The Bobby Lees — New Self
4 Stars
Some prime short, sharp catharsis.
12th June 2026
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Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar
4-5 Stars
Fresh, but also fundamentally themselves.
28th January 2026
La Dispute — No One Was Driving The Car
4-5 Stars
A thoughtful, powerful reflection on modern life.
4th September 2025
The Linda Lindas — No Obligation
4 Stars
Their continued growth is exciting to witness.
9th October 2024
Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven
4-5 Stars
An album that delivers the band’s most concise sound yet whilst never taking itself too seriously.
1st March 2024
Architects — the classic symptoms of a broken spirit
4 Stars
A band intently focused on the future and breaking through to the next level.
21st October 2022
Joyce Manor — 40 oz. to Fresno
3-5 Stars
Their rough-around-the-edges punk still strikes the right chords.
10th June 2022
The Linda Lindas — Growing Up
4 Stars
A record that reaches across the generational divide through both its mastery of sound and the universality of its stories.
8th April 2022
Adult Mom — Driver
4 Stars
If it were as easy as Adult Mom makes it sound to write pop gems this endearing in their honesty, everybody would be doing it.
4th March 2021
Architects — For Those That Wish To Exist
4 Stars
The bleaker things get, the stronger they emerge.
25th February 2021
Touché Amoré — Lament
4-5 Stars
Touché Amoré continue to reinvent the very foundations of hardcore.
8th October 2020
The Garden — Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
4 Stars
Interesting and genuine, but most importantly a lot of fun.
12th March 2020
The Menzingers — Hello Exile
4 Stars
They further hone their emotionally-tinged songwriting to depict the power of change.
3rd October 2019
Plague Vendor — By Night
4 Stars
Their experimental edge has been further honed and crafted.
21st June 2019
La Dispute — Panorama
4 Stars
Jordan Dreyer has become a master storyteller on this album.
22nd March 2019
Architects — Holy Hell
4 Stars
Powerfully honest and refreshingly unfiltered, beautifully crafted and distinctive.
8th November 2018
Joyce Manor — Million Dollars To Kill Me
3 Stars
In trying to expand their palate, their identity might just be starting to slip.
21st September 2018
Culture Abuse — Bay Dream
4 Stars
Their focus is squarely on the lovelier things in life.
15th June 2018
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die — Always Foreign
4 Stars
Album title aside, the seven-piece have never looked more at home.
29th September 2017
Joyce Manor — Cody
4 Stars
Joyce Manor’s new album finds them branching out and excelling every way they turn.
7th October 2016
The Garden — Haha
3 Stars
Sadistically teasing all essences of musical genres into a 17 track debut, ‘Haha’ has more than its fair share of insanity.
9th October 2015
Refused — Freedom
4 Stars
Persuasive, pummelling, precise. Refused are no longer fucking dead.
26th June 2015
Desaparecidos — Payola
4 Stars
This is an album designed to move people.
19th June 2015
Pianos Become The Teeth — Keep You
3 Stars
Pianos Becomes The Teeth’s blistering and retched emotional sound is at its most approachable.
24th October 2014