PVA - Blush
4 Stars
A collection of wonderful and curious songs perfect for soundtracking that 3am dancefloor feeling — or maybe just your nightmares.
14th October 2022
Reviews
Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room
4 Stars
‘Quiet The Room’ leans heavily on folk, yet in style it embodies something entirely different.
14th October 2022
The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language
4 Stars
There is something strangely satisfying about its consistency and confidence.
14th October 2022
The Big Moon - Here Is Everything
4-5 Stars
For a band who’ve always been about big, fuzzy feelings, it makes sense that the biggest feelings of all should suit them so well.
14th October 2022
Tove Lo - Dirt Femme
4-5 Stars
Tove’s now able to flex her songwriting as she wishes. And it’s more than fruitful.
14th October 2022
Chloe Moriondo - Suckerpunch
3 Stars
There are plenty of good ideas across ‘Suckerpunch’. It just could’ve done with fewer bad ones.
7th October 2022
Broken Bells - Into The Blue
3-5 Stars
Like the pair swapping mixtapes; a little ‘60s psych here, some ‘70s soul there, with a smidge of ‘80s R&B; between.
7th October 2022
Gilla Band - Most Normal
4 Stars
Uneasy and unpredictable, yet invigorating.
7th October 2022
Alvvays - Blue Rev
4 Stars
Boy do Alvvays know how to make a broken heart sound ever so sweet.
7th October 2022
Sorry - Anywhere But Here
4 Stars
It reeks of cobbled back alleys, underground dive bars and flickering streetlights, yet with a playful nod and an unmistakable affection.
7th October 2022
Easy Life - MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…
3 Stars
Easy Life have kicked up their feet on the hypothetical complimentary loungers and are breezing through this release.
7th October 2022
Jean Dawson - CHAOS NOW*
4-5 Stars
“Fuck y’all looking at?” asks the intro. A superstar, is the answer.
7th October 2022
FLOHIO - Out Of Heart
4-5 Stars
For a record born of fatigue and exhaustion, she imbues a renewing sense of urgency to each bar she delivers.
7th October 2022
Shygirl - Nymph
4 Stars
Ultimately, ‘Nymph’ is a climax – a culmination of years of experimental foreplay – that puts Shygirl on the map as one of the UK’s freshest voices.
30th September 2022
Pixies - Doggerel
4 Stars
Cynicism at the door, ‘Doggerel’ is an enjoyable – and exciting – listen.
30th September 2022
Reeperbahn Festival 2022
Look back on the action from DIY’s stage at Molotow and more.
30th September 2022
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
5 Stars
It turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2.0 is exactly what 2022 needs.
30th September 2022
Alex G - God Save The Animals
4 Stars
An album that encapsulates his weird and beautiful world.
23rd September 2022
Courting - Guitar Music
4 Stars
A thematically poignant, lyrically sharp and sonically surprising statement piece.
23rd September 2022
Sorcha Richardson - Smiling Like An Idiot
3-5 Stars
It takes as much from the healing powers of time and reflection as it does from the starry-eyed heat of the moment.
23rd September 2022
Sports Team - GULP!
3-5 Stars
A heft of new ammo for pint-flinging, moshpitting chaos on the dancefloor.
23rd September 2022
Crack Cloud - Tough Baby
4-5 Stars
Like watching a wound open, flowers growing out of it.
16th September 2022
Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
4 Stars
A record that finds its voice in emerging into musical freedoms found in separation.
16th September 2022
Djo - DECIDE
4 Stars
It’s long been clear that the artist has the musical chops to match his acting prowess and here it’s no different.
16th September 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.