Reviews / Album
Goat Girl - On All Fours
5 Stars
A triumph.
January 28, 2021 8:00am
Reviews / Album
Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
4 Stars
She makes light work of demonstrating exactly why the nation has become so invested in her art.
January 28, 2021 8:00am
Reviews / Album
Baio - Dead Hand Control
4 Stars
A hopeful document about finding peace even when the world is on fire.
January 28, 2021 7:57am
Reviews / Album
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility
2-5 Stars
It toggles between social awareness and slack harmonies in an interplay that never fully attains the unity it craves.
January 28, 2021 7:50am
Reviews / Live
Jockstrap, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard & more make for a memorable virtual edition of ESNS 2021
The Groningen festival’s online debut also featured highlights from Holly Humberstone, Jelani Blackman, The Cool Greenhouse and more.
January 21, 2021 4:25pm
Reviews / Album
Kiwi Jr - Cooler Returns
4 Stars
The sound of Kiwi Jr moving forwards, planting their own flag in the power-pop ground.
January 21, 2021 7:57am
Reviews / Album
Yung - Ongoing Dispute
3-5 Stars
This is no blistering return, but a pleasant one nonetheless.
January 21, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Lande Hekt - Going to Hell
4 Stars
A celebration of personal freedom.
January 21, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Lokoy - Badminton
3-5 Stars
Lasse Løkoy shows himself a deft hand at producing low-key bedroom pop.
January 21, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Bicep - Isles
4 Stars
It’s both a comfort and a lament.
January 21, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Still Corners - The Last Exit
3-5 Stars
Largely worthy of the cultural touchpoints it so proudly nods to.
January 21, 2021 7:55am
Reviews / Album
Lonely The Brave - The Hope List
3-5 Stars
Their brand of intense but atmospheric rock feels rejuvenating.
January 21, 2021 7:55am
Reviews / EP
Rose Gray - dancing, drinking, talking, thinking
3-5 Stars
It marks Rose’s out as a name to watch.
January 21, 2021 7:54am
Reviews
Ashnikko - Demidevil
4 Stars
Ten tracks of orgasm-loving, empowering anthems, that pack a punch musically as well as lyrically.
January 14, 2021 8:00am
Reviews / Album
Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
4 Stars
Beefier, more confrontational, more dissonant than before.
January 14, 2021 7:58am
Reviews / Album
You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH
3-5 Stars
It’s a version of You Me At Six we’ve never seen before, and it’s certainly bold.
January 14, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Buck Meek - Two Saviors
3-5 Stars
A soothing antidote to literally everything else 2020 has thrown our way.
January 14, 2021 7:55am
Reviews / Album
Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
2 Stars
Not one for anyone who’s not already won over by the pair’s particular charms.
January 14, 2021 7:50am
Reviews / Album
Lice - WASTELAND: What Ails Our People Is Clear
4 Stars
A collection of biting, esoteric hymns that readily combine the earthly and the cosmic.
January 7, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / Album
Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz
3-5 Stars
A document of a band that are perhaps more in limbo than they might first appear.
January 6, 2021 7:56am
Reviews / EP
Another Sky - Music For Winter Vol. 1
3-5 Stars
Epressing bleakness in a way that is itself engaging is not an easy feat, and this EP is a commendable attempt.
December 31, 2020 8:00am
Reviews / Album
Paul McCartney - McCartney III
4 Stars
A more than worthy third prong of the trilogy.
December 17, 2020 7:58am
Reviews / Live
Gorillaz, Song Machine: Live from Kong
All in, it’s classic Gorillaz: a mixed bag mostly stuffed with delights, that fares extremely favourably on the banger to clanger ratio.
December 15, 2020 10:45am
Reviews / Album
Taylor Swift - evermore
4-5 Stars
Both albums showcase Taylor as an unrivalled lyrical force.
December 14, 2020 10:33am
Reviews / Album
The Kills - Little Bastards
4 Stars
There’s more than enough here to hopefully switch a new generation onto the main event.
December 10, 2020 7:07pm
