Citizens! - European Soul
3 Stars
Great big fun dancefloor fillers.
12th April 2015
Album Reviews
Gallows - Desolation Sounds
4 Stars
Gallows remain ferocious until the last drop.
12th April 2015
The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
2 Stars
As a standalone album it lacks a coherent sound.
11th April 2015
Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
3 Stars
A simple story, well told, by a very engaging story teller.
11th April 2015
Stealing Sheep - Not Real
4 Stars
A new eureka moment every sixty seconds.
10th April 2015
All Time Low - Future Hearts
3 Stars
They’re never going to reinvent the wheel, but there is something intensely satisfying in their sugary hooks.
6th April 2015
The Wombats - Glitterbug
2 Stars
‘Glitterbug’ is a tired album that lacks invention.
5th April 2015
Alex G - Trick / Rules
4 Stars
‘Trick’ and ‘Rules’ are given the pro treatment.
5th April 2015
Say Lou Lou - Lucid Dreaming
4 Stars
The album’s eleven tracks emanate a hazy organic warmth.
5th April 2015
Nadine Shah - Fast Food
4 Stars
Sweet, sour, angry, reflective.
5th April 2015
Lapalux - Lustmore
3 Stars
‘Lustmore’ is beautifully complex, but subtly so.
4th April 2015
San Cisco - Gracetown
2 Stars
The songs are sweet and the melodies are there, but the record can seem a little two-paced.
4th April 2015
Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare
4 Stars
A slightly more subdued affair, though there’s plenty of melodies within the chaos.
4th April 2015
Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
4 Stars
Incredible songs, performed with honesty and passion.
4th April 2015
East India Youth - Culture of Volume
4 Stars
It’s the strongest Doyle’s sounded as a songwriter, even if he’s still finding his feet.
3rd April 2015
Toro Y Moi - What For?
3 Stars
An homage to golden days.
3rd April 2015
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
4 Stars
Young Fathers have struck gold on something more rewarding than its predecessor.
3rd April 2015
Brawlers – Romantic Errors of Our Youth
4 Stars
Brawlers have built a debut album that doesn’t put a foot wrong.
3rd April 2015
Drenge - Undertow
5 Stars
A band finding their feet before taking to the skies.
2nd April 2015
Blur - The Magic Whip
4 Stars
Sixteen years from their last album as a four piece, Blur’s big comeback is a week-long-wonder.
1st April 2015
Only Real - Jerk At The End Of The Line
3 Stars
Honesty does the trick on Only Real’s no-strings-attached debut.
29th March 2015
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
4 Stars
By going through it all, by exposing all the pain, Sufjan’s created something beautiful and vital.
29th March 2015
Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi
4 Stars
Eight albums in – Death Cab For Cutie are born again; a little cracked, but all the more golden for it.
28th March 2015
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
4 Stars
The Chicagoan has created such a relatable record by defining the struggle of identity through his experimental and broad songwriting.
28th March 2015
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