Album Review: Dream Wife // So When You Gonna…
Possibly the most successful art school project ever created, Dream Wife release their second studio album, So When You Gonna..., this Friday, 3 July. Having previously made a name for themselves prod…
Reviews
Album Review: Bdrmm // Bedroom
Hull 5-piece Bdrmm appeared from relative obscurity early in 2020, winning over crowds with an unstylised, underdog persona and a truly ethereal live show. Bdrmm’s genesis came in the form of a dem…
RIOT Release Radar: #22
So it's the lockdown weekend we have all dreaded; Glastonbury. BBC is doing its very best to 'bring Glastonbury to your home' through their series of streams, but it just isn't the same. Until next…
Album review: Pottery // Welcome To Bobby’s Motel
Welcome To Bobby’s Motel is the debut album from Montreal art-rockers Pottery, out on Partisan Records. A natural first question would be who is Bobby and where is his motel? And this really sets the …
LAUV Returns With New EP ‘Without You’
LAUV has followed up on last year's debut album with a surprise EP, Without You, written entirely in quarantine. The four-track features production credits from the likes of Amy Allen (Halsey), Dallas…
Album Review: HAIM // Women In Music Pt. III
The best things come in three: the HAIM sisters, their third studio album, and its trio of bonus tracks. The Southern-California-based trio oozes glossy surf-rock sunshine and has bottled up the feel…
RIOT Release Radar #021
The guitar used by Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show has sold for $6million. The Australian founder of Rode Microphones won the artefact at auction, breaking the record for most expensive gu…
Album Review: Jockstrap // Wicked City EP
That quote about understanding the rules well in order to break them has been attributed to an infinite list of visionaries since Pablo Picasso first proposed the notion. Rarely, though, does an artis…
Leon Bridges Shares Video for New Single ‘Sweeter’
Leon Bridges has released the video for his poingant and achingly relevant single, 'Sweeter' featuring Terrace Martin. The video, which was filmed in Fort Worth, Texas, and features Bridges' father an…
Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers // Punisher
If the state of the world hasn’t already alerted you that it’s officially going to be a Sad Girl Summer, Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher will have you staring at the ceiling, questioning the state of the wo…
