Angels & Airwaves - Lifeforms

3 Stars

There’s enough for fans to enjoy across ​‘Lifeforms’, but it is not as lofty as it perhaps thinks itself to be.

22nd September 2021

Employed To Serve - Conquering

4 Stars

This is a band at the top of their game.

15th September 2021

Ray BLK - Access Denied

4 Stars

It has proven itself every bit worth the wait.

15th September 2021

Alexis Taylor - Silence

3 Stars

A reflective release.

15th September 2021

Liz Lawrence - The Avalanche

3 Stars

In short, second solo time around it’s still a mixed bag.

15th September 2021

Sleigh Bells - TEXIS

4 Stars

The best of both worlds.

8th September 2021

Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed

4 Stars

Far from spinning distant, third-person tales, each track feels incredibly personal.

8th September 2021

The Vaccines - Back In Love City

4 Stars

It feels like the purest Vaccines album yet.

8th September 2021

Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2

4 Stars

A sweet paean to music’s mood-boosting properties, as well as it capacity to effect meaningful change.

8th September 2021

Spencer. - Are U Down

4 Stars

Spencer.’s skills as a producer and songwriter have never been more evident. Period.

8th September 2021

Colleen Green - Cool

4 Stars

Colleen Green has always been cool. It’s just that she seems content now, too.

8th September 2021

Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort To Me

4 Stars

On the whole, this feels like Amyl and the Sniffers finding their purpose.

8th September 2021

Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are

4 Stars

A wholly atmospheric synth-driven debut doused in heartbreak.

8th September 2021

Tommy Genesis - goldilocks x

4 Stars

A little weird, a little dark, and it’s just right.

8th September 2021

Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament

3-5 Stars

A requiem, but one that looks for sonic positivity in the thematic darkness.

8th September 2021

박혜진 Park Hye Jin - Before I Die

3 Stars

Slightly too forbidding to ever fully feel at home.

8th September 2021

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Enjoy The View

3 Stars

We’re left after just a little more.

8th September 2021

Halsey - If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power

4 Stars

It’s intimate and messy at times but fiercely deliberate.

3rd September 2021

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

5 Stars

If ​‘GREY Area’ saw Simz come-of-age as a rapper, ​‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ is Simz making her first long-lasting artistic stamp on the zeitgeist.

2nd September 2021

Kanye West - DONDA

3 Stars

Predictably bloated and unnecessarily uneven.

2nd September 2021

caro♡ - Heartbeats / Heartbreaks

3-5 Stars

A mesmerising introduction into caro♡‘s world of smooth and sleek pop.

2nd September 2021

Chvrches - Screen Violence

5 Stars

Their most euphoric rallying cry to date.

26th August 2021

Superstate - Superstate

4 Stars

Graham Coxon’s naturally antsy pen lends just the right amount of discomfort to the atmosphere.

26th August 2021

Turnstile - Glow On

4 Stars

It shows off just how innovative hardcore could become.

26th August 2021