Editors - In Dream
3 Stars
When it works, it does so spectacularly.
2nd October 2015
Album Reviews
Girls Names - Arms Around A Vision
3 Stars
Like interrailing through the bleakest of post-punk wastelands.
2nd October 2015
Shopping - Why Choose
4 Stars
Rarely drops beneath being anything less than brilliant.
2nd October 2015
John Grant - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
4 Stars
Grant has a fascinating combination of wisdom, world-weary cynicism and righteous anger; it never grates.
2nd October 2015
The Ordinary Boys - The Ordinary Boys
2 Stars
A record that ultimately struggles to be anything but bland.
2nd October 2015
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
4 Stars
Julia Holter’s voice has never sounded clearer.
25th September 2015
Peaches - Rub
4 Stars
A return to form, and hideously brilliant, garish good fun.
25th September 2015
Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom
4 Stars
Trevor Powers has nothing to hide on his latest work.
25th September 2015
New Order - Music Complete
2 Stars
Clumsy, throwaway and out of touch. ‘Music Complete’ serves to dilute New Order’s output.
25th September 2015
Girl Band - Holding Hands with Jamie
3 Stars
This deadly work could’ve forced an apocalypse if delivered with more conviction.
25th September 2015
Disclosure - Caracal
3 Stars
The duo are submerged in style and an A‑list cast to the point where they forget how to pen pop songs.
25th September 2015
Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin down
4 Stars
His most open, captivating work to date.
25th September 2015
Chvrches - Every Open Eye
5 Stars
‘Every Open Eye’ is a second album even better than the first.
25th September 2015
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
4 Stars
In a world where the biggest pop acts construct their own universe, hers could be the most distinct and untouchable.
21st September 2015
Battles - La Di Da Di
4 Stars
A stubborn embracing of all the weird things that make up this unique trio.
18th September 2015
Meat Wave - Delusion Moon
3 Stars
In-your-face in all the right places.
18th September 2015
Baio - The Names
4 Stars
Baio combines reckless abandon with infectious introspection.
18th September 2015
Darwin Deez - Double Down
3 Stars
An attempt at trying to recapture that turn of the decade magic.
18th September 2015
Bring Me The Horizon - That’s The Spirit
4 Stars
A set of huge songs that’ll cement Bring Me’s place at the top of rock’s ranks.
11th September 2015
Beirut - No No No
3 Stars
A familiar and easy-going album.
11th September 2015
Kwabs - Love + War
2 Stars
Much of this album feels too polite and too pedestrian.
11th September 2015
Micachu and the Shapes - Good Sad Happy Bad
3 Stars
‘Good Sad Happy Bad’ makes about as much sense as trying to chop down a tree with a satsuma.
11th September 2015
The View - Ropewalk
2 Stars
The band sound weirdly subdued throughout.
11th September 2015
Slayer - Repentless
4 Stars
Slayer still know how to pack a devastating punch.
11th September 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.