Kadhja Bonet - The Visitor
4 Stars
Kadhja Bonet’s debut mini-album is a hybrid between the past and the future.
20th October 2016
Reviews
Crocodiles - Dreamless
2 Stars
Guitars take a backseat on Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell’s new album. But attempts to reinvent are unsuccessful.
20th October 2016
Hooton Tennis Club - Big Box of Chocolates
4 Stars
Liverpool four-piece draw you in with lyrics about the people and things and places they love.
20th October 2016
Savoy Motel - Savoy Motel
3 Stars
One pair of platform shoes away from a pisstake, Savoy Motel just about pull off their 70s obsession.
20th October 2016
Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis - Let It Be You
2 Stars
A curiously unbalanced album, the bulk of ‘Let It Be You’ can’t reach its early highs.
20th October 2016
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
4 Stars
London trio’s debut album has the potential to soundtrack kids’ toy commercials and clog up radio playlists.
20th October 2016
Sälen make themselves at home for London Kamio show
London trio make diss-filled, laid back pop for the masses. It’s spreading fast.
20th October 2016
Sad13 - Devil in U
A call to arms, urging people to bag up all the poisonous people in their lives, and lob them out with the trash.
20th October 2016
Yak - Semi-Automatic
Another lap on Yak’s victory march.
20th October 2016
Tkay Maidza - Simulation
All the makings of a diamond-sharp arrow, aiming straight for the bullseye.
19th October 2016
Glass Gang - Luxury
The fast-rising Brooklyn trio constantly shift identity. On ‘Luxury’, they sport vampiric pop with fangs.
17th October 2016
Jamie Lidell - Building a Beginning
3 Stars
The sound of an artist comfortable with spinning several plates at once.
14th October 2016
Douglas Dare - Aforger
3 Stars
In between records, Douglas Dare came out to his father and ended a long-term relationship. ‘Aforger’ documents these life-altering experiences.
14th October 2016
The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
2 Stars
In an age where any era of music is within a second’s grasp, The Lemon Twigs’ reliance on nostalgia feels dated.
14th October 2016
C Duncan - The Midnight Sun
4 Stars
Mercury Prize nominee C Duncan sticks to recording in his flat for ‘The Midnight Sun’, a record packed with intricacies waiting to be revealed.
14th October 2016
Conor Oberst - Ruminations
3 Stars
‘Ruminations’ is possibly Conor Oberst’s most reflective, nostalgic work yet.
14th October 2016
Powell - Sport
3 Stars
For all of its erraticism and tongue-in-cheek playfulness, Powell’s debut has moments of brilliant club euphoria.
14th October 2016
VANT, INHEAVEN and Circa Waves take over Manchester for the inaugural Neighbourhood Festival
Hundreds of different acts take over eleven venues in the south end of the city.
14th October 2016
Turnover settle into their Emperor’s New Clothes at London’s The Dome
Turnover’s vintage hazed, complex ruminations on melancholy and medication are a world away from their more angsty teenage guises.
14th October 2016
Estrons - I’m Not Your Girl
Led by the unparalleled Tali Källström, every Estrons song is enraged for a reason.
14th October 2016
Jagwar Ma - Every Now and Then
4 Stars
Jagwar Ma thrive when they’ve more room to explore, which proves true on their second record.
13th October 2016
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
3 Stars
Borne of depression, alcoholism, near implosion and hospitalisation, Two Door Cinema Club’s new album comes out fighting.
13th October 2016
Swet Shop Boys - Cashmere
4 Stars
‘Cashmere’ is not just a declaration or a celebration, it’s an affirmation.
13th October 2016
Cloud Nothings - Modern Act
‘Modern Act’ is the most life-affirming Cloud Nothings have ever sounded.
13th October 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.