Bully — SUGAREGG
4 Stars
Bully’s most compelling sound to date.
20th August 2020
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Washed Out — Purple Noon
3-5 Stars
A glacial melt of shimmering beauty, asking for attention and rewarding it with a kind of zen.
6th August 2020
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Sideways To New Italy
3-5 Stars
If you’re looking for a modern, uplifting celebration of all things riff, these boys have got your back.
4th June 2020
Moaning — Uneasy Laughter
3 Stars
The songs here mostly lack the sonic power and impact of those on its predecessor.
19th March 2020
The Homesick — The Big Exercise
3 Stars
There might just be a great record in them yet.
6th February 2020
Corridor — Junior
3 Stars
Often, it’s hard not to think that there’s something missing.
17th October 2019
Tacocat — This Mess Is A Place
3-5 Stars
A thread of hope and resilience runs through.
3rd May 2019
Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
4 Stars
Equal parts beautifully delicate and powerful.
5th April 2019
Perfect Son — Cast
3 Stars
He’s now fully embracing a dark, industrial indie sound.
15th February 2019
J Mascis — Elastic Days
4 Stars
Who could have predicted that he’d one day end up sounding quite this melodic.
8th November 2018
Cullen Omori - The Diet
3 Stars
Beauty out of bad times.
17th August 2018
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Hope Downs
4 Stars
Sunny, memorable hooks by the pound.
15th June 2018
Jo Passed — Their Prime
4 Stars
A brilliant and unexpected ride from start to finish.
25th May 2018
Forth Wanderers — Forth Wanderers
4 Stars
This lot are shooting for the premiership of American indie.
27th April 2018
King Tuff - The Other
4 Stars
An admittedly more muted and seasoned, but still measured, present-day evolution of King Tuff.
13th April 2018
Frankie Cosmos — Vessel
4 Stars
It’s the fuller pieces that make you want to keep coming back.
30th March 2018
Hot Snakes — Jericho Sirens
4 Stars
Hot Snakes throw a hell of a rock and roll party.
16th March 2018
Moaning — Moaning
3 Stars
You can’t help but feel that they’ve been beaten to the punch.
2nd March 2018
Bully — Losing
4 Stars
Both timely and cathartic.
20th October 2017
Wolf Parade — Cry Cry Cry
3 Stars
Brazen, boisterous music from a band happy to be back.
6th October 2017
METZ — Strange Peace
4 Stars
More intense, more melodic, more brutal, more confident.
22nd September 2017
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
3 Stars
Much like its companion, it’s an album that’s relatively restrained.
14th July 2017
Shabazz Palaces — Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
3 Stars
A tighter, less bombastic album than its predecessor.
14th July 2017
Pissed Jeans — Why Love Now
4 Stars
An urgent, hard-driving assault.
24th February 2017