Childhood, Oslo, London
Each colourful chord passes through the audience like a wave of caramel — if we weren’t so sticky it might have been quite romantic.
17th August 2014
Reviews
Luke Sital-Singh - The Fire Inside
2 Stars
If he’s trying to say something significant, it’s all rather swamped by faux-poetics.
15th August 2014
JJ - V
3 Stars
A consistently strong listen, albeit a somewhat uneventful one.
15th August 2014
Celebration - Albumin
2 Stars
An album which appears to lack the punch and creativity needed to be anything more than second rate.
14th August 2014
Flow Festival 2014
Without a doubt one of the most unique experiences in live music today.
14th August 2014
Slint, Brixton Electric, London
The sound tonight is especially below par, but it’s hard to imagine a live space that could truly do Slint justice.
14th August 2014
Electric Würms - Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk
3 Stars
Their six meticulously constructed psychedelic soundscapes that drag you along on their intoxicating journey are, more than anything, relentless.
13th August 2014
Beacons Festival 2014
A vibrant microcosm of new music nestled amongst the sleepy rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales.
13th August 2014
Kero Kero Bonito - Sick Beat
Given this is a song about kicking someone’s arse on a computer game, ‘Sick Beat’’s best approached like a Tekken opponent.
13th August 2014
Alt-J - Every Other Freckle
‘Every Other Freckle’ is weird. Then again, Alt‑J always have been, and each time round they get away with it.
13th August 2014
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
4 Stars
He pays homage to the greats rather than replicate them.
13th August 2014
Bring Me The Horizon, Wembley Arena, London
A finely tuned torpedo of forward-thinking heaviness.
12th August 2014
Jamie T - Zombie
A song that gloriously skanks its way into the afterlife.
12th August 2014
Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me
Simple on the outside but burrowed in depth, this could easily be her biggest single yet.
12th August 2014
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
4 Stars
Near 40 minutes of slow and sweaty seduction executed exquisitely by weeping guitar.
12th August 2014
Pop Montréal 2014
You’ll go for the music, stay for the atmosphere and fall in love with the place. Just remember to pack a coat.
10th August 2014
Raury, The Red Gallery, London
Zigzagging from Queen covers to impromptu signings to actual mini-triumphs, this unpredictable Atlanta newcomer is destined for stardom.
10th August 2014
Manchester Orchestra, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
It’s in their live shows that the transformation into headbanging rock magnates is most abundantly clear.
10th August 2014
Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals
3 Stars
An album of slightly ramshackle, slightly eccentric psychedelic pop.
6th August 2014
Oscar - Be Good
Washed with a duvet-day vibe and stuffed full of quality hooks.
6th August 2014
The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
3 Stars
The atmospheric, expansive sound signals a progression in in favour of a more nuanced approach.
6th August 2014
Childhood - Lacuna
4 Stars
As catchy as it is woozy.
5th August 2014
Kiasmos - Burnt
‘Burnt’ seems to exude glacial coolness and heat at the same time, like an all-night party in a Scandinavian Ice Hotel
5th August 2014
FKA Twigs - LP1
4 Stars
Clarity is shunned for something more confounding, more intoxicating.
5th August 2014
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.