LVL UP — Return to Love
3 Stars
Influences are proudly declared like proclamations of love on LVL UP’s third album.
22nd September 2016
Labels
Sub Pop
The Gotobeds — Blood // Sugar // Secs // Traffic
3 Stars
Sub Pop’s latest signings have delivered a smart, sharp record to soundtrack the end of the world.
8th June 2016
So Pitted — neo
3 Stars
This is an offensive blitz into the unknown with occasional hints that So Pitted might be onto something.
12th February 2016
Low — Ones and Sixes
3 Stars
‘Ones and Sixes’ sounds a little too familiar, but the trio are playing to their strengths.
11th September 2015
Metz — II
5 Stars
A direct, gut-punching affair.
3rd May 2015
Doldrums — The Air Conditioned Nightmare
4 Stars
A slightly more subdued affair, though there’s plenty of melodies within the chaos.
4th April 2015
Avi Buffalo — At Best Cuckold
3 Stars
While ‘Avi Buffalo’ was a believable if self-indulgent debut, its successor doesn’t quite sit right.
2nd September 2014
J Mascis — Tied to a Star
3 Stars
A release for the hardcore fans.
19th August 2014
Shabazz Palaces — Lese Majesty
3 Stars
If anyone is splintering hip-hop into a collage of strange pieces, shaping a genre into the complete opposite of a mirror’s image, it’s Shabazz Palaces.
23rd July 2014
clipping. — CLPPNG
4 Stars
The thing that makes ‘CLPPNG’ so appealing isn’t how it subverts norms; it’s how it embraces them.
3rd June 2014