Jessy Lanza - Oh No
3 Stars
The experimental producer’s latest brings excitement, energy and openings for new paths.
12th May 2016
Album Reviews
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
5 Stars
After years doing their own thing, it’s as if the members of Radiohead have locked limbs once more for a bigger cause.
11th May 2016
Death Grips – Bottomless Pit
4 Stars
Experimental noise-makers rise from the dead in style.
11th May 2016
Oscar - Cut and Paste
4 Stars
The country’s leading specialist when it comes to beaming pop tunes served sunny side-up.
11th May 2016
Eagulls - Ullages
4 Stars
Their debut documented pure, unrelenting struggle. ‘Ullages’ finds a way out.
10th May 2016
James Blake - The Colour In Anything
4 Stars
Blake’s personality is encased within ‘The Colour In Anything’.
9th May 2016
Yak - Alas Salvation
5 Stars
‘Alas Salvation’ is the debut of the year so far, make no mistake.
9th May 2016
Julianna Barwick - Will
3 Stars
Despite experimenting, Barwick never loses sight of a pop sensibility.
6th May 2016
LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
3 Stars
Despite complexities, the heart of LUH’s debut is touchingly simple — two people standing up against the world.
6th May 2016
Chris Cohen - As If Apart
3 Stars
The Los Angeles musician devotes takes every bit of his inspiration from the sun in the sky.
6th May 2016
Kaytranada - 99.9%
3 Stars
The Canadian producer stamps his trademark on skittering, inventive electronics.
6th May 2016
ANOHNI - Hopelessness
3 Stars
Tackling politics in music is like approaching a trap door, but ANOHNI brings a different skill.
6th May 2016
Ry X - Dawn
4 Stars
‘Dawn’ is the debut Ry Cuming can truly treasure.
6th May 2016
White Lung - Paradise
4 Stars
This is a beautiful vision of 22nd Century punk.
5th May 2016
Drake - Views
3 Stars
A showcase of Drake as so much more than just a dancefloor filling meme machine.
3rd May 2016
Brian Eno - The Ship
3 Stars
Musically the album sees Eno creating a sound that’s frequently panoramic and dislocating.
29th April 2016
Beyoncé - Lemonade
4 Stars
Far from just being an oh-no-he-didn’t tour de force, ‘Lemonade’ matches context with real substance.
27th April 2016
Katy B - Honey
3 Stars
The Londoner’s collaborative hotch-potch of underground talents doesn’t lend itself to consistency.
22nd April 2016
Pity Sex - White Hot Moon
3 Stars
The grind of day-to-day life is drowned out in a synthesis of reflection on the Michigan group’s latest.
22nd April 2016
SALES - SALES
4 Stars
SALES have a gift for appearing both shy and direct.
21st April 2016
Suuns - Hold/Still
3 Stars
It’s an album that boasts all the tools, from impenetrable denseness to intimidating stillness.
15th April 2016
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
3 Stars
There’s a crispness to ‘Singing Saw’ that must be similar to the air after rain in Mount Washington.
15th April 2016
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - PersonA
3 Stars
In its own terms, ‘PersonA’ is largely an impressive album but there’s still some way to go yet.
15th April 2016
Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
4 Stars
In ‘Crab Day’, her tilted ear for expression continues to rule the roost, with her compositions only growing more dissonant.
15th April 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.