Picture Parlour — The Parlour
4 Stars
A commendable debut, demonstrating conceptual richness and hinting at immense potential.
12th November 2025
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The Last Dinner Party — From The Pyre
5 Stars
Both thematically and sonically richer.
15th October 2025
Lola Young — I’m Only F**king Myself
4-5 Stars
Piecing together exceptional art from personal turbulence and insecurity.
19th September 2025
Conan Gray — Wishbone
3-5 Stars
His not-quite-angst meets its musical equivalent in its not-quite-alternative sound.
13th August 2025
hard life — onion
2-5 Stars
A title which suggests multitudes, yet in reality — as with its edible namesake — just repeats more of the same.
16th July 2025
Kae Tempest — Self Titled
4-5 Stars
Easily his best and most unforgettable work to date.
2nd July 2025
Jacob Alon — In Limerence
4 Stars
Angelic and soul-bearing.
30th May 2025
L.Mayland — The Slow Fire Of Sleep
4 Stars
An intimate dialogue, with little left unsaid.
9th May 2025
FLO — Access All Areas
4-5 Stars
A definitive debut.
13th November 2024
Dora Jar — No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire
4 Stars
Dora Jar has one foot in singer-songwriter world and the other in pure pop, and it makes for an intriguing listen.
11th September 2024
English Teacher — This Could Be Texas
5 Stars
The opposite of a flash-in-the-pan buzz band; they’re a group really only just getting started.
10th April 2024
Yard Act — Where’s My Utopia?
4-5 Stars
As much a joy intellectually as it is musically.
1st March 2024
The Last Dinner Party — Prelude To Ecstasy
5 Stars
Sky-high, grandiose ambition that ties together lofty literary sentiment, cinematic sweeping theatricality and killer melodic indie hooks with an equal affinity for each.
31st January 2024
Easy Life — MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…
3 Stars
Easy Life have kicked up their feet on the hypothetical complimentary loungers and are breezing through this release.
7th October 2022
Sports Team — GULP!
3-5 Stars
A heft of new ammo for pint-flinging, moshpitting chaos on the dancefloor.
23rd September 2022
Marcus Mumford — (self-titled)
3 Stars
‘(self-titled)’ is Vegemite: the same, but different.
16th September 2022
Oh Wonder — 22 Make
3-5 Stars
While it’s not exactly straying too far from familiar sonic territory for the duo, it’s a heart-warming sentiment all the same.
22nd July 2022
Sigrid — How To Let Go
3-5 Stars
Sigrid is colliding with herself, accepting everything she is, the light and the dark.
6th May 2022
Ray BLK — Access Denied
4 Stars
It has proven itself every bit worth the wait.
15th September 2021
Easy Life - life’s a beach
4 Stars
Its lasting impact is its confrontation of depression and self-doubt.
7th May 2021
Flyte — This Is Really Going To Hurt
2 Stars
It doesn’t exactly say much about the group themselves.
8th April 2021
Ben Howard — Collections From The Whiteout
4 Stars
Melancholy, meticulous and achingly grand.
25th March 2021
BENEE — Hey u x
4 Stars
BENEE’s on to a winner.
12th November 2020
Dizzee Rascal — E3 AF
3-5 Stars
Dizzee remains in touch with the youthful verve of earlier efforts with ‘E3 AF’.
30th October 2020