Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
3 Stars
Is it still Fall Out Boy? Undoubtedly.
17th January 2015
Album Reviews
Aqualung - 10 Futures
4 Stars
Aqualung has been ingeniously invigorated.
16th January 2015
Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep
2 Stars
Enter Shikari’s fear makes this their most exciting, yet frustrating album yet.
16th January 2015
Hanni El Khatib - Moonlight
3 Stars
For all its flaws, it’s hard not to root for ‘Moonlight’.
15th January 2015
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
4 Stars
Viet Cong are not settling for anything other than pushing the boundaries.
15th January 2015
The Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
4 Stars
Singer Colin Meloy’s voice is a thing of beauty.
15th January 2015
Menace Beach - Ratworld
5 Stars
If Menace Beach were from Brooklyn or Seattle the hype would be deafening.
14th January 2015
Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
3 Stars
Daring, but as a record it lacks a coherent identity.
14th January 2015
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
5 Stars
Ten years away has made them more essential than ever.
12th January 2015
California X - Nights In The Dark
4 Stars
A record that’s equal parts sugar rush power-pop and low-end meandering.
11th January 2015
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Club Meds
3 Stars
Musically, this is one dark album.
11th January 2015
Funeral For A Friend – Chapter And Verse
3 Stars
The album captures that same shot of adrenaline that punctuated so much of their early material.
10th January 2015
Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
4 Stars
Dense, slippery, wily, and flung together effortlessly like a meticulously rehearsed sleight of hand.
9th January 2015
Angels & Airwaves - The Dream Walker
2 Stars
Little more than an extended yawn of spacey synths.
4th December 2014
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments To An Elegy
4 Stars
A very welcome addition to the band’s enduring history.
3rd December 2014
Kiesza - Sound Of A Woman
3 Stars
Kiesza has a whole lot more tricks up her sleeve.
28th November 2014
TV On The Radio - Seeds
4 Stars
TV on the Radio leap ahead with a renewed sense of being.
15th November 2014
Fryars - Power
4 Stars
Once a formation falls into place, out steps a special record.
14th November 2014
Ariel Pink - pom pom
2 Stars
Overbearing and frustrating from the get go, it feels like he’s taking the piss.
13th November 2014
iamamiwhoami - Blue
3 Stars
iamamiwhoami is increasingly stepping out of the shadows into lighter, more uplifting territory.
9th November 2014
Röyksopp - The Inevitable End
4 Stars
If there was ever a final motif of Röyksopp, it was their ability to make the risky and surreal sound simple.
9th November 2014
Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
4 Stars
Foo Fighters are providing the map, it’s up to the audience to explore.
9th November 2014
2:54 – The Other I
3 Stars
This follow-up is a little, well, tame.
8th November 2014
Dirty Beaches - Stateless
3 Stars
While intriguing and often beautiful, it’s also a little frustrating. There’s a sense that this is only half a story, half a tale told.
8th November 2014
Featuring Finn Wolfhard, FLO, Jungle, Mystery Jets and more.