Girl Band - The Talkies
4-5 Stars
Where the unlikely meets the possible.
27th September 2019
Album Reviews
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
Alex Cameron - Miami Memory
3-5 Stars
It’s the strength of songwriting that makes ‘Miami Memory’ work.
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
Charli XCX - Charli
3-5 Stars
Next-level Charli happens, it seems, to be largely a continuation of the same Charli.
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
The Futureheads - Powers
4 Stars
‘Powers’ sees The Futureheads fight fiercely once again.
30th August 2019
Shards - Find Sound
4 Stars
An experience you’re unlikely to forget.
30th August 2019
Black Belt Eagle Scout - At The Party With My Brown Friends
4 Stars
Black Belt Eagle Scout finds both the tenderness in companionship and its fragility.
30th August 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.