Willis Earl Beal: Acousmatic Sorcery
Outside the fringes of mainstream and alternative is lo-fi weirdo Willis Earl Beal and his promising but not stunning debut, Acousmatic Sorcery.
BadBadNotGood: BBNG2
BadBadNotGood’s self-released LP BBNG2 is good, good, not bad, actually.
Orbital: Wonky
Old school EDM heads Orbital prove that to remain timeless, you need to be stuck in an endless timewarp.
Chromatics: Kill For Love
Chromatics’ latest album, Kill For Love, proves that Italians really do it better… when it comes to synthy italo disco-infused ’80s pop at least.
Graham Coxon: A+E
We all thought Graham Coxon would soar high as a solo musician, but it turns out he could only achieve his full potential when writing with former bandmate, Damon Albarn.
Busdriver: Beau$Eros
Dada rap meets ominous synth pop on Busdriver’s latest record Beau$Eros.
Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes: Wilayah
Azmyl’s incarnation as Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes sees the folk rocker receiving some well-deserved, if not superfluous, studio embellishments from peers in the music industry.
OJ Law: Yesterday Is A Distant Dream
Yesterday is a Distant Dream kicks off with soulful indie pop ‘Rooftop’, sounding like an amalgam of Patrick Stump pre and post-solo venture. While thematically consistent with the rest of the record, it might just surprise you how much the opening track isn’t representative of OJ Law. What follows would remind you musically of anything […]
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
Some dub her as “the plastic queen of manufactured indie.” JUICE thinks there’s nothing wrong with having a pop image.