5 Stars
Little Simz - No Thank You
A ferocious current runs through even the most muted moments.
12th December 2022
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5 Stars
SZA – SOS
The drought may be over, but SZA left no crumbs.
9th December 2022
5 Stars
404 Guild - False Dawn
At once bleak, beautiful, emotionally charged and completely heartbreaking.
9th December 2022
5 Stars
Crawlers - Loud Without Noise
Wildly ambitious, it works to showcase perfectly why the Merseysiders have garnered such a fervent fanbase to date – and just how far they could go.
4th November 2022
5 Stars
Lowertown - I Love To Lie
‘I Love To Lie’ deserves its space among 2022’s most interesting debuts.
21st October 2022
5 Stars
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
It turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2.0 is exactly what 2022 needs.
30th September 2022
5 Stars
Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
An eclectic palette of bombastic, heart-on-sleeve euphoric pop and angsty dancefloor fillers.
16th September 2022
5 Stars
Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard
Oliver takes on both past and present realities with a candour that surprises even him.
9th September 2022
5 Stars
Jamie T - The Theory of Whatever
Proof that you can grow up gracefully with every inch of your vibrancy still intact.
22nd July 2022
5 Stars
Minions: The Rise Of Gru OST
Tune in, turn up and bask in its sunny disposition.
1st July 2022
5 Stars
Nova Twins - Supernova
The duo are at the centre of a brightly burning, ever-expanding sonic explosion, all of their own making.
17th June 2022
5 Stars
Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter
Change, escape and identity are not easy things to navigate, and ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is the dark, unsettling, sprawling beauty that comes out of it.
13th May 2022
5 Stars
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
It’s heavy, but never heavy-going.
22nd April 2022
5 Stars
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Packed with righteous middle fingers and playful bon mots.
8th April 2022
5 Stars
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
It feels like an album not caught in time, instead spanning and encompassing it.
25th March 2022
5 Stars
Shamir - Heterosexuality
The record bounds between unfaltering self-belief and fundamental pain.
11th February 2022
5 Stars
Yard Act - The Overload
Brilliantly constructed to unfurl like some sordid soap opera of Brexit Britain.
21st January 2022
5 Stars
Snail Mail - Valentine
A record as hopeful as it is bittersweet.
5th November 2021
5 Stars
The Horrors - Against The Blade
A party, but make it sinister.
5th November 2021
5 Stars
Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
Powerful to the last drop.
22nd October 2021
5 Stars
Joy Crookes - Skin
Joy Crookes, by rights, should be riding ‘Skin’ into the big leagues.
15th October 2021
5 Stars
Poppy - Flux
To put it simply, it’s a great rock album.
24th September 2021
5 Stars
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
If ‘GREY Area’ saw Simz come-of-age as a rapper, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ is Simz making her first long-lasting artistic stamp on the zeitgeist.
3rd September 2021
5 Stars
Chvrches - Screen Violence
Their most euphoric rallying cry to date.
27th August 2021
5 Stars
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Not just a triumph in progressing a signature sound into new territories, but a lesson in how to own your reality with confidence and class.
30th July 2021
5 Stars
Creeper - American Noir
What could feel frivolous brims instead with creative brilliance.
30th July 2021
5 Stars
Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
A career-defining return that most artists can only dream of; pure synth-pop ecstasy.
2nd July 2021
5 Stars
KennyHoopla - SURVIVORS GUILT: THE MIXTAPE
A head-rush of a collection in the best possible way, whoever paired this duo up deserves a medal.
11th June 2021