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

Album Review: Mega Bog - End of Everything

Album Review: Mega Bog - End of Everything

“It’s an emotional and physical wasteland everywhere you look. Everyone is isolated, the sky is perennially black and everything is coming to an end – yet the gnawing need to be heard and understood and loved remains. This is the state of the internal and external world that Erin Birgy is experiencing and which she brings to life on End of Everything, her seventh album as Mega Bog.”

The latest Mega Bog album is a harrowing and stunning collection that absolutely bops. No idea how this hasn’t got more love - but you can read my appraisal over here.

Album Review: Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure

Album Review: Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure

Album Review: The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein

Album Review: The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein