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
Album Reviews
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
Vessels - Dilate
4 Stars
Vessels resist the twin urges to oversimplify or over-complicate.
1st March 2015
Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun
2 Stars
It’s hard to see what Moon Duo bring that hasn’t already been heard before.
1st March 2015
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
3 Stars
There’s no denying that Gallagher is a songwriter from the very top of his class.
28th February 2015
Evans the Death - Expect Delays
4 Stars
A wholly relatable album for anyone a bit miserable, really.
28th February 2015
Karin Park - Apocalypse Pop
3 Stars
Sinner, saint, even goth (if you must): Park tackles them all with grace.
28th February 2015
Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin
4 Stars
Surely nothing in the world can stop him.
27th February 2015
Purity Ring - another eternity
3 Stars
It’s intriguing — if slightly disconcerting — to see Purity Ring in a warmer light.
27th February 2015
of Montreal - Aureate Gloom
4 Stars
It’s thirteenth time lucky with this Technicolor epic.
27th February 2015
Spectres - Dying
4 Stars
‘Dying’ is a masterclass of refrain.
22nd February 2015
The Pop Group - Citizen Zombie
3 Stars
The Pop Group have succeeded in returning with something vibrant, urgent and necessary.
22nd February 2015
Gang of Four - What Happens Next
3 Stars
Andy Gill’s political conscience is clearly in no danger of waning.
21st February 2015
Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
3 Stars
PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be.
21st February 2015
Dutch Uncles - O Shudder
4 Stars
‘O Shudder’ could well be the album that breaks Dutch Uncles.
21st February 2015
Colleen Green - I Want to Grow Up
3 Stars
A scrum of fuzz guitar riffs and distorted vocals.
21st February 2015
Atari Teenage Riot - Reset
3 Stars
‘Reset’ is a ten-track doctrine of radical change.
20th February 2015
Travis Bretzer - Waxing Romantic
3 Stars
The other slacker from Canada has matured into an amorous connoisseur of alternative pop.
20th February 2015
Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
4 Stars
‘Gliss Riffer’ demonstrates Deacon’s mind-boggling ability to find order, and not only that, but brilliance, in sheer chaos.
20th February 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.