/03/26).
Help(2) – War Child REVIEW
Reviews are flooding in, as they often do, for the new HELP(2) charity record. So, to differentiate myself from the noise and furore, allow me to regale my experience of last night’s HELP(2) listening party at The Greyhound Pub in Peckham, where I heard the album a few hours before most of the world. I’ll be going through the…
Hannah Schneider – In This Room REVIEW
Hannah Schneider spent a two-month residency at The Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen recording In This Room. The museum is dedicated to the life and works of Bertel Thorvaldsen, a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame who specialised in the Neoclassical (an artistic movement inspired by the art and culture of Ancient Rome and Greece). Thorvaldsen himself is buried in the…
Weekly Roundup 01/03/26 – My Wonderful Boyfriend, KNEECAP and more
A roundup of new releases this past week (23/02/26-01/03/26).
Gorillaz – The Mountain REVIEW
Last year, Gorillaz were on the nostalgia treadmill. For their silver anniversary, they reminisced on their visual history with the brilliant House Of Kong exhibition. This was located just behind the Copper Box Arena where they performed a residency consisting of their first three albums, plus a secret set (which turned out to be a…
Weekly Roundup 22/02/26 – Lily Lyons, Foo Fighters and More…
A roundup of new releases this past week (16/02/26-22/02/26).
Abronia – Shapes Unravel REVIEW
To unlock Shapes Unravel, you have to spend time with its cover art. A woman in red, her fist clenched, pasted between crags and crevices. She is facing a black tombstone, potentially a shrine, that stalks her, its central eye wide and unnerving. It looms over her, as though it floats amongst the mountain tops.…
WEEKLY ROUNDUP 15/02/26 – Kenzo Jae, Tree Trunks AND MORE…
A roundup of new releases this past week (09/02/26-15/02/26).
Debut Discovery – The Cribs
In the music industry, authenticity is gold dust. The Reytons, for example, have built their whole identity around their working-class roots. Amongst their catalogue (which seems to consist either of the same Arctic Monkeys B-side riff or a Little Man Tate singalong), titles like Kids Off The Estate or Alcopops and Charity Shops tap into that mid-2000s indie aesthetic…
WEEKLY ROUNDUP 08/02/26 – Sorry, Ratboys AND MORE…
A roundup of new releases this past week (02/02/26-08/02/26).
Dream Nails – You Wish REVIEW
With their third album, You Wish, Dream Nails have eschewed the overt for the opaque, menacing their way through eleven tracks, crunching and crackling like a heavy cloud. This is immediately apparent before the needle touches: the cover art shows a horse in endless water, both symbols of freedom and liberty, the image a departure from…
The Molotovs – Wasted On Youth REVIEW
Every kid wants to become a musician at some point. The lure of popularity is far too strong to ignore, the aesthetics of a guitar slung around your torso or a microphone gripped like a Millwall brick so ephemerally unreal that you can’t help but fixate on it. There are plenty of unlikely stories in…
Catching Up With… Gettin’ Together – Tommy James and The Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells are a curious band, at least to my generation. ‘Who?’ I hear you ask, scratching your plasticine head, still wet from the womb. If I tell you that ‘Crimson and Clover’ is their song, your mind would jump to one-hit wonder. If I went on to explain that they had…
WEEKLY ROUNDUP 25/01/26 – Arctic Monkeys, Cardinals AND MORE…
A roundup of new releases this past week (19/01/26-25/01/26).
Weekly Roundup 18/01/26 – Mitski, Langkamer and more…
A roundup of new releases this past week (12/01/26-18/01/26).
The Boojums – The Boojums (self-titled) Review
Johnny Green, former road manager of The Clash, used to always say the best way to experience anything was live. Theatre, music, poetry, and even cycling (Green himself becoming a Tour de France fanatic in the 2000s) – all were better in-person, feeling first-hand the buzz of the amp, the whiskey on the breath, the…
Rianne Downey – The Consequence of Love Review
A review of Rianne Downey’s debut album, The Consequence of Love.
‘This Is How’ by Guest In The Car – Review
A review of Guest In The Car’s latest single, ‘This Is How’.
Chloe Stroll Shoots For The Moon With Debut Album
A look at Chloe Stroll’s debut album, Bloom In The Break, releasing on Friday.
Argus Far 