Local Natives - Sunlit Youth

4 Stars

On their third album, Local Natives show themselves to be a band evolving with grace and assuredness.

5th September 2016

Bastille - Wild World

4 Stars

Full of pomp and grandeur, Bastille’s second album is a bolder, more ambitious step-up from their debut.

5th September 2016

Partybaby - The Golden Age Of Bullshit

5 Stars

Partybaby step up to the plate; flag-bearers for a whole generation.

2nd September 2016

Zomby - Ultra

3 Stars

Zomby’s music continues to ask the question: in what setting is this actually playable?

2nd September 2016

Jamie T - Trick

3 Stars

‘Trick’ is the sound of a more carefree and content Jamie T, trying new things and seeing what sticks.

2nd September 2016

Beach Baby - No Mind No Money

4 Stars

The London garage-pop four-piece flourish when they’re at their most carefree.

2nd September 2016

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years

3 Stars

The Staten Island band’s new full-length is at its best when it doesn’t try so hard to push the boundaries.

2nd September 2016

Angel Olsen - My Woman

4 Stars

‘My Woman’ is Angel Olsen’s most compelling record to date.

1st September 2016

Izzy Bizu – A Moment of Madness

3 Stars

Isobel Beardshaw seventeen-track debut is a delightful albeit exhausting trip.

1st September 2016

Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words

4 Stars

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA spark an unlikely collaboration. The results are even more of a surprise.

26th August 2016

Happy Diving - Electric Soul Unity

3 Stars

The Oakland group’s second album on Topshelf Records is full of vibrancy and melody.

26th August 2016

Law Holt - City

4 Stars

Young Fathers-approved, Law Holt gives a similarly exciting spin to divine pop.

26th August 2016

The Parrots - Los Niños Sin Miedo

4 Stars

The Madrid garage-rock group’s frantic debut whisks you away to rock ​‘n’ roll tropics.

26th August 2016

Cass McCombs - Mangy Love

3 Stars

Turning to politics, Cass McCombs’ eighth full-length brings a soulful case for optimism in bleak circumstances.

26th August 2016

De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody…

3 Stars

Big name collaborations steal the show, while attempts to reinvent tend to fall flat.

26th August 2016

Glass Animals - How to be a Human Being

4 Stars

The Oxford group’s second album sees them shifting the paradigms of reality, with fireworks guaranteed.

25th August 2016

Frank Ocean - Blonde

4 Stars

Frank Ocean doesn’t have all the answers, and ​‘Blonde’’s brilliance comes from how content it is not knowing an absolute truth.

25th August 2016

Alex Cameron - Jumping the Shark

3 Stars

Alex Cameron is an oddball. And on his debut album, he mixes knowing references with deadpan humour.

19th August 2016

Crystal Castles - Amnesty (I)

3 Stars

While this record is an enjoyable nod to Crystal Castles’ legacy, it could have been a bolder introduction to their new line-up.

19th August 2016

Cold Pumas - The Hanging Valley

3 Stars

The Brighton via London group don’t reinvent a post-punk template on their new album. Instead, they repeat the claustrophobia of 2012 debut ​‘Persistent Malaise’.

19th August 2016

Slow Club - One Day All Of This Won’t Matter Anymore

3 Stars

Handing things over to the session band at Spacebomb studios, Slow Club have changed routine on their new album.

19th August 2016

Thom Sonny Green - High Anxiety

3 Stars

The Alt‑J drummer’s solo debut provides snapshots of nights out and new cities, life on the road in both beautiful and ugly forms.

19th August 2016

Factory Floor - 25 25

4 Stars

Factory Floor’s second album sounds as great in a bedroom as it would do in any sweaty nightclub.

19th August 2016

of Montreal - Innocence Reaches

2 Stars

Aiming for a more accessible sound, Kevin Barnes’ new, lighthearted record is an oddly frustrating listen.

12th August 2016