4 Stars
Coach Party - After Party
With a knack for a chorus, and hooks aplenty, they really should be on your must-see list this summer.
13th April 2021
4 Stars Album & EP Reviews
4 Stars
CLAMM - Beseech Me
No needless experimentation, no ballads, no fancy time signatures, just ten classic punk rock stompers.
9th April 2021
4 Stars
Benny Sings - Music
Clean listening at its finest.
9th April 2021
4 Stars
Sorry - Twixtustwain
Just another notch in the belt of this outfit who seldom put a foot wrong.
6th April 2021
4 Stars
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
There’s a charming purity that runs through the record.
2nd April 2021
4 Stars
Nasty Cherry - The Movie
It’s like everything that has come before was just the pilot, and now it’s time for the real show.
2nd April 2021
4 Stars
The Natvral - Tethers
One of the most remarkable transformations we’ve seen from a songwriter in recent years.
2nd April 2021
4 Stars
GHLOW - Slash And Burn
If this is what the apocalypse sounds like, then count us in.
2nd April 2021
4 Stars
Ryley Walker - Course In Fable
A typically intricate affair.
2nd April 2021
4 Stars
Ġenn - Liminal
A record that gallops rather than canters.
30th March 2021
4 Stars
NewDad - Waves
In taking their time, NewDad deliver with notable confidence.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
serpentwithfeet - DEACON
‘DEACON’ looks for hope in love, much like in the spirituality that birthed it.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
Tune-Yards - sketchy.
Frenetic and fizzy.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
Bull - Discover Effortless Living
A guitar-wielding force to be reckoned with.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
Melancholy, meticulous and achingly grand.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
Xiu Xiu - OH NO
It’s unlikely to win them any new followers, but existing fans won’t be disappointed.
26th March 2021
4 Stars
Pixey - Free To Live In Colour
A solid introduction to a sparky new pop personality, and a perfect antidote to those winter chills.
24th March 2021
4 Stars
Chad VanGaalen - World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener
His cartoonish appetite for invention remains intact.
19th March 2021
4 Stars
Black Honey - Written & Directed
It sees the quartet evolving into the rock outfit they’d always threatened to be.
19th March 2021
4 Stars
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
He plays well with dark and sinister, throwing theatrical voice in a musical hall of mirrors with real versatility.
5th March 2021
4 Stars
Adult Mom - Driver
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.
5th March 2021
4 Stars
Zara Larsson - Poster Girl
Pure pop escapism.
5th March 2021
4 Stars
Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
The vivid, often lurid portraits Aidan Moffat paints of the society around him feel more vital than ever.
5th March 2021
4 Stars
Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
Raw and uncompromising, yet always harbouring a degree of melody.
26th February 2021
4 Stars
Sydney Sprague - maybe i will see you at the end of the world
It unravels in waves of angst, reflection and dark humour.
26th February 2021
4 Stars
Deap Vally - Digital Dream
As stop-gap releases go, this is a gem.
26th February 2021
4 Stars
Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist
The bleaker things get, the stronger they emerge.
26th February 2021
4 Stars
Lava La Rue - Butter-Fly
It shows off a versatility that cements the artist as one to watch for 2021.
19th February 2021