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Album Review: Princess of Power | Marina
Marina's 'Princess of Power' album review

Spyros Psarras
Jun 13


Album Review: Presence | Bryyo
Bryyo's 'Presence' album review

Spyros Psarras
Jun 7


EP Review: Ose | Le Mâl à Tress
Le Mâl à Tress' 'Ose' EP review

Spyros Psarras
May 10


Album Review: Bhelize Don't Cry | Uzi Freyja
Uzi Freyja's 'Bhelize Don't Cry' album review

Spyros Psarras
Feb 20


Single Review: To Be Loved | Stephà nia
Stephà nia's 'To Be Loved' single review

Spyros Psarras
Oct 23, 2024


Album Review: Indelible Sundries | Eric Terino
Today I'm especially glad to spend time on an artist I met a couple of years ago when I came across his 2022 'Innovations of Grave...

Spyros Psarras
Sep 9, 2024


Single Review: Chaos | Markella
Markella's 'Chaos' single review

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Sep 4, 2024


The passing of Talos
A few words about the great musician Talos aka Eoin French

Spyros Psarras
Aug 14, 2024


Album Review: Oceans Apart | Chris Elle
After a tough year of loss, silence and redefining my whole existence, I welcome you to my beloved Sanctum once more to present an artist...

Spyros Psarras
Jun 17, 2024


Album Review: Lost Files | Voyager
Back to reality. After a weird summer of great significance for many personal reasons, September comes to remind us of the life we choose...

Spyros Psarras
Sep 7, 2023


Album Review: happy ending | Blooodhound
In this mini-storm of comeback albums from creators very dear to the Sanctum, today I’m especially happy to be spending time with...

Spyros Psarras
May 6, 2023


Album Review: Mediated Involutions | The Milgram Reverie
About a year ago, the Sanctum was discovering the sound of The Milgram Reverie, a wayward blend of the modern and the ancient, breeding...

Spyros Psarras
May 4, 2023


Album Review: M.E.C.H.A | Moon Musiq
Still hot from our last review of the restless, noisy Muzaq for Frogs by Moon Musiq, I’m here to throw you into another dimension where...

Spyros Psarras
May 3, 2023


Album Review: Muzaq for Frogs | Moon Musiq
Little before we step into the first month of the summer, the hunger for vacation plans, long walks under the sun and new music gets...

Spyros Psarras
Apr 30, 2023


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...

Spyros Psarras
Mar 25, 2023


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, 2023


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
Mar 8, 2023


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
Feb 27, 2023


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 16, 2023


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
Jan 15, 2023


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
Dec 6, 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 16, 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
Oct 2, 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 30, 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 18, 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 14, 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
Sep 2, 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 28, 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 25, 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 22, 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
Jul 14, 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 24, 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 22, 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 6, 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
Jun 3, 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 22, 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 15, 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 9, 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 7, 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 3, 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
May 1, 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 29, 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 24, 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
Apr 8, 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 24, 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 15, 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
Mar 11, 2022


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 29, 2021
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