JFLTI: Skylar Spence – Can’t You See
After a name change, signing to Carpark Records and releasing one of the best singles of last summer; Skylar Spence is back with the first single from his upcoming album “Prom King”. “Can’t You...
Author: Patrick Cartlidge
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell – Review
The last time we heard from Sufjan Stevens, it was on the swirling electronic odyssey “Age Of Adz”. Featuring his most ambitious and densely arranged songs yet, it was a complete sensory overload of...
JFLTI: Ryan Hemsworth – Walk Me Home
It is no exaggeration to say that Ryan Hemsworth is perhaps one of the hardest working producers in modern music. In 2014 he embarked on a world tour, produced songs for up-and-coming rappers, created...
JFLTI: Panda Bear – Tropic Of Cancer
2015 is already shaping up to be a great year for music. In January alone we’ve had stellar debuts from the likes of Viet Cong and Natalie Prass and unexpected comebacks from the dormant...
JFLTI: Spazzkid – Promise
Promise by spazzkid While earnest romantic lyrics and dreamy pop production could be a recipe for unbearable cheesiness Spazzkid manages to turn this cut from his latest EP into an adorably bouncy and affectionate declaration of...
Review: Rustie – Green Language
It’s been an agonizing wait but “Green Language”, the sophomore album from Glaswegian producer Rustie, has finally been released. Whilst Rustie himself might deride his debut album “Glass Swords” as “over the top silliness”...
Just Fucking Listen To It: Iceage – The Lord’s Favorite
This surprise new single from Danish band Iceage is a massive departure in terms of style. On “The Lord’s Favorite” they do away with the gloriously sloppy playing, ear-piercing abrasion and unabashed vulnerability that...
Just Fucking Listen To It: A Sunny Day In Glasgow – In Love With Useless
A Sunny Day In Glasgow are a dream-pop band that are influenced by shoegaze artists such as- Hey don’t close this tab! Yes, I know you might be tired of the recent onslaught...
Patrick Cartlidge’s #1:
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
(Released 11th February, Caldo Verde Records) If you had said at the beginning of 2014 that one of my favourite records of this year was going to be a folk album, I would have laughed...
Patrick Cartlidge’s #2: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata
(Released March 18th, Madlib Invazion) So after the year of stellar hip-hop releases that was 2013, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib release an album that might top all of them. Whilst Pinata is rooted in classic...
Patrick Cartlidge’s #3: St Vincent – St Vincent
(Released February 24th, Republic) Annie Clark – better known as St Vincent – is one of the most interesting and daring pop artists in modern music and her latest album might be...
