Hamish Monk, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/hamish-monk/ For the Love of Music Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:14:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Atwood-Magazine-Circle-Logo-2020-32x32.png Hamish Monk, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/hamish-monk/ 32 32 68941247 Review: Pond’s ‘Stung!’ Reveals Nick Albrook as the Psychedelic Rumpelstiltskin, Though He Can Spin Gold From Thin Air https://atwoodmagazine.com/pdsg-pond-stung-album-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/pdsg-pond-stung-album-review/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:50:50 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=199156 Stung! - PondPond's 10th album ‘Stung!’ is a squelching doozy – one that establishes frontman Nick Allbrook as a psychedelic Rumpelstiltskin, capable of spinning gold from thin air.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/pdsg-pond-stung-album-review/feed/ 0 199156 Review: Amen Dunes’ ‘Death Jokes’ Is a Post-Modern Beachball: Colourful on the Surface and Full of Air Inside https://atwoodmagazine.com/adjk-amen-dunes-death-jokes-album-review-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/adjk-amen-dunes-death-jokes-album-review-2024/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 16:23:15 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=197095 Amen Dunes © Michael SchmellingAmen Dunes’ sixth studio album 'Death Jokes' boasts a grandiose concept, and one to be commended, if the simulacrum were handled with panache.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/adjk-amen-dunes-death-jokes-album-review-2024/feed/ 0 197095 “I’ve been watching, catching fire”: Dehd’s Subtle, Restrained & Emotionally Complex “Alien” Gently Teases Fifth Album ‘Poetry’ https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhal-dehd-alien-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhal-dehd-alien-song-review/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 23:00:08 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=196451 Dehd © Atiba JeffersonChicago indie pop band Dehd tease their upcoming fifth album 'Poetry' with "Alien," a subtle, restrained, and emotionally complex song that unveils another shade to the trio's sound pallet.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhal-dehd-alien-song-review/feed/ 0 196451 “Starburster”: Like an Iron Butterfly, Fontaines D.C. Are Delicate & Indestructible https://atwoodmagazine.com/starburster-fontaines-dc-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/starburster-fontaines-dc-song-review/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:48:52 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=196139 Fontaines D.C. © Theo CottleMasterfully sitting on the knife edge of the avant-garde and the bold freeway of indie music, Fontaines D.C.'s indestructible and delicate new single "Starburster" offers a fresh, attitude-packed first look at their fourth studio album, 'ROMANCE.']]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/starburster-fontaines-dc-song-review/feed/ 0 196139