Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
3 Stars
For listeners craving substance served side-by-side with flash, Lower Dens’ world is one worth exploring.
28th March 2015
Album Reviews
Hannah Cohen - Pleasure Boy
4 Stars
‘Pleasure Boy’ is a record deserving of widespread acclaim.
27th March 2015
The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
4 Stars
‘The Day Is My Enemy’ may be The Prodigy’s most visceral and incendiary record yet.
27th March 2015
The Cribs - For All My Sisters
4 Stars
‘For All My Sisters’ feels like another step up.
22nd March 2015
Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders
4 Stars
Songs that grow more vivid with every listen.
22nd March 2015
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
5 Stars
Make no mistake — this is a debut like few others.
22nd March 2015
Errors - Lease of Life
4 Stars
A record packed full of ambition and imagination.
21st March 2015
The Staves - If I Was
3 Stars
‘If I Was’ sees the sisters continuing to make good music which suits their talents.
21st March 2015
The Go! Team - The Scene Between
3 Stars
This is a record trying to bridge light and dark: and that’s its best and worst trait.
21st March 2015
Laura Marling - Short Movie
4 Stars
‘Short Movie’ is wonderfully unlike anything Marling has ever attempted before.
21st March 2015
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
4 Stars
Lamar’s work continues to place itself among the best.
19th March 2015
Marina and the Diamonds - FROOT
4 Stars
‘FROOT’ finds Marina at her most accomplished and intriguing.
16th March 2015
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
4 Stars
A dramatic switch from those no-frills demos.
15th March 2015
Inventions – Maze Of Woods
3 Stars
‘Maze Of Woods’ pushes and pulls like all good post-rock.
15th March 2015
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves
4 Stars
It’s an album only Modest Mouse could make.
14th March 2015
Nic Hessler - Soft Connections
4 Stars
An accomplished tale from a troubled artist.
14th March 2015
Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
4 Stars
An album of revelatory qualities.
8th March 2015
Echo Lake - Era
3 Stars
Echo Lake have managed to take a slew of barely-original touch points and make something genuinely intriguing.
8th March 2015
Cancer Bats - Searching For Zero
2 Stars
Somehow the pieces don’t quite appear to fit.
7th March 2015
Fyfe - Control
3 Stars
A divine celebration of ordinary heartaches.
7th March 2015
Laura Welsh - Soft Control
2 Stars
‘Soft Control’ disappoints in the fact that a clearly talented singer/songwriter seems strayed from the path.
6th March 2015
Will Butler - Policy
4 Stars
Every song has its own character, with each one further clarifying Will as a great musician and songwriter.
6th March 2015
Clarence Clarity - No Now
4 Stars
‘No Now’ will polarise opinions: it’s loud, busy, sublime and uncompromising.
2nd March 2015
Black Yaya - Black Yaya
3 Stars
An impressive debut.
1st March 2015
Featuring Finn Wolfhard, FLO, Jungle, Mystery Jets and more.