Review | Frankenstein Bolts – Aglow & Spark
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Aglow & Spark, the brand new album from dream-pop band Frankenstein Bolts. Aglow & Spark is a dreamlike record. Crafted to be listened to as one whole […]
Review | Fangclub – Fangclub
The Last Mixed Tape reviews the much-anticipated self-titled debut album from post-grunge act Fangclub. A big loud love letter to post-grunge, Fangclub’s debut doesn’t disappoint. Delivering on the hype filled […]
Review | Jiggy – Translate
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Translate, the debut studio album from trad inspired band Jiggy. Communication characterizes Translate. The overarching theme of language through sound and rhythm defines Jiggy’s debut and is […]
Review | The Jimmy Cake – Tough Love
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Tough Love, the brand new studio album from the Jimmy Cake. An album that follows the old two-sided vinyl format, Tough Love is a musical journey split in half […]
Review | Bear Worship – Was
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Was the debut studio album from indie artist Bear Worship. Was is wonderfully off-kilter. A truly unusual album, Bear Worship’s debut rides the quirky indie-pop line well […]
Review | The Strypes – Spitting Image
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Spitting Image, the much-anticipated third studio album from the Strypes. If the Strypes debut album Snapshot was a 1960’s blues-rock throwback than the group’s latest effort Spitting Image sees the […]
Review | Sea Pinks – Watercourse
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Watercourse, the latest studio album from indie-pop band Sea Pinks. Watercourse is an instant charmer. And although Sea Pinks have been mining the indie-pop landscape for […]
Review | The Coronas – Trust The Wire
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Trust The Wire, the latest studio album from indie-rock band the Coronas. Trust The Wire is an album. To elaborate, Trust The Wire is an album you’ve heard a […]
Review | James Vincent McMorrow – True Care
The Last Mixed Tape reviews True Care, the fourth studio album from James Vincent McMorrow. True Care is dreamlike. Beautifully textured and bathed in a glistening haze, James Vincent McMorrow’s fourth […]
Review | Come On Live Long – In The Still
The Last Mixed Tape reviews In The Still, the brand new studio album from Come On Live Long. In The Still is an album built from a clear sense of space and […]
Review | New Jackson – From Night To Night
The Last Mixed Tape reviews From Night To Night, the brand new studio album from New Jackson. I must admit I struggled with From Night To Night as an album. Having first heard […]
Review | I Draw Slow – Turn Your Face To The Sun
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Turn Your Face To The Sun, the brand new studio album from I Draw Slow. What Turn Your Face To The Sun sets out to do, it does […]
Review | Ships – Precession
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Precession, the debut studio album from electronic duo Ships. Precession is the kind of album that makes me glad to be a critic. It took me completely by […]
Review | This Other Kingdom – Rêveur
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Rêveur, the sophomore studio album from This Other Kingdom. My big criticism of This Other Kingdom’s debut L.P. Telescopic was that while the songs were there, the […]
Review | Alien She – Feeler
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Feeler, the debut studio album from Dublin garage-punk trio Alien She. Feeler is garage-punk that finally gets the punk aspect of the term. While the […]
Review | Talos – Wild Alee
The Last Mixed Tape reviews Wild Alee, the highly anticipated debut studio album from Talos. Wild Alee is monolithic. An imposing body of sound that reaches right into the depths of its […]
