Swim Deep - There’s A Big Star Outside
3-5 Stars
For those indie kids who grew up with them, this introspective Swim Deep will feel just right.
7th June 2024
Album Reviews
AURORA - What Happened To The Heart?
4-5 Stars
Monolithic in nature, an album on which hurt is both resisted and overwhelmingly embraced.
7th June 2024
Eels - Eels Time!
3-5 Stars
Those who love E at his most contemplative will find plenty to like.
7th June 2024
Peggy Gou - I Hear You
3 Stars
There’s a clear intention to create something beyond what she is typically renowned for, yet it doesn’t always quite hit.
7th June 2024
Orlando Weeks - LOJA
4-5 Stars
Having his time in the sun in more ways than one.
6th June 2024
Charli XCX - BRAT
5 Stars
An unmistakable representation of her very core.
4th June 2024
Bat For Lashes - The Dream Of Delphi
4-5 Stars
Her best record in over a decade.
31st May 2024
DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
4-5 Stars
DIIV have entered into a second act both thrilling and thoughtful.
22nd May 2024
Girl and Girl - Call a Doctor
4 Stars
Nothing if not immersive.
22nd May 2024
mui zyu - nothing or something to die for
4 Stars
Both intimate and personal, yet fundamentally universal.
22nd May 2024
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
5 Stars
It’s her best yet, and an affecting sign of the times.
17th May 2024
Zayn - Room Under the Stairs
3 Stars
Admirable in its emotional mining, but left wanting for just a little more Zayn sparkle.
17th May 2024
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
3-5 Stars
The quartet largely justify the hype that has built around them.
15th May 2024
Les Savy Fav - OUI, LSF
4 Stars
A storming return that suggests that, far from having run out of steam, the possibilities for Les Savy Fav are again endless.
10th May 2024
A. G. Cook - Britpop
5 Stars
On ‘Britpop’, Cook’s mastery of the esoteric is singular.
10th May 2024
BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
4-5 Stars
A dizzying mix of hard and delicate.
10th May 2024
Wallows - Model
3 Stars
Before long, ‘Model’ begins to feel like a series of safe options.
10th May 2024
youbet - Way To Be
4-5 Stars
A lesson in how to hit the goosebump-inducing sweet spot.
10th May 2024
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
4-5 Stars
The Lemon Twigs absolutely master the art of crooning sugary pop-rock in the best of ways.
3rd May 2024
Home Counties - Exactly As It Seems
4 Stars
A strong and audacious debut.
3rd May 2024
Rachel Chinouiriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events
4-5 Stars
One of indie pop’s most interesting, vital voices.
3rd May 2024
St Vincent - All Born Screaming
5 Stars
If she is to be known by one record, let it be ‘All Born Screaming’.
3rd May 2024
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
3-5 Stars
Plenty of sun-drenched sonic optimism, but not so much that’s all that radical.
3rd May 2024
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
3-5 Stars
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others.
25th April 2024
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.