Contributor Nick Harris
Chet Faker - Hotel Surrender
It comes from a place of heartfelt truth, and reinvents itself throughout to suit.
July 15, 2021 7:57am
Master Peace - Public Display Of Affection
A flawless meeting of intention and execution.
July 1, 2021 7:59am
John Grant - Boy From Michigan
A self-portrait with a violent colour palette.
June 24, 2021 7:55am
Social Haul - Social Haul
It feels like the nascent trio haven’t spent enough time being a band to understand fully their own dynamic.
June 10, 2021 7:56am
Laundromat - Green
He has picked his hat, and now he shall wear it.
November 26, 2020 7:57am
Adrianne Lenker - Songs / Instrumentals
The title ‘songs’ betrays overwhelming modesty on Adrianne Lenker’s part.
October 22, 2020 7:59am
Clipping - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
They’ve taken all of their most powerful trademarks and pushed them to breaking point, and the result is nothing short of spectacular.
October 22, 2020 7:58am
James Dean Bradfield - Even In Exile
With more focus, this could have felt quite vital.
August 13, 2020 7:55am
All We Are - Providence
While reaching for style, it is only by exception that they achieve their usual substance.
August 13, 2020 7:53am
Washed Out - Purple Noon
A glacial melt of shimmering beauty, asking for attention and rewarding it with a kind of zen.
August 6, 2020 7:56am
Tracks: Billie Eilish, Bastille, Angel Olsen and more
The biggest and best tracks of the past week, rounded up and reviewed.
July 31, 2020 5:00pm
Drab City - Good Songs For Bad People
This is not an album of obvious blaring colours, but of a hypnotic dark swirl.
June 11, 2020 7:57am
Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
The title of this record is much like the music it bears - you squint at it for a minute, trying to work out what it means, and then suddenly it all makes sense.
May 28, 2020 7:55am
Tim Burgess - I Love The New Sky
There’s all the material here for a fantastic EP.
May 21, 2020 7:55am
TOPS - I Feel Alive
It’s the broadness of flavour on the album that is its main strength.
April 2, 2020 7:56am