M(h)aol — Something Soft
4 Stars
It refuses to let up from its scorching ferocity.
14th May 2025
Labels
Merge
Mary Timony — Untame The Tiger
4 Stars
A stirring reminder of her singular ability as a guitarist and songwriter.
21st February 2024
Ibibio Sound Machine — Electricity
4 Stars
A blitzing disco-ball of a record.
25th March 2022
Torres — Thirstier
4 Stars
Trying on so many different costumes suits her.
29th July 2021
Will Butler — Generations
4-5 Stars
What unites the record is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.
24th September 2020
Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud
4-5 Stars
It chronicles not just the journey but the revelations of love, life and death that comes with it.
26th March 2020
Torres — Silver Tongue
4 Stars
Her most complete and consistent yet.
30th January 2020
Gauche — A People’s History Of Gauche
3-5 Stars
Gauche take no issue with exposing some of the less desirable features of modern life.
12th July 2019
Titus Andronicus — An Obelisk
3 Stars
If you’re partial to a bit of blue-collar punk, this is likely to be right up your street.
21st June 2019
Ibibio Sound Machine — Doko Mien
3 Stars
The tunes are still busy and layered, but every element of them serves a purpose.
22nd March 2019
Ex Hex — It’s Real
4 Stars
Every bit as essential as last time out.
21st March 2019
Bob Mould — Sunshine Rock
4 Stars
A taut collection that fits timelessly into his ever-expanding legacy.
8th February 2019
Sneaks — Highway Hypnosis
4 Stars
An alien world of feelings and sounds that are clandestine and strange and odd but oddly liberating.
25th January 2019
Fucked Up — Dose Your Dreams
4 Stars
As beautiful as it is disarming.
5th October 2018
Swearin’ — Fall Into The Sun
4 Stars
The best Swearin’ record yet.
5th October 2018
Waxahatchee — Great Thunder
3 Stars
Plenty here for those wanting a return to her acoustic roots.
7th September 2018
Titus Andronicus — A Productive Cough
2 Stars
Completely without inspiration.
2nd March 2018
Ought — Room Inside The World
4 Stars
Their richest, greatest work yet.
16th February 2018
Superchunk — What A Time To Be Alive
3 Stars
A record which wears its heart on its sleeve.
16th February 2018
Waxahatchee — Out In The Storm
4 Stars
The record provides one of the most satisfying pinnacles of the year.
10th July 2017
Allison Crutchfield — Tourist in this Town
3 Stars
A record that gets under your skin in ways only a Crutchfield can.
27th January 2017
Hiss Golden Messenger — Heart Like a Levee
3 Stars
DC Taylor’s new album saves many of its treasures for the final stretch.
7th October 2016