Spyros Psarras
Album Review: Girl On The Shore | Torre di Fine
March has already been an intriguing month for the Sanctum. A ton of diverse music from both popular and upcoming artists has come to my...
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Spyros Psarras
- Mar 8
Single Review: Anatomy | Heilige!
During the beginning of 2023, Heilige! kept the Sanctum occupied with their cinematic release Riverside, a 4-track EP that is still...
Spyros Psarras
- Mar 8
Album Review: Lovescope | SIR-VERE
It was the 8th of July, 2021 when the Sanctum feasted on the album Singulus and compared Sir-Vere to bands like The Prodigy and Bomfunk...
Spyros Psarras
- Feb 27
EP Review: Forever | Sage phoenix
It’s almost March and it seems that 2023 has already offered a lot of music we’ve been waiting for from Susan Sundfor to Serpentwithfeet...
Spyros Psarras
- Jan 16
Album Review: Illustrative Anecdotes | Tim Langworthy
Rare are the cases of the Sanctum relating to and being fascinated by an album of the Pop-Rock genre and today we’re getting deeper into...
Spyros Psarras
- Jan 15
EP Review: Riverside | Heilige!
As January is starting to hit hard here in Greece, new releases promise to keep us company through the coldest of days. The latest,...
Spyros Psarras
- Dec 6, 2022
Single Review: Lost Ones | Good Spells
Long time no post but let’s make this up right now. Being down with the flu somehow sent me watching Life Beyond, a Youtube series about...
Spyros Psarras
- Oct 16, 2022
Album Review: Crossover | Dua Saleh
We are not far from the 4th season of Netflix’s hit series Sex Education, one of the most significant ones out there, important for its...
Spyros Psarras
- Oct 16, 2022
Album Review: Fossora | Bjork
Long time no post but let’s start fixing this right now. We’re in the middle of October, Athens starts getting cold seriously for the...
Spyros Psarras
- Oct 2, 2022
Album Review: Anger | Altuz
After walking through untrodden forests with Glamourie’s enchanting ‘Imaginal Stage’ we are ready to dive into deep, dark waters with the...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 30, 2022
Album Review: Imaginal Stage | Glamourie
As September is coming to its end and the memories of summer have already faded, the mood is a bit melancholic and a lot more esoteric....
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 18, 2022
Single Review: Before Time Runs Out | Norrá Hill
Memories of the beach are still fresh and cool in our hearts and -for some of you- so is a summer love. If you happen to be crying over a...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 14, 2022
Album Review: Lives of The Ignorant, Pt.2 | Richard Self
The last couple of weeks the Sanctum has been honouring thematic albums and this post is no exception. Today I’ll be writing down my...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 2, 2022
Album Review: Feelings: A New Musical
It’s week #2 and I’m still trying to get used to the exhausting daily routine and the loudness of Athens. To be honest, If it weren’t for...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 2, 2022
Album Review: Dreamy Hamilton - Remixes | Arhkota
The Sanctum is back and active after a whole month of serious summer vacation and inactivity. With batteries fully charged and a...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 28, 2022
Album Review: Find The Shoreline | Hello Fiasco
No need to open another post whining about how Greece is burning so let’s get right into this great new discovery for the Sanctum! Today...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 25, 2022
Album Review: The Other Side | Patrick Alan Casey
As we are trying to pick up our pieces after the heatwave that hit Greece (and Europe in general) during the past weekend, we only have...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 22, 2022
Album Review: Then I Met You | Love is a Chorus
Long time no review! After the release of the long-awaited Arkhon by Zola Jesus and little before the summer vacation (which I’m counting...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 14, 2022
Album Review: Arkhon | Zola Jesus
Zola Jesus departs from the tension of Okovi, the pop nerve of TAIGA, and steps into a world where all pain is soothed and exorcised...
Spyros Psarras
- Jun 24, 2022
Album Review: In-Formation Desert | The Milgram Reverie
As the heat is rising, Greece is burning up and it feels like it’s not far from becoming a desert. Well, speak of the Devil! Coming...
Spyros Psarras
- Jun 22, 2022
Album Review: ghosts of unknown day players | Eye Catching Music
Another weekend has come to pass and with that, another experimental release for the Sanctum to get its ears on. For nothing’s more...
Spyros Psarras
- Jun 6, 2022
Album Review: Fentanyl Flowers | LiiN
For the record, this is the first review I’m typing on my new M1 Macbook Air which is a dream come true. Now, It’s almost 9 in the...
Spyros Psarras
- Jun 3, 2022
Album Review: The Zero Experience | Zero-B1
As we are getting closer to the long-awaited summer of ’22, people in Greece are dressed lightly, the beaches are full every weekend and...
Spyros Psarras
- May 22, 2022
Album Review: Pushing Beat Law, Pt.1 | SIR-VERE
About a year ago, specifically July 8th 2021 the Sanctum was discovering Sir-Vere, an underground electronic band in the likes of The...
Spyros Psarras
- May 15, 2022
Album Review: Year of the Wolf | Monoboi
***The following post was written fragmentary throughout this weekend, starting from Friday night, and brought together today, Sunday,...
Spyros Psarras
- May 9, 2022
Album Review: Infected with Extended Empathy | Guinevere Q
I’ll start this post with a question. Who ever heard of a sound-based film? Back in the late 50’-60’s, before the appearance of...
Spyros Psarras
- May 7, 2022
EP Review: Skin Real Gone | JP.Kazadi
‘Cause it’s the weekeeend, nothing’s going on. Yes it’s the weekeeend, I swear there’s nothing wrong’ says Kovacs in her 2018 ‘It's the...
Spyros Psarras
- May 3, 2022
Album Review: Arcachata | Arcachata
Picking it up from where we left it, which is the experimental project of Panama-based Adolfo Samudio aka Arcachata, today the Sanctum is...
Spyros Psarras
- May 1, 2022
Album Review: Bellatrix | Arcachata
It’s Sunday, May 1st and summer is in the air so much that I can smell it. The mood meter is rising and one can tell from the number of...
Spyros Psarras
- Apr 29, 2022
EP Review: The Fools Heart | Tori BLK
Changes. A word that speaks to everyone in these weird times we live in. It’s part of the cycle of history, for better or worse, it’s...
Spyros Psarras
- Apr 24, 2022
Album Review: Trigger Warning | Emily Misura
This is a warning for this post is NOT another album recommendation. Or maybe it is… It is definitely NOT the album you are interested...
Spyros Psarras
- Apr 8, 2022
Album Review: Innovations of Grave Perversity | Eric Terino
I won’t open this review with the usual small talk but I’ll declare straight up excited for coming across the latest release of Eric...
Spyros Psarras
- Mar 24, 2022
Album Review: Can't Do Anything Right | Echo Strike
In 1512, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel got blessed with Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam’ on its ceiling. A depiction of god giving life...
Spyros Psarras
- Mar 15, 2022
Album Review: Neon Inoculation | Underlined Passages
As the pandemic seems to be reaching an end, at least here in Greece, at least for the summer, the need to get back to live shows as...
Spyros Psarras
- Mar 11, 2022
Album Review: Sometimes Ghosts | Sometimes Ghosts
As I’m listening to the homonymous, Indie Folk/Rock debut by Sometimes Ghosts, I feel this is the exact reason the Sanctum was created...
Spyros Psarras
- Nov 29, 2021
Album Review: Pop | Kief Knifing
It’s been a while since the Sanctum got its hands on some super experimental stuff and Knifing’s latest album ‘Pop’ was an ideal Stimulus...
Spyros Psarras
- Nov 19, 2021
Album Review: Winter Skin | Eep
We are in the middle of November, at the beginning of winter – my least favorite time of the year. The whole past week has been gray and...
Spyros Psarras
- Nov 11, 2021
EP Review: Humanity | Manu Francois
Even though the Sanctum has a strict genre umbrella, there are times when you experience specific songs, so touching that you...
Spyros Psarras
- Nov 5, 2021
Album Review: Folie A Deux | Son Savage
Here I am again with something generally mainstream, but Sanctum-wise pretty special. During the first 10 minutes of my session with...
Spyros Psarras
- Oct 10, 2021
Album Review: R.A.T | Blooodhound
If there’s one thing indie experimental should be admired for, it’s the terrific freedom and boundless horizons given to explore. That’s...
Spyros Psarras
- Oct 4, 2021
Album Review: A Dream to Hold on to | Hawks Do Not Share
It only took about 20 seconds into ‘Astoria’ for me to decide to spend time on the sophomore LP ‘A Dream to Hold on to’ by Portland-based...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 25, 2021
Album Review: Big Year | Big Boys NYC
The Sanctum has already welcomed the eccentric work of Big Boys NYC once and their latest LP ‘Big Year’ has already two reason to make...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 15, 2021
Album Review: Solar Power | Lorde
After a month and many many sessions with Lorde’s Solar Power, I finally broke the code. It hit me this morning and I’m now fully aware...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 2, 2021
Album Review: Ghosts: Deluxe Remastered | Glenn Murawski
Even though the Sanctum rarely gives shelter to lyric-less LP’s or soundtrack albums, Glenn Murawski’s ‘Ghosts’ has this haunting,...
Spyros Psarras
- Sep 1, 2021
Album Review: Primeval | Sandor Gavin
Lately the Sanctum has offered lots of space to the revival of the 80’s in the contemporary music scene and since it seems to never be...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 13, 2021
EP Review: Anxiety | Kody Reeder
I wouldn’t call myself an Indie Rock veteran listener but I’ve had my moments throughout the years obsessing over Of Monsters and Men,...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 12, 2021
EP Review: No Time (Remastered) | Land
The last few days, the Sanctum has been time-traveling to the sound of the 90’s and 00’s for a cosmic reason yet unknown. From Rapkin’s...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 9, 2021
EP Review: Untethered | Big Boys NYC
Back in April, the Music Sanctum reviewed a very special, hardcore album called ‘Year Of The Tyrant’ by White Devil. A heavily...
Spyros Psarras
- Jul 8, 2021
Album Review: Singulus | SIR-VERE
We see a lot of 'revivals' occurring the last few years in many forms of art, especially in music. From the Neon-Lit, synth era of the...
Spyros Psarras
- Jun 22, 2021
Album Review: This Is The Dark Timeline | Belmez Faces
Seattle - based Belmez Faces make music from the past, for the present and hopefully for the future. Their sound is alluring as old Goth...
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