Category: Album Reviews

GRANT STEVENS unleashes a roaring blend of blues and rock on LP ‘Devil’s Machinery’
Grant Stevens album review by Vince Leigh Now, this is a curious record. A roaring blend of blues and rock ...

KIM YANG mines the personal for raw and beautiful EP ‘Brave’
Kim Yang Brave EP review by Vince Leigh Singer-songwriter Kim Yang has released her second EP, Brave, a project partially ...

CJ SHAW teaches us much on his folk-cornucopia LP
CJ Shaw All Sorts album review by Vince Leigh All Sorts is the new album for ARIA-nominated educator and musician ...

BEC TAYLOR & the LYRE BIRDS fly on folk-pop pearl “Adrift”
Bec Taylor and the Lyre Birds Adrift [Buttercup Records] review by Vince Leigh // Photo by Dan Cusack Canberra multi-instrumentalist ...

Canberra’s NINA LEO astounds on pulsing EP FAKE IT
Nina Leo review by Vince Leigh Nina Leo’s first two singles, Recover and Break the Renegade, revealed her musical armoury’s ...

B. COMING becomes beguiling on new EP BOATS
B. Coming review by Vince Leigh Canberran singer-songwriter B. Coming - the musical moniker for Benjamin Cumming - has only ...

RUSTY GEAR delivers prize package of crafted country
Review by Vince Leigh American country singer-songwriter Rusty Gear has just released his new country EP Delivery Man. Recorded in Nashville ...

“Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh…” Enter roots-Afrobeat giggle merchants RAS BANAMUNGU and THE DET-N-ATORS
Review by Vince Leigh Ras Banamungu and The Det-n-ators International have just released a new album, Revelation of Oneness. The ...

MAHMOOD KHAN’s trademark sophisticated world pop sound shines on the outstanding EP IMAGINARY FRIEND
Review by Vince Leigh There’s no one quite like Mahmood Khan in Australia, and this amazingly versatile artist has the ...

Local ANDY MISON fires up FERGUS CIRCUITS; an album of electro-pop imbued with a smattering of funk and the odd jazz chord inversion
Review by Vince Leigh Andy Mison has just released his debut album Fergus Circuits. The multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer has ...