Kevin Morby — Little Wide Open
4 Stars
The record’s strength lies in Kevin’s knack for turning simplicity into poignancy.
13th May 2026
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Dead Oceans
Mitski — Nothing’s About To Happen To Me
4 Stars
By balancing the mastery of her nostalgic sound with universally relatable lyrics, she turns the unlikely into generational truths.
26th February 2026
Wednesday — Bleeds
4 Stars
Full of the emotional heft they’ve already displayed a knack for conveying.
17th September 2025
Shame — Cutthroat
4-5 Stars
They’ve never sounded more self-assured.
3rd September 2025
MRCY — VOLUME 2
3-5 Stars
They’re showing their working out in song form, and it’s a thoroughly pleasant journey to follow.
29th May 2025
Jensen McRae — I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!
4-5 Stars
Channelling a sense of crystalline intimacy.
23rd April 2025
Scowl — Are We All Angels
4 Stars
Love it or hate it, one thing’s clear here: this band’s ambitions are soaring skyward.
4th April 2025
Japanese Breakfast — For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
5 Stars
Both a leap in musical maturity as well as a callback to vintage Japanese Breakfast.
19th March 2025
Bright Eyes — Five Dice, All Threes
4 Stars
The album’s title suggests consistency, but in fact, it is a thrillingly unpredictable musical journey.
18th September 2024
Mitski — The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
4-5 Stars
No other record today sounds so beautiful and full while being quite so sparse.
13th September 2023
Slowdive — everything is alive
4 Stars
It very much gives off the sense that the slower gestations lead to the richest rewards.
30th August 2023
Fenne Lily — Big Picture
3-5 Stars
A poignant glimpse into the uncertainty surrounding your whole life changing in front of you.
14th April 2023
Wednesday — Rat Saw God
3-5 Stars
While some of the stylistic variation here can feel disjointed at times, there’s plenty on offer to suggest a band on the rise
7th April 2023
Shame — Food for Worms
4-5 Stars
The sound of a band performing at the peak of their powers.
24th February 2023
Mitski — Laurel Hell
4-5 Stars
You can’t help but feel that it’s all one broken brick away from tumbling down, which is exactly why it plays out with such delicate urgency.
4th February 2022
Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee
5 Stars
From here on out, Japanese Breakfast can go anywhere and we’ll follow.
3rd June 2021
Shame — Drunk Tank Pink
4 Stars
Beefier, more confrontational, more dissonant than before.
14th January 2021
Fenne Lily — Breach
4 Stars
Nothing can stop Fenne Lily now.
17th September 2020
Bright Eyes — Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
4 Stars
At once bleak, grey and obsessed with morbidity, and lush, blooming and gorgeous, it’s great to have them back.
27th August 2020
Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
4-5 Stars
A clear step forward.
18th June 2020
Destroyer — Have We Met
3 Stars
He still has plenty to say and even more fantastical ways to say it.
30th January 2020
Bleached — Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
3 Stars
Doses of nostalgia all over the shop.
12th July 2019
Alex Lahey — The Best Of Luck Club
3-5 Stars
Despite an overall likeability and affable sheen — it’s a little flat.
15th May 2019
Kevin Morby — Oh My God
4 Stars
Kevin Morby is the enticingly enigmatic, suave singer-songwriter the 21st Century deserves.
26th April 2019