Review of 'The Getaway' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

The once wild Californian funk-rockers have slowly got more sleepy and tame over the years – once a pack of jumping leg-humping Jack Russells, now a mass of somnolent salivating senior St Bernards. What a sickening amount of alliteration I just used there.

INTRODUCING: False Advertising

Meet False Advertising.

Review of 'Wriggle' by clipping.

Clipping (stylised ‘clipping.’ but for punctuation’s sake we’ll call them Clipping) continue to make music out of the most unmusical ideas conceivable, this time centreing their creepy lyrics around sex. The result is Wriggle - an EP that will either get you wriggling uncomfortably in your seat or wriggling with masochistic joy.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 08/07/2016: Blood Orange, Sampha, Goblin Cock and more...

We've got every flavour to accommodate your need this week from Blood Orange to Goblin Cock. Wait, why am I saying 'we'. I'm the only dude writing this blog!!!

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 02/07/2016: Arc Iris, Trim, Fallout Boy and more...

I had a smashing time in Ibiza… thanks for asking. A lot has happened since my last Tracks of the Week instalment, although not much musically, unless you count that little festival in Glastonbury. And oh yeah, an underground rapper named Kanye released a music video. But I’m not going to talk about any of that, so let’s move on…

Review of 'Magma' by Gojira

Magma sees the French metal champs maturing like camembert. In other words, they’ve turned soft. Softer but stronger.

Review of 'Peach Panther' by Riff Raff

Houston rapper Riff Raff has always been an utter goofball. But he was once a goofball aware of his own ridiculousness. Now it seems, Riff Raff genuinely thinks he’s an amazing rapper, which is a worry for us all.