Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood

4 Stars

An accomplished and immediate pop record that will surely find the underground superstar receiving greater name recognition.

21st February 2024

Allie X - Girl With No Face

4 Stars

An energetic retrospection to digest all the mundane, vulgar, maddening and unsettling future contemporaneity she faces.

21st February 2024

Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger

4 Stars

A stirring reminder of her singular ability as a guitarist and songwriter.

21st February 2024

Real Estate - Daniel

3 Stars

There is plenty to like here — but there’s a sense of creative inertia that means it’s a difficult record to truly love.

21st February 2024

Lime Garden - One More Thing

4-5 Stars

This debut finds the Brighton-based quartet losing none of their talent for an earworm, while also baring their entire souls.

14th February 2024

Crawlers - The Mess We Seem To Make

5 Stars

Sonically rich, musically accomplished.

14th February 2024

Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head

4 Stars

There’s something inherently welcoming in the short, sharp, and lyrically open songs.

14th February 2024

serpentwithfeet - GRIP

4 Stars

A dynamic and sensual album, rich with imagery, peppered with romance, and imbued with joy.

14th February 2024

IDLES - TANGK

4 Stars

If love is the theme here, it’s quickly masked by a balanced ferocity IDLES have never tapped into before.

14th February 2024

Declan McKenna - What Happened To The Beach?

4 Stars

Decidedly mature yet still with that same self-aware playfulness, this is undoubtedly his most eclectic offering to date.

7th February 2024

Madi Diaz - Weird Faith

4 Stars

Truly cathartic, with her sense of self reaffirmed.

7th February 2024

Meltheads - Decent Sex

3 Stars

The Belgian outfit excel when they live up to their name.

7th February 2024

Zara Larsson - Venus

3-5 Stars

Aside from being a slight hodgepodge of genres, it’s a lush flex of skill.

7th February 2024

Brittany Howard - WHAT NOW

4 Stars

A gem.

31st January 2024

The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy

5 Stars

Sky-high, grandiose ambition that ties together lofty literary sentiment, cinematic sweeping theatricality and killer melodic indie hooks with an equal affinity for each.

31st January 2024

J Mascis - What Do We Do Now

2-5 Stars

Fans will hear echoes of his best work, but for most this is a stale, uninspired outing for the legendary figure.

31st January 2024

The Smile - Wall Of Eyes

4 Stars

For the most part this album is exactly what a side project should be – all the ideas too weird to fit anywhere else.

24th January 2024

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Dark Rainbow

4 Stars

Perhaps their most consistent and level work to date.

24th January 2024

Future Islands - People Who Aren’t There Anymore

4 Stars

While the music is a little more inward, more reserved, it still carries all the hallmarks of the signature Future Islands sound.

24th January 2024

Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain

4 Stars

An escapist dream and immersive story.

24th January 2024

NewDad - Madra

2-5 Stars

No doubt these songs will triumph when performed live, but as a record, ​‘Madra’ isn’t quite it.

24th January 2024

Green Day - Saviors

5 Stars

A soundtrack while the world’s going to shit — catharsis has never sounded this good.

19th January 2024

Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope

4-5 Stars

About as straight-up and purified an experience as any Sleater-Kinney observer-slash-enthusiast could ever hope to have in 2023.

17th January 2024

Marika Hackman - Big Sigh

4 Stars

Remarkably relatable.

10th January 2024