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

Drug Store Romeos - The world within our bedrooms

3-5 Stars

If the goal of a debut album is to introduce yourself to the world with a sound and a style that’s purely your own, the Romeos have done a pretty stellar job.

24th June 2021

John Grant - Boy From Michigan

3 Stars

A self-portrait with a violent colour palette.

24th June 2021

Mykki Blanco - Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep

4 Stars

A glorious trip through all facets of Mykki’s musical personality.

17th June 2021

Andrew Hung - Devastations

4 Stars

Who knew the digital apocalypse could sound so pretty?

17th June 2021

Tigercub - As Blue As Indigo

4 Stars

These are melody-driven pop songs, dressed up as grungy rock.

17th June 2021

Francis Lung - Miracle

3-5 Stars

He isn’t reinventing the wheel here, but he knows what he’s good at.

17th June 2021

Max Bloom - Pedestrian

3 Stars

His virtuous desire for simple arrangements and affected naivety is often to his detriment.

17th June 2021

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000

4 Stars

Full of surprising innovations, it errs constantly between confusion and brilliance.

10th June 2021

Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness

4 Stars

A songwriting bond once defined by their differences has given way to a seamless understanding.

10th June 2021

Smoothboi Ezra - Stuck

4 Stars

If this is the work Smoothboi Ezra’s producing so early in their career, the next steps will be undoubtedly more powerful.

10th June 2021

AFI - Bodies

4 Stars

In fully embracing theatrics, their new wave leanings, and the unquestionable punk legacy, the band have landed on a sound both contemporary and unmistakably theirs.

10th June 2021

Garbage - No Gods No Masters

3-5 Stars

Both rhythmic and chaotic, it mirrors the frenetic turbulence of the times that have inspired it.

10th June 2021

Social Haul - Social Haul

3 Stars

It feels like the nascent trio haven’t spent enough time being a band to understand fully their own dynamic.

10th June 2021

Greentea Peng - Man Made

4-5 Stars

An impressively accomplished, ever-giving record that rarely fails to enchant.

4th June 2021

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee

5 Stars

From here on out, Japanese Breakfast can go anywhere and we’ll follow.

3rd June 2021

Liz Phair - Soberish

4 Stars

‘Soberish’ sounds more like her early work, with its lo-fi stylings and ramshackle guitars.

3rd June 2021

Rostam - Changephobia

4 Stars

Beautifully constructed, surprising and brimming with invention.

3rd June 2021

cleopatrick - BUMMER

3-5 Stars

Not everything about ​‘BUMMER’ is fully perfected just yet, but there’s plenty to feel upbeat about.

3rd June 2021

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

5 Stars

A history book-cementing document of a band at the peak of their powers.

2nd June 2021