Aldous Harding ‘Warm Chris’ : Nectar for the Bored ★★★★★
By Ben Helme Harding created my favourite album of all time, 2019’s ‘Designer’, so I was excited for her much…
Alt-J: The Dream ★★★
By Jessica Pretorius Like many, my knowledge of the Alt-J doesn’t go much further than 2012’s Breezeblocks. But, when I…
My Year In Media
Many of us are happy and, in some cases, relieved to see 2020 come to an end. The year was…
Review’s best albums of 2020
It may sound like a cliché by now, but 2020 truly has been a whirlwind. The start of the year…
Folklore and evermore – a journey into Taylor Swift’s new sound
Disclaimer: We hadn’t been paying attention to Taylor Swift’s music for years until folklore. Granted, Taylor Swift is an incredibly…
Fetch the Bolt Cutters ★★★★★
CW: sexual abuse I was introduced to Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters in one of the opening weeks of…
Review’s Quarantine Picks: Albums
Lockdown and Chill: Sticky Fingers, Caress Your Soul Today, dear Beaver reader, I bestow upon you a gift: a secret…
The Strokes – The New Abnormal ★★★
To those music lovers for whom the first two Strokes albums were formative in that utterly embarrassing early-adolescent period, the…
Justin Bieber’s Changes – A lacklustre serenade ★★
I like Justin. His talent is undeniable, and not since Michael Jackson has an artist been so universally recognisable. Making…
Bangity Bang Pt. 2: Brent Faiyaz ★★★★
Life is funny sometimes: you spend a damn eternity picking out twenty songs for The Bang Playlist, and then Brent…
