Ducktails - St Catherine

4 Stars

‘St Catherine’ illustrates Ducktails’ propensity to write beautiful music.

24th July 2015

Tame Impala - Currents

4 Stars

‘Currents’ dives off into bold and optimistic new waters.

17th July 2015

Prides - The Way Back Up

3 Stars

‘The Way Back Up’ shows Prides to be unafraid of experimentation.

10th July 2015

Years & Years - Communion

4 Stars

Years & Years bring that all important human touch to their massive pop anthems.

10th July 2015

MS MR - How Does It Feel

2 Stars

The pair’s new direction is diluted with the more recognisable trappings of their last few years in service.

10th July 2015

Little Boots - Working Girl

3 Stars

There’s something about this evolution that just works.

10th July 2015

Best Friends - Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane.

4 Stars

An astute sense of mischief and a knack for snazzy hooks.

10th July 2015

Lucy Rose - Work It Out

4 Stars

A brilliantly fun pop record.

5th July 2015

Saint Raymond - Young Blood

3 Stars

Immature, carefree and most of all fun.

5th July 2015

Bleachers - Strange Desire

4 Stars

Where fun. were bombastic, Bleachers is explosive.

4th July 2015

Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People

4 Stars

There aren’t many musicians like Ezra Furman.

3rd July 2015

LA Priest - Inji

3 Stars

This is a pop artist finding his feet.

26th June 2015

Refused - Freedom

4 Stars

Persuasive, pummelling, precise. Refused are no longer fucking dead.

26th June 2015

Son Lux - Bones

3 Stars

When Ryan Lott and co. really hit their stride, ​‘Bones’ is haunting, arresting, and unlike anything else.

22nd June 2015

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

3 Stars

This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.

21st June 2015

Creepoid - Cemetery Highrise Slum

4 Stars

Disorienting and satisfying in equal measure.

20th June 2015

Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool

5 Stars

The flag waving spearhead for a whole bunch of young British bands.

19th June 2015

Desaparecidos - Payola

4 Stars

This is an album designed to move people.

19th June 2015

Meg Baird - Don’t Weigh Down The Light

4 Stars

An effervescent and modern third LP from underrated San Franciscan folk presence.

19th June 2015

Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Jaakko Eino Kalevi

4 Stars

‘Jaakko Eino Kalevi’ is a reminder that pop can be both for your head and your feet.

14th June 2015

Everything Everything - Get to Heaven

5 Stars

Pop explorers Everything Everything have finally discovered their utopia.

14th June 2015

Outfit - Slowness

4 Stars

Theatrical and dramatic without being too pretentious.

13th June 2015

Gengahr - A Dream Outside

5 Stars

‘A Dream Outside’ dwarfs expectations.

13th June 2015

Hudson Mohawke - Lantern

4 Stars

This is the power of Hudson Mohawke, coming soon to a discotheque near you.

12th June 2015