Rudi Zygadlo - Lily
Rudi Zygadlo has affirmed his position as a very exciting electro-pop artist.
18th June 2014
Reviews
Superfood - Right On Satellite
A great big playground chant that invites your voicebox round for a nice cuppa.
18th June 2014
Nao & A. K Paul - So Good
Jai Paul’s brother guests alongside sugar-tongued newcomer Nao on this impressive get-together.
18th June 2014
HUNTAR - Naked Noises
Whichever way HUNTAR eventually turns, he’s clearly a master of his craft.
18th June 2014
Mastodon - Once More ‘Round The Sun
4 Stars
Despite becoming one of the biggest metal bands around, Mastodon manage to keep much of the same edge as an underground band.
17th June 2014
Girl Band, The Shacklewell Arms, London
Girl Band are the most excitingly visceral new band about at the moment.
16th June 2014
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Given longevity ‘Tough Love’ exposes itself as a potentially special song.
16th June 2014
Lone - Reality Testing
4 Stars
It’s Cutler’s wild imaginations being given their own space.
13th June 2014
The Antlers - Familiars
4 Stars
Not only hauntingly beautiful, but more than rewards.
13th June 2014
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
4 Stars
She’s a Wes Anderson character that’s wound up in a David Lynch film, and she knows it.
13th June 2014
Parklife 2014
Parklife always seems to pull itself out of the mire and deliver something incredibly satisfying.
13th June 2014
Ara Koufax - Converge
Australia’s latest, shadowed electronic export make time stand still on their debut.
13th June 2014
Cerebral Ballzy - Jaded & Faded
4 Stars
They’re dirtier, filthier, meaner, and more visceral and raw than ever before.
12th June 2014
White Lung - Deep Fantasy
4 Stars
White Lung’s snarliest and most bloodthirsty record to date.
12th June 2014
GEMS - Scars
GEMS’ success looks nothing other than carved in (precious) stone.
12th June 2014
Shura, Studio Space, London
Her debut UK show, this is a masterclass in tension and restraint from start to finish.
11th June 2014
Luke Abbott - Free Migration
‘Free Migration’ is an exercise in liberation, and it’s pulled off with serious style.
11th June 2014
Gerard Way - Action Cat
Less driving power pop, more a runaway Delorean doing donuts at 88mph across the Nevada desert.
11th June 2014
Lower - Seek Warmer Climes
3 Stars
A dizzying display of post-hardcore tinged no wave that scrunches up your senses and then obliterates them for good measure.
10th June 2014
Goat, Roundhouse, London
Whether it be the result of black magic or otherwise, Goat’s crowning performance tonight is nothing short of sublime.
10th June 2014
Jack Garratt, The Basement, London
Picked notes flutter like bees’ wings, flanged basslines wob-wob like sweltering jelly.
10th June 2014
The Horrors, Troxy, London
Not one speck of nostalgia arrives during tonight’s show. This is future music, destined for higher climes.
10th June 2014
Spoon - Rent I Pay
Spoon can still jostle with the best of them.
10th June 2014
Boris - Noise
4 Stars
A singularly intense and essential album.
9th June 2014
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