Death Cab For Cutie — I Built You A Tower
4-5 Stars
Punchier and more immediate than much of what has come before.
5th June 2026
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Sean Solomon — The World Is Not Good Enough
3-5 Stars
Simultaneously sweet and pained, weaving tales with unexpected poignancy.
15th April 2026
Snocaps — Snocaps
4 Stars
At once nostalgic and enchanting.
31st October 2025
Sam Akpro - Evenfall
4 Stars
Gloomy and often claustrophobic – much like the city that birthed it – ‘Evenfall’ is an intricate snapshot.
26th March 2025
Japandroids — Fate & Alcohol
3-5 Stars
The exuberance of old remains, but it’s tempered with a new self-awareness.
16th October 2024
Christian Lee Hutson — Paradise Pop. 10
4 Stars
Wistful and tenderly so.
27th September 2024
Waxahatchee — Tigers Blood
4-5 Stars
A showcase of Katie Crutchfield at the peak of her powers.
20th March 2024
Madi Diaz — Weird Faith
4 Stars
Truly cathartic, with her sense of self reaffirmed.
7th February 2024
Half Waif — Mythopoetics
4-5 Stars
Both more freeing and deeply personal.
8th July 2021
Fleet Foxes — Shore
4 Stars
A hopeful return to origins.
25th September 2020
Lido Pimienta — Miss Colombia
3-5 Stars
A vibrant, accessible introduction to her boundary-defying body of work.
16th April 2020
M Ward — Migration Stories
4 Stars
It might be his most impressionistic yet.
2nd April 2020
The Drums - Brutalism
3 Stars
It’s missing some of The Drums’ lo-fi charm.
5th April 2019
Cass McCombs — Tip of the Sphere
4 Stars
A near-flawless documentation of the end of times.
8th February 2019
Girlpool — What Chaos Is Imaginary
3 Stars
A multidimensional, multi-faceted affair, full of fragile introspection and meandering guitars.
1st February 2019
Richard Reed Parry — Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1
3 Stars
You can’t help but marvel at its ambition.
21st September 2018
Mothers — Render Another Ugly Method
4 Stars
Not always uplifting, but it consistently delivers.
7th September 2018
Deafheaven — Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
4 Stars
Deafheaven finally look comfortable in their many different skins, their opposing worlds gliding together seamlessly.
5th July 2018
The Drums — Abysmal Thoughts
4 Stars
A tightly wound, intimate record.
16th June 2017
Girlpool — Powerplant
3 Stars
Just as affecting and crushing as its predecessor.
12th May 2017
Cameron Avery — Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
3 Stars
It’s hard not to fall head over heels for his honest charms.
10th March 2017
Japandroids — Near to the Wild Heart of Life
3 Stars
Their first release in four years finds the desert drag-racing duo letting off the gas a little.
27th January 2017
Cass McCombs — Mangy Love
3 Stars
Turning to politics, Cass McCombs’ eighth full-length brings a soulful case for optimism in bleak circumstances.
26th August 2016