The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
4 Stars
The Scots’ most complete album yet.
21st October 2014
Album Reviews
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
4 Stars
An album which pushes sound in ways that few dare.
18th October 2014
Thurston Moore - The Best Day
2 Stars
To anybody even remotely familiar with anything else Moore has put his mind to in the past, this is just too safe and clean-cut.
16th October 2014
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - IX
4 Stars
Playing up to their former mantle of punk experimental mavericks with more determination than ever.
16th October 2014
Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were
4 Stars
A sensitive and technically more profound outing.
14th October 2014
Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio
4 Stars
A monolith in the artist’s own impressive timeline.
13th October 2014
The 2 Bears - The Night Is Young
4 Stars
There’s nothing groundbreaking on offer here, but there’s no way that groundbreaking was ever the intention.
9th October 2014
Foxygen - …And Star Power
4 Stars
A record of magnificent magnitude and one that’s audacious as hell.
8th October 2014
Kele - Trick
3 Stars
Mesmerisingly peaceful and confidently minimal.
7th October 2014
Kindness - Otherness
2 Stars
The idea of liking Kindness is often more appealing than actually liking Kindness.
7th October 2014
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
4 Stars
It’s her confidence that really shines throughout the album.
6th October 2014
Sivu - Something On High
4 Stars
It’s a beautiful record and there is no way around it.
6th October 2014
Peaking Lights - Cosmic Logic
4 Stars
Dosed on additives, it practically forces the relaxed grooves of old into something giddy, fizzing from the sides.
4th October 2014
North Atlantic Oscillation - The Third Day
3 Stars
Punchy and more immediate.
3rd October 2014
Philip Selway - Weatherhouse
4 Stars
A sound which combines the hauntingly atmospheric with the poignantly delicate.
2nd October 2014
Flying Lotus - You’re Dead
4 Stars
There isn’t a moment’s peace, and there isn’t a single second where things threaten to calm down.
1st October 2014
Zola Jesus - Taiga
4 Stars
A record which impeccably intertwines so many faultless layers.
1st October 2014
Caribou - Our Love
4 Stars
Love’s a complicated beast, and that’s reflected in an album that wraps itself up in the finer details.
1st October 2014
Dad Rocks! - Year of the Flesh
3 Stars
These songs never feel patronising or forced, and the potentially cliched topics don’t sound weird.
1st October 2014
Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
4 Stars
A country and western album that Nick Cave would cook up if he were possessed by Ian Curtis’ ghost.
30th September 2014
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
4 Stars
It all sounds definitively Weezer in the best possible way.
29th September 2014
Allo Darlin’ - We Come From The Same Place
3 Stars
The juxtaposition between the lyrics and the music may be initially jarring, but on repeated listens makes perfect sense.
29th September 2014
Thom Yorke - Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
4 Stars
If this is indeed a mere experiment, it’s one which sparks beautiful results.
28th September 2014
Christopher Owens - A New Testament
3 Stars
It sounds, at times, like the kind of music from which the Coen Brothers could hinge a plot.
26th September 2014
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.