TEC’s Albums of Choice from 2023… 2023 proved to be a busy year for music which saw some legacy acts making an impressive return with some standout albums, while plenty of contemporary synth-pop outfits also delivered some strong contenders. Here … Read More
A year in music… 2023 saw a good combination of legacy acts and new outfits delivering some amazing music across the year. It was also a period in which electronic music was given another opportunity to demonstrate how broad a … Read More
Liminal pop promises… The “magickal pop perfection” that debut album Mercurial (see TEC review previously) offered certainly put Elisabeth Elektra on the map as an artist worth keeping an eye on. In an interview for TEC at the time, the … Read More
Emotional electronic pop… When OMD originally reformed, it was important for both Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey that any new album could not simply be some half-hearted pastiche of their former glories. Consequently, each of the post-reformation albums, 2010’s History … Read More
Mood music for the winter months… As Winter approaches, the perfect opportunity to revisit old friends and find tunes that suit the occasion. The haunting darkpop delights of Promenade Cinema here rub shoulders with shoegaze veterans Slowdive and the Queen … Read More
Evocative dreampop perfection… The career path of Slowdive has taken some strange directions since the shoegaze originally outfit formed in 1989. The band had sprung to life via childhood friends Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell, with Christian Savill, Nick Chapin … Read More