Future Islands — The Far Field
4 Stars
It moves between trauma and joy in the same breath.
7th April 2017
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Methyl Ethel - Everything is Forgotten
4 Stars
An enigmatic record.
3rd March 2017
SOHN — Rennen
3 Stars
A spectrum that spans from stunning to forgettable.
13th January 2017
The Lemon Twigs — Do Hollywood
2 Stars
In an age where any era of music is within a second’s grasp, The Lemon Twigs’ reliance on nostalgia feels dated.
14th October 2016
D.D. Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
4 Stars
Oliver Hugh Perry’s well-travelled debut holds its identity despite all the ideas it’s binding together.
7th October 2016
Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
4 Stars
Waft away the fog and ‘A Corpse Wired For Sound’ harbours much more than simple 80s worship.
23rd September 2016
Tim Hecker — Love Streams
3 Stars
Hecker has once again shaped something that feels weighty and important, shafts of light illuminating the dark landscape.
8th April 2016
Liima — ii
3 Stars
It’s a project that serves as a refreshing dive into experimentation and spontaneity post-Efterklang.
18th March 2016
Daughter — Not To Disappear
5 Stars
Daughter’s signature is in how they balance the harshest of subject matters with groundbreaking beauty.
15th January 2016
Grimes — Art Angels
5 Stars
With her fourth album, Claire Boucher opens up a whole new realm of possibilities, and gives the middle finger to expectation in the process.
12th November 2015
EL VY — Return To The Moon
4 Stars
EL VY could have been many things for Matt Berninger but largely just exhibits him doing everything he does so well.
16th October 2015
Deerhunter — Fading Frontier
4 Stars
‘Fading Frontier’ draws a new line in the sand, and it could be the beginning of a more direct and big-thinking Deerhunter.
16th October 2015
Beirut — No No No
3 Stars
A familiar and easy-going album.
11th September 2015
Purity Ring — another eternity
3 Stars
It’s intriguing — if slightly disconcerting — to see Purity Ring in a warmer light.
27th February 2015
Ariel Pink — pom pom
2 Stars
Overbearing and frustrating from the get go, it feels like he’s taking the piss.
13th November 2014
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) — Soused
4 Stars
An album which pushes sound in ways that few dare.
18th October 2014
Merchandise — After The End
4 Stars
If the rhetoric around this record was about severe change, this is the rabbit in the hat, the proof that they don’t just talk the talk.
21st August 2014