Category: Album Reviews – Archive

April 16, 2017 / Album Reviews - Archive

FIHI MA FIHI (baska.com.au) 7.5/10 Fihi ma Fihi means “it is what it is”, which is a fair summation of this Melbourne band’s blend of traditional Turkish music and dancefloor hypnosis. This mix is much more subtle and nuanced than bulldozing a 4/4 bass drum through the middle of some…

April 11, 2017 / Album Reviews - Archive

STRENGTH AND SANITY (Newvelle) 8.5/10 For some of us Booker Little was as great a jazz trumpeter as any. That this sentiment is not more widely shared is down to the fact that Little was dead in 1961 at just 23. He didn’t have much time, but with what he…

April 6, 2017 / Album Reviews - Archive

NITTY GRITTY (Mixed-Up Music) 7.5/10 Tim Rollinson has rare control over the aesthetics of his guitar sound. When he applies distortion it doesn’t so much dirty up the sound as give it an edge and make it glint. When the sound is cleaner it’s never antiseptic, but has a warmth…