Lust for Youth - Compassion
3 Stars
It’s a purposeful record that shows a trio holding on to the makings of something quite special.
18th March 2016
Album Reviews
Primal Scream - Chaosmosis
4 Stars
More than anything it proves that having fun and doing exactly what you feel like is never going out of style.
18th March 2016
Liima - ii
3 Stars
It’s a project that serves as a refreshing dive into experimentation and spontaneity post-Efterklang.
18th March 2016
HÆLOS - Full Circle
3 Stars
A nightcrawling, adventurous beast only faulted by its tendency to play the same hand.
17th March 2016
The KVB - Of Desire
3 Stars
There’s no doubting the precision of the songwriting, as each song digs its way into your brain.
11th March 2016
Jeremy Gara - Limn
3 Stars
It’s a convincing artistic undertaking providing an interesting insight into Gara’s creative threads.
11th March 2016
The Range - Potential
4 Stars
There’s a deft and distinctive rawness to what The Range does.
11th March 2016
Alessia Cara - Know It All
4 Stars
‘Know It All’ isn’t perfect, but it’d be a challenge not to fall for even just some its charms.
11th March 2016
Heck - Instructions
3 Stars
A record that’s captured them exactly as they are at this moment in time.
11th March 2016
Lucius - Good Grief
3 Stars
‘Good Grief’ marks an important next step in the realisation of their sassy pop character.
11th March 2016
Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
3 Stars
When the album hits, it does so with an infectious force.
11th March 2016
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
4 Stars
There’s much treasure to be found in Lamar’s trash.
8th March 2016
Tonight Alive - Limitless
3 Stars
There’s no doubting that Tonight Alive are being brave with their attempts on this record.
4th March 2016
Miike Snow - III
3 Stars
‘III’ harbours a cohesion that serves as a testament to the chemistry of Miike Snow.
4th March 2016
Anna Meredith - Varmints
4 Stars
Vibrant and kaleidoscopic in a way few musicians could ever muster.
4th March 2016
Big Ups - Before a Million Universes
3 Stars
Thirteen tracks that take a bubbling disenchantment and rarely fail to boil over into all-out visceral aggression.
4th March 2016
Palehound - Dry Food
3 Stars
‘Dry Food’ is a rollercoaster portrayal of emotion as real as it comes.
4th March 2016
La Sera - Music for Listening to Music to
3 Stars
For an overwhelming portion of this Ryan Adams-produced record, La Sera just sound a bit too polite.
4th March 2016
Muncie Girls - From Caplan to Belsize
4 Stars
While Muncie Girls might tread relatively familiar musical territory on, it’s Hekt’s acerbic, no-frills lyricism that shines brightest.
4th March 2016
Poliça - United Crushers
4 Stars
Poliça have finally drawn straws and found something to stick with.
3rd March 2016
Låpsley - Long Way Home
4 Stars
She’s always had the potential to pen giant numbers with no strings attached.
3rd March 2016
Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered
3 Stars
As impressively considered as the group are, they evoke a cold feeling of invulnerability that’s hard to avoid.
26th February 2016
Holy Esque – At Hope’s Ravine
4 Stars
An album not just ambitious in its composition but thematically as well, ‘At Hope’s Ravine’ is both opulent and sparse.
26th February 2016
Meilyr Jones - 2013
3 Stars
Each time of listening, there’s a new element you never saw in it before.
26th February 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.