EP Review: FiFi Rong – Forbidden Desire
As a writer for Fortitude, I have been introduced to copious amounts of new musicians in my three years with the magazine, but none more hardworking or beguiling than Beijing-born purveyor….
Author: Maxie Molotov-Smith
Songwriter, avid music listener, bar boy, Electronic music enthusiast.
Album Review: Eliot Sumner – Information
2016’s music scene is off to a flying start with the release of Eliot Sumner’s new album, Information. Her first was released in 2010 under her Electropop parallel, I Blame….
EP Review: The Japanese House – Clean
It takes truly amazing talent and vision for one song to turn an unknown name into a rising pop force in little over half a year, and for Amber Bain,….
Grimes unveils ‘Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream’ video
Electro-pop artist also reveals details behind her forthcoming album. Just one week after announcing her fourth album Art Angels, pop enigma Grimes has unveiled a new epic music video. ‘Flesh….
LaunchBox: Nocturne
Moving, atmospheric and epic are just a select few words that can be used to describe the grandeur of music created by Ambient Folk-Rock collective, Nocturne. FFO – London Grammar,….
Album Review: The Wombats – Glitterbug
The Wombats have always been a rather unusual entity in the indie music scene. Sonically, they fit perfectly with their angst-ridden punk band peers, but lyrically, there was always an….
Album Review: Say Lou Lou – Lucid Dreaming
A lucid dream refers to the phenomenon of one being aware that they are in a dream. Swedish/Australian twins Miranda and Elektra Kilbey-Jannsson of Say Lou Lou create such a….
Album Review: Rae Morris – Unguarded
2014 was a busy year for many rising artists as the likes of Hozier, FKA twigs and Clean Bandit shot into the spotlight and found success. Hiding among the year’s….
Single Review: Polyna – Angel
Every week, new artists appear in tidal waves to seize hold of our attention and absorb their craft. Some however, choose to swim beneath the radar, only occasionally surfacing to….
Album Review: Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste
Probably the biggest surprise for music in 2014 is the sky-drop release of Azealia Banks’ debut ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’, just months after all hope was lost that the album….