Hi.

Welcome to Rob Hakimian’s website, collecting together the best of his writing from over the years.

Album Review: Jehnny Beth - To Love is To Live

Album Review: Jehnny Beth - To Love is To Live

“While working with Savages, Jehnny served as the sharpened tip of the band’s rock thrust; now solo, she and her team of producers – Flood, Atticus Ross and long-time collaborator Johnny Hostile – have turned that point inwards on herself. On To Love is To Live they’ve crafted a set of songs that utilises thunderous beats, monolithic synths, a few guitars and some piano to form a reflective fortress around the singer, allowing her to maintain her power even when she’s at her most vulnerable.”

I reviewed the very interesting To Love is To Live; the debut solo album by Jehnny Beth. You can read that on Beats Per Minute.

Album Review: Kate NV - Room For The Moon

Album Review: Kate NV - Room For The Moon

Live Review: Laura Marling at Union Chapel, London - June 6, 2020

Live Review: Laura Marling at Union Chapel, London - June 6, 2020