City and Colour - A Pill For Loneliness
3-5 Stars
An album which feels distinctly profound in both its lyrics and musicianship.
3rd October 2019
Album Reviews
Halfnoise - Natural Disguise
3 Stars
A likeable diversion.
3rd October 2019
Swim Deep - Emerald Classics
3-5 Stars
A celebratory album of redemption.
3rd October 2019
Girl Band - The Talkies
4-5 Stars
Where the unlikely meets the possible.
27th September 2019
Temples - Hot Motion
3-5 Stars
The riffs are chunkier, the hooks catchier, the lyrics more poetic.
27th September 2019
Tegan and Sara - Hey, I’m Just Like You
4 Stars
One of the group’s most vital efforts yet.
27th September 2019
LIFE - A Picture Of Good Health
4-5 Stars
They’re hitting their stride just as the Brexit void looms. Accordingly, this record is indispensable.
20th September 2019
Brittany Howard - Jaime
4-5 Stars
An album which documents a fierce imagination at play.
20th September 2019
Vivian Girls - Memory
4 Stars
Music for the love of it, and unabashedly so.
20th September 2019
Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not.
3-5 Stars
A man who knows what his people want.
20th September 2019
Metronomy - Metronomy Forever
4 Stars
Unexpected, indulgent, and an absolute joy.
13th September 2019
(Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar
4 Stars
The strangeness of it all is so delightful that you can’t help but come back for more.
13th September 2019
Jerkcurb - Air Con Eden
4 Stars
Jacob is a skilful storyteller.
13th September 2019
Charli XCX - Charli
3-5 Stars
Next-level Charli happens, it seems, to be largely a continuation of the same Charli.
13th September 2019
Pixies - Beneath The Eyrie
3-5 Stars
It still captures the spirit of Pixies in a way that’s extremely satisfying.
13th September 2019
Alex Cameron - Miami Memory
3-5 Stars
It’s the strength of songwriting that makes ‘Miami Memory’ work.
13th September 2019
Iggy Pop - Free
4-5 Stars
The uniquely sombre and contemplative Iggy Pop album we didn’t realise we needed
6th September 2019
MUNA - Saves The World
4 Stars
An exhilarating ode to self-preservation and to being your own number one fan.
6th September 2019
Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls
3-5 Stars
Doomy disco for dark times.
6th September 2019
Adam Green - Engine of Paradise
3-5 Stars
Adam’s still the pied piper of indie, with a skip in his step and charm for days.
6th September 2019
Oscar Scheller - HTTP404
3-5 Stars
A sketchbook of where the songwriter finds himself.
6th September 2019
Kindness - Something Like A War
3 Stars
A missed opportunity to establish themselves as a more cutting-edge artist.
6th September 2019
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
4-5 Stars
It’s Lana Del Rey’s world, we’re just living in it.
2nd September 2019
Kano - Hoodies All Summer
4 Stars
Kano holds the rhyme and reason to encapsulate our splintered society, and possesses the angst to make it hit home.
30th August 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.