ALEX REVIEWS MUSIC (ARM): STEREOPHONICS – OOCHYA! SINGLES | 2021-11-14

Oochya!, the title of the forthcoming twelfth studio album by legendary Welsh alt rock fixture Stereophonics, does not really amount to much, according to the quartet’s frontman Kelly Jones. Yet unbeknownst to him at the time of naming the 15-track project due out in March next year, it also just so happens to coincide with […]

ALEX REVIEWS MUSIC (ARM): PUMPKINS & ODDISEE LPs / FAR FROM SAINTS SINGLE | 2023-02-05

Part requited commendation, part early-year new musical round-up, this missive comes by way of a collection of noteworthy projects that stood out to us of late. Both complete exploits and works in progress alike, each one alone might not warrant a whole chaptered entry by itself, yet gelled together they stoke a surprisingly elevated appeal. […]

ALEX REVIEWS MUSIC (ARM): ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2022 | 2022-12-20

NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE — BARN, TOAST & WORLD RECORD (REPRISE RECORDS) EARL SWEATSHIRT — SICK! (TAN CRESSIDA) SABA — FEW GOOD THINGS (PIVOT GANG) EDDIE VEDDER — EARTHLING (REPUBLIC RECORDS) STEREOPHONICS — OOCHYA! (IGNITION RECORDS) ALEX CAMERON — OXY MUSIC (SECRETLY CANADIAN) RYAN ADAMS — CHRIS, ROMEO & JULIET, FM, DEVOLVER + NEBRASKA […]

HERE COME(S) THE G.I.R.L | 2017-09-16

EMS started with absolutely no pre-conceived notion of editorial structure or journalistic discipline in mind, and to be fair if you’ve made it thus fair into its lifecycle I’m pretty much assuming you were able to realize this for yourself pretty quickly. Throughout about two years and a half the site has touched upon a […]