Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
3-5 Stars
The quartet largely justify the hype that has built around them.
15th May 2024, 8:00am
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
3-5 Stars
The quartet largely justify the hype that has built around them.
15th May 2024, 8:00am
Les Savy Fav - OUI, LSF
4 Stars
A storming return that suggests that, far from having run out of steam, the possibilities for Les Savy Fav are again endless.
10th May 2024, 8:00am
A. G. Cook - Britpop
5 Stars
On ‘Britpop’, Cook’s mastery of the esoteric is singular.
10th May 2024, 8:00am
BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
4-5 Stars
A dizzying mix of hard and delicate.
10th May 2024, 8:00am
Wallows - Model
3 Stars
Before long, ‘Model’ begins to feel like a series of safe options.
10th May 2024, 8:00am
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
4-5 Stars
The Lemon Twigs absolutely master the art of crooning sugary pop-rock in the best of ways.
3rd May 2024, 8:00am
Home Counties - Exactly As It Seems
4 Stars
A strong and audacious debut.
3rd May 2024, 8:00am
Rachel Chinouiriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events
4-5 Stars
One of indie pop’s most interesting, vital voices.
3rd May 2024, 8:00am
St Vincent - All Born Screaming
5 Stars
If she is to be known by one record, let it be ‘All Born Screaming’.
3rd May 2024, 8:00am
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
3-5 Stars
Plenty of sun-drenched sonic optimism, but not so much that’s all that radical.
3rd May 2024, 12:01am
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
3-5 Stars
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others.
25th April 2024, 11:30am
Bullion - Affection
3-5 Stars
A joyful listen from start to finish; a playful, experimental, and carefully crafted debut.
24th April 2024, 8:00am
Porij - Teething
4 Stars
A confident debut that acts as both the party and the comedown.
24th April 2024, 8:00am
Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow
4-5 Stars
Once again proving the four-piece as some of the best songwriters going.
17th April 2024, 8:00am
Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
3 Stars
There’s the occasional roar, yet the muted way in which they’re almost hidden makes for a frustrating mismatch.
17th April 2024, 8:00am
Lucy Rose - This Ain’t The Way You Go Out
4-5 Stars
It’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation in every sense of the word.
17th April 2024, 8:00am
girl in red - I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!
4 Stars
In doubling down on her niche, this is girl in red at her most realised.
12th April 2024, 3:00pm
Blue Bendy - So Medieval
4 Stars
A debut which rewards the time spent with it in spades.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Skinwalker
3-5 Stars
Best enjoyed as a quick trip through pop’s past, albeit with a higher-than-average quota of batshit lyrics.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
METZ - Up On Gravity Hill
4 Stars
A curious and (eventually) overwhelmingly satisfactory juxtaposition of dark and light. Or to be more specific, heavy and light.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
BODEGA - Our Brand Could Be Your Life
4 Stars
BODEGA’s collective finger remains on the pulse, as they continue to cut their targets down to size.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
Lynks - Abomination
4 Stars
A vintage-future gay epic from one of the UK’s most fearless off-piste queer acts.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
Maggie Rogers - Don’t Forget Me
4 Stars
The sound of an artist beginning to sink cosily into her own skin, and enjoying herself enormously in the process.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
4-5 Stars
Her trailblazer status has never been more assured.
10th April 2024, 8:00am
With Rachel Chinouriri, A.G. Cook, Yannis Philippakis, Wasia Project and more!