Julia Jacklin - Don’t Let the Kids Win
4 Stars
The Australian songwriter’s debut mixes hyper-specific observations with the familiar old ache of a broken heart.
5th October 2016
Reviews
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
4 Stars
Making sense of troubled times, Kate Tempest follows up a Mercury Prize-winning album with bleak social commentary, tempered by a final hopeful plea.
5th October 2016
American Football - Desire Gets In The Way
Somehow, that spark that illuminated American Football’s self-titled debut has kept burning for seventeen years.
5th October 2016
Hazel English - Control
For every ten thousand beach-pop bands who mumble their words and dodge purpose, there’s one Hazel English.
5th October 2016
Oliver Wilde - Good Kind Of Froze
A disorientating dip into a black hole, ‘A Good Kind Of Froze’ is Oliver Wilde at his most wonderfully weird.
5th October 2016
Sleigh Bells - I Can Only Stare
A punishing take on pop.
4th October 2016
Our Girl - Being Around
There’s a positive message resounding beneath this gem’s rough-hewn exterior.
4th October 2016
Solange - A Seat at the Table
4 Stars
Take a seat at the table, open your mind and let Solange tell her truth. It’s worth it.
3rd October 2016
Creeper - Suzanne
Flamboyant yet furious, their sky-high ambitions are threaded into every searing note.
3rd October 2016
You Me At Six - Plus One
There’s a darker side to ‘Plus One’ — one that finds You Me At Six lashing out at their surroundings like few in their position would ever dare to do.
3rd October 2016
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
4 Stars
Former The Walkmen and Vampire Weekend members capture the closeness and intimacy of a great collaboration on their first LP.
30th September 2016
Banks - The Altar
4 Stars
Discovering her true identity, LA star Banks also finds pop gold on ‘The Altar’.
30th September 2016
Ultimate Painting - Dusk
3 Stars
Fragments of thoughts and shadows of daily pursuits make up Jack Cooper and James Hoare’s new LP.
30th September 2016
Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life
3 Stars
Regina Spektor remains an unpredictable, intriguing artist on her new album.
30th September 2016
Pixies - Head Carrier
3 Stars
Pixies’ past remains a double-edged sword, but ‘Head Carrier’ is a step forwards.
30th September 2016
The Wytches - All Your Happy Life
4 Stars
Cult heroes The Wytches have cast another stellar spell.
30th September 2016
Mura Masa - Love$ick (ft. A$AP Rocky)
No revolutionary new angles come from this guest spot, but it’s a statement of intent all the same.
30th September 2016
Jagwar Ma - Slipping
Like Jagwar Ma’s best moments, ‘Slipping’ is free to explore.
30th September 2016
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
A newly-enraged Two Door have something to say, none more so than in the title-track for their new album.
30th September 2016
Bon Iver reinvents the wheel at surprise Berlin show
Justin Vernon and co. give a new spin to third album ’22, A MILLION’, with a special night at Berlin’s Michelberger hotel.
29th September 2016
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4 Stars
Exuding confidence at every turn, his ability to wrangle any sound into his warped world of hip hop is exhilarating.
28th September 2016
Grace Jones, Youth Man and HO99O9 among highlights at Afropunk London
Black joy is contained in the historic Alexandra Palace for the first ever Afropunk London.
28th September 2016
Catholic Action punch hard as they kick off UK tour at The Old Blue Last
This Glasgow four-piece are only getting started.
28th September 2016
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
4 Stars
Jenny Hval continues to experiment and cram her songs with context, but this is by no means a lofty record.
27th September 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.