Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster
4-5 Stars
If there’s any shred of justice in the world, this is going to be a future emo classic.
Reviews
Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
4-5 Stars
It might be riddled with hurt but its takeaway feels a lot like hope.
mxmtoon - rising
4 Stars
A fresh and welcome face that disregards gatekeeping in favour of utilising nostalgia to captivate new audiences.
Flume - Palaces
4 Stars
This techno-charged offering upscales the drops, fidgety distortion and replay value that has proved a constant in his playbook.
Lykke Li - EYEYE
3-5 Stars
It finds its voice through an ever more personal lens, one that dials down the familiar ignitable fare in favour of intricate ambient spread.
Everything Everything - Raw Data Feel
3 Stars
Nearly as jumbled as what the band’s algorithm may have spat back at them first time around.
Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising
4 Stars
Body Type at their most cheeky, assertive, and forward-looking.
Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
4 Stars
A long-overdue homecoming.
Charlie Hickey - Nervous At Night
3-5 Stars
‘Nervous At Night’ places Charlie at a crossroads, largely in-keeping with its coming of age tale.
SOAK - If I Never Know You Like This Again
4 Stars
For anyone who finds comfort in revelling in stripped-back melancholy, it’s a dream.
Harry Styles - Harry’s House
4 Stars
While with one hand he’s exploring vivid lyrical micro-vignettes, he’s still obfuscating with the other.
Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever
4 Stars
A welcome shot of fairy-tale hedonism ripe for post-pandemic dancefloor indulgence.
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
4 Stars
It all feels remarkably familiar, but given the record’s pedigree, that’s far from a bad thing.
Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream Of Doors
4 Stars
His distinctive voice, ranging from guttural lows to a glittering falsetto, is the tool he uses to sculpt out his vast sonic vision.
Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter
5 Stars
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.
The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
3-5 Stars
This might actually be the most varied record they’ve made in a decade.
Mallrat - Butterfly Blue
4 Stars
The Brisbane-based songwriter takes steps towards a bigger amalgam of influences.
Arcade Fire - WE
4-5 Stars
These songs have a real and sincere heart.
Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
4-5 Stars
Ultimately an exercise in Sunflower Bean showing off that they can do just about everything well.
Warpaint - Radiate Like This
4 Stars
The more icy edges are rounded off in favour of softness and a nurturing sense of femininity.
My Chemical Romance give a lesson in mastery at first Milton Keynes show
Tonight’s show marks a most welcome return.
May 20, 2022 5:30pm
Wallice, Indigo De Souza, KEG and the greatest of The Great Escape 2022
Saddle up, here’s what you’ll be listening to over the next 12 months.
May 18, 2022 3:00pm
Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
4-5 Stars
Very much the most mature Sharon Van Etten offering to date - and perhaps the most musically accomplished, too.
Sigrid - How To Let Go
3-5 Stars
Sigrid is colliding with herself, accepting everything she is, the light and the dark.
Belle & Sebastian - A Bit Of Previous
4 Stars
When they’re serving up classical pop tracks this accomplished, it’s ground you’re delighted to hear them going back over.
Ibeyi - Spell 31
4 Stars
Exploring identities past and present playfully, and with immediacy.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms
4 Stars
An album that paves a sonically brighter and broader future ahead.