Reviews
March 2018
2nd March
Album Review
4 Stars
Camp Cope - How To Socialise and Make Friends
If Camp Cope’s debut introduced the garage rockers as serious ones to watch, this cements them as essential.
Album Review
4 Stars
Lucy Dacus - Historian
She strengthens her already taut grip on rustling, soul-blemished rock.
Album Review
3 Stars
Moaning - Moaning
You can’t help but feel that they’ve been beaten to the punch.
Album Review
4 Stars
Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
First and foremost, riotously good fun.
Album Review
4 Stars
Soccer Mommy - Clean
Sophie Allison shoots, and she scores.
Album Review
3 Stars
Superorganism - Superorganism
Every song is born from the same basic stem cells; fuelled by the same thirst for weirdness.
Album Review
3 Stars
The Breeders - All Nerve
There are moments where the magic of this iconic incarnation of the band feels recaptured.
Album Review
4 Stars
The Men - Drift
Wilfully experimental and typically fluid.
Album Review
2 Stars
Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough
Completely without inspiration.
9th March
Album Review
3 Stars
David Byrne - American Utopia
Much like the United States itself right now, ‘American Utopia’ isn’t a complete paradise.
Album Review
3 Stars
Editors - Violence
At times it makes a case for a return to the spotlight.
Album Review
4 Stars
Gengahr - Where Wildness Grows
An ode to patience, determination and second chances.
Album Review
4 Stars
Liza Anne - Fine But Dying
A comforting weapon against the turbulence of the human mind.
Album Review
4 Stars
Nervus - Everything Dies
A rousing collection.
Album Review
2 Stars
of Montreal - White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood
A rich but straggling album.
Album Review
4 Stars
Pillow Queens - State of the State
Pillow Queens could well be your new favourite band.
Album Review
4 Stars
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
In dodging expectations once again, they continue to triumph.
16th March
Album Review
4 Stars
Albert Hammond Jr - Francis Trouble
It rings with renewed energy.
Album Review
4 Stars
Black Foxxes - Reiði
An awakening from the bleak nature of their debut.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
Hot Snakes throw a hell of a rock and roll party.
Album Review
4 Stars
Nakhane - You Will Not Die
A multi-faceted and fascinating introduction.
Album Review
3 Stars
The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
It too often drifts back into old habits.
Album Review
5 Stars
The Magic Gang - The Magic Gang
A debut that’ll be remembered as a milestone moment in years to come.
Album Review
3 Stars
Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On
Quietly overwhelming.
23rd March
Album Review
5 Stars
Demob Happy - Holy Doom
‘Holy Doom’ knows its aim, and proceeds to execute its harmony-drenched rock prowls flawlessly.
Album Review
4 Stars
George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's
Escapism is the order of the day.
Album Review
4 Stars
Jack White - Boarding House Reach
Jack is and always has been a true weirdo with a brain that operates like no other. And here, he’s on gloriously eccentric form.
Album Review
4 Stars
Preoccupations - New Material
Arguably the most whole and complete Preoccupations release to date.
Album Review
4 Stars
Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo In Blue
They progress leaps and bounds on from the foundations of their debut.
30th March
Album Review
4 Stars
Frankie Cosmos - Vessel
It’s the fuller pieces that make you want to keep coming back.
Album Review
4 Stars
Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden
Tender without being twee, this debut LP captures a moment that’s both genuine and touching.
Album Review
4 Stars
Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever
As courageous and fun as any debut.
Album Review
4 Stars
The Vaccines - Combat Sports
The excitement, freedom, and, perhaps, relief of a band rejuvenated.
Album Review
4 Stars
The Voidz - Virtue
A mad experiment of throwing a thousand things at the wall.
