Malumi – ‘Monsters And Fireflies’ [Review]

A jack of all trades is a master of none.

Or so we’re told. It sounds like common sense – and it is. But common sense isn’t always accurate.

Between them, Klaire de Lys and Sara Rose have almost every art, craft, and entertainment-related outlet covered. From comedy writing and lifestyle blogging to award-winning YouTube makeup tutorials, fantasy novels, webcomics, sculpture, visual art, and a head-spinning range of future projects in the pipeline, Klaire and Sara are both pretty busy, to say the least.

So, that makes them jacks (or Jills?) of multiple trades. Following the apparently immutable logic of common sense, Malumi and their debut album Monsters And Fireflies should be mediocre at best. This review, in turn, should be Read more…

Posted on 16 March 2016

Bear Makes Ninja – ‘Shenanagrams’ [Review]

Bear Makes Ninja are more than just a badass band name.

These guys have been making waves in the post-/math-rock world for a fair few years now, and Shenanagrams is guaranteed to plant the Bear Makes Ninja flag firmly in that niche’s bedrock. If you’re of the mind to criticise Bear Makes Ninja’s musicianship, you’re a fuckwit; this album offers many a glorious, grandeur-fuelled moment that will bring big grins to the faces of math-oriented musos across Read more…

Posted on 08 March 2016

Massmatiks – ‘Gunning For You’ [Review]

If Audioslave had been British and lairy, they’d have sounded a lot like Massmatiks.

These guys have been around the UK’s rock underground for a fair while, and after two years of gestation Massmatiks have Read more…

Posted on 02 March 2016

Marco Minnemann – ‘Above The Roses’ [Review]

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Calling Marco Minnemann prolific is a little bit of an understatement. This guy is easily one of the hardest-working drummers on the weirder side of showbiz, playing on no fewer than five of TMMP’s Top Albums Of 2015. That’s one studio album (Tres Caballeros) and one live album (Culture Clash Live!) as part of fusion trio The Aristocrats; one studio album with guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani (Shockwave Supernova, TMMP’s top album of the year alongside Jon Gomm’s Live In The Acoustic Asylum); one studio album with Porcupine Tree frontman and prog godfather Steven Wilson (Hand. Cannot. Erase.); and, finally, an 18-track beast of a solo album called Celebration.

Phew. That’s just Marco Minnemann’s recorded output, too; add in countless Read more…

Posted on 01 March 2016

Therapy? – ‘Tides EP’ [Review]

Over the course of the past 26 years, Therapy? have been renowned for diving deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind, and returning with musical treasures aplenty.

2015’s Disquiet – listed as one of TMMP’s albums of the year – was a hard-rocking winner, crammed with Read more…

Posted on 23 February 2016

Poly-Math – ‘Melencolia’ [Review]

Poly-Math are fast becoming Names in the British math- / post-rock underground, and rightly so. 2015’s Reptile churned a fair few minds and pricked up many an ear – and now, Poly-Math’s debut mini-album Melencolia is set to take them up a level.

Look at the running times for each of Melencolia’s three tracks Read more…

Posted on 22 February 2016

IDestroy – ‘Vanity Loves Me EP’ [Review]

If you think girls can’t rock, you’re nothing more than a master of rectal ventriloquism.

For proof, see IDestroy’s new EP. With one eye on the era of classic punk, and the other on the modern world where “rough around the edges” is an increasing rarity, Vanity Loves Me is a Read more…

Posted on 20 February 2016