LIFE - North East Coastal Town
4 Stars
A genuine evolution for the band.
19th August 2022
Album Reviews
Lauran Hibberd - Garageband Superstar
4 Stars
Fun without feeling frivolous, packing relatable substance into its genuinely jovial sound.
19th August 2022
Hot Chip - Freakout / Release
3 Stars
It’s a little surprising how much of ‘Freakout / Release’ sounds quite this forced.
19th August 2022
Phoebe Green - Lucky Me
4-5 Stars
As bold as the personality that runs through it.
19th August 2022
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset
3-5 Stars
As warm a listen as Sonic Boom’s near-forgotten records must’ve been in lockdown Lisbon.
12th August 2022
Pale Waves - Unwanted
4 Stars
The album is a defiant expression of darker emotions.
12th August 2022
Kiwi Jr - Chopper
4 Stars
The band wear their influences well, flitting between the melancholic indie-pop of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and the gleeful abandon of Jonathan Richman.
12th August 2022
Kasabian - The Alchemist’s Euphoria
4 Stars
The most authentic this band have sounded in a long time.
12th August 2022
Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
4 Stars
This long-awaited album arrives as a tribute to a whole scene rather than just two artists.
12th August 2022
Mall Grab - What I Breathe
3-5 Stars
He’s cohesively summarised what it is that makes him tick.
5th August 2022
Lauv - All 4 Nothing
3-5 Stars
Lauv’s second certainly provides an array of sweet pop highs.
5th August 2022
Beyoncé - Renaissance
4 Stars
A masterclass in reinvention.
29th July 2022
Maggie Rogers - Surrender
4 Stars
Somehow both modern and instilled in the past.
29th July 2022
King Princess - Hold On Baby
4 Stars
A vulnerable musical experiment that stays true to her roots of authenticity.
29th July 2022
TRAAMS - personal best
4 Stars
It’s one for the late night coach rides; for the wee, contemplative hours spent staring through black windows.
22nd July 2022
Oh Wonder - 22 Make
3-5 Stars
While it’s not exactly straying too far from familiar sonic territory for the duo, it’s a heart-warming sentiment all the same.
22nd July 2022
Jamie T - The Theory of Whatever
5 Stars
Proof that you can grow up gracefully with every inch of your vibrancy still intact.
22nd July 2022
Interpol - The Other Side of Make Believe
3 Stars
This is an album that asks for patience, and only on occasion is it duly rewarded.
15th July 2022
Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
4 Stars
WMC already have a signature viewpoint all of their own — the fun is in seeing how they continue to play with it.
15th July 2022
Superorganism - World Wide Pop
4-5 Stars
Maximalist pop for the terminally online.
15th July 2022
Mabel - About Last Night…
4 Stars
It whisks us through the highs and lows of the best night out, and Mabel is the perfect party guide.
15th July 2022
Lizzo - Special
4 Stars
Lizzo’s breakthrough came in a blast of glitter-soaked celebration, then its follow-up might be more complex but it’s almost certainly the right move for the superstar to have made.
15th July 2022
black midi - Hellfire
4 Stars
Halfway between unhinged madness and art rock precision.
15th July 2022
Beabadoobee - Beatopia
4-5 Stars
The land of ‘Beatopia’ is a far better world for letting others in.
15th July 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.