Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow

3-5 Stars

‘Yellow’ mixes it up nicely with freak-outs, group chants, P‑funk and mellowing R&B.

22nd July 2021

WILLOW - lately i feel EVERYTHING

4 Stars

A reminder that sometimes it’s actually fun to just sit with our feelings for just a little longer.

16th July 2021

Clairo - Sling

4-5 Stars

Stoic and serene, ​‘Sling’ is a brave new chapter that introduces a Clairo transformed.

16th July 2021

Chet Faker - Hotel Surrender

4 Stars

It comes from a place of heartfelt truth, and reinvents itself throughout to suit.

15th July 2021

Wavves - Hideaway

4 Stars

It both bears the hallmarks of the band’s previous output and nods to the more introspective state they’re currently occupying.

15th July 2021

Vince Staples - Vince Staples

4-5 Stars

More of a glance into the sketchbook of Vince Staples, than main-stage-at-Coachella.

9th July 2021

Half Waif - Mythopoetics

4-5 Stars

Both more freeing and deeply personal.

8th July 2021

The Goon Sax - Mirror II

4 Stars

A sense of an increasingly assured outfit emerges.

8th July 2021

DZ Deathrays - Positive Rising: Part 2

3-5 Stars

The Aussies want you to know they haven’t given up hope.

8th July 2021

Rejjie Snow - Baw Baw Black Sheep

3 Stars

Ultimately, it just doesn’t quite work.

8th July 2021

Inhaler - It Won’t Always Be Like This

2-5 Stars

The one point there is a spark here is a case of too little too late.

8th July 2021

Laura Mvula - Pink Noise

5 Stars

A career-defining return that most artists can only dream of; pure synth-pop ecstasy.

1st July 2021

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes

4 Stars

A set which takes its cues from the laws of straight-up rock, country and a pinch of Motown.

1st July 2021

The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part One

3 Stars

It’s comforting to know their defiant experimentalism remains undiminished.

1st July 2021

Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

4 Stars

Gleefully throwing a ton of ideas at the wall and finding that nearly all of them stick.

25th June 2021

Doja Cat - Planet Her

3-5 Stars

Whether the record’s legacy will hold past the next trend cycle is not quite written in the stars.

25th June 2021

Lucy Dacus - Home Video

4-5 Stars

A musical representation of the intricate jigsaw of life.

24th June 2021

Faye Webster - I Know I’m Funny haha

4 Stars

She knows she’s funny, but we think she’s pretty smart.

24th June 2021

Kojaque - Town’s Dead

4 Stars

Dripping with humour, personality and cinematic storytelling, ​‘Town’s Dead’ is all you could ever want in a debut.

24th June 2021

Phobophobes - Modern Medicine

4 Stars

More than just also-rans, Phobophobes deserve their own time in the sun.

24th June 2021

Robbing Millions - Holidays Inside

4 Stars

A smartly paced, highly impressive listen that manages to exceed the sum of its parts.

24th June 2021

Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket

3-5 Stars

Not quite Modest Mouse at their best, but they’re not a million miles away from it, either.

24th June 2021

Squirrel Flower - Planet (i)

3 Stars

A vocalisation of the anxieties of an entire civilisation, the blow softened by satin guitar tones and roaming melodies.

24th June 2021

Cautious Clay - Deadpan Love

4 Stars

Soothing to the extreme, but still with enough variation not to lose attention, he’s on to a winner.

24th June 2021