The Regrettes - How Do You Love?
3 Stars
A listen that encapsulates that Polaroid summer we’re all after.
9th August 2019
Album Reviews
Bon Iver - i,i
5 Stars
An emotional tour-de-force that displays an unparalleled understanding of the power of music.
8th August 2019
Ty Segall - First Taste
3-5 Stars
An album steeped in killer rhythms.
2nd August 2019
Mabel - High Expectations
3 Stars
Effortlessly cool.
2nd August 2019
Dude York - Falling
3-5 Stars
Big guitar-pop at fizzing pace is again order of the day.
26th July 2019
Of Monsters and Men - Fever Dream
2-5 Stars
A bit limp.
26th July 2019
Kaiser Chiefs - Duck
2 Stars
To bemoan their seventh LP for the confused stinker that it is is not an easy pop, but a real lament for a band that used to be so much more.
26th July 2019
Mini Mansions - Guy Walks Into A Bar…
2 Stars
A little more humour on Mini Mansions’ third, and they might’ve been able to pull it off.
26th July 2019
IDER - Emotional Education
4 Stars
A thoughtful, carefully-constructed synthpop odyssey.
19th July 2019
The Flaming Lips - King’s Mouth
4 Stars
Not a step misplaced.
19th July 2019
Penelope Isles - Until The Tide Creeps In
4 Stars
A record totally out of step with any modern music scene, and all the more timeless and special for it.
12th July 2019
Palace - Life After
3 Stars
There’s light and darkness in the mix, but the balance feels tenuous.
12th July 2019
Dope Lemon - Smooth Big Cat
3-5 Stars
An enveloping, blissed-out jam of a listen.
12th July 2019
Gauche - A People’s History Of Gauche
3-5 Stars
Gauche take no issue with exposing some of the less desirable features of modern life.
12th July 2019
Bleached - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
3 Stars
Doses of nostalgia all over the shop.
12th July 2019
Africa Express - EGOLI
3 Stars
A trip on the Africa Express is quite a ride.
12th July 2019
Banks - III
2 Stars
Banks-by-numbers.
12th July 2019
Jesca Hoop - Stonechild
4 Stars
An exercise in top-level songwriting, stately and intelligent.
5th July 2019
KOKOKO! - Fongola
4 Stars
Endlessly creative and euphoric.
5th July 2019
Thom Yorke - Anima
3-5 Stars
Ultimately a trip down the rabbit hole worth taking.
28th June 2019
Kim Petras - Clarity
4 Stars
A true millennial pop princess in waiting.
28th June 2019
The Black Keys - “Let’s Rock”
2-5 Stars
A depressingly unimaginative thing.
28th June 2019
Night Moves - Can You Really Find Me
2 Stars
Forgettable fare.
28th June 2019
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
4-5 Stars
Something if not greater, then at least as good as the sum of their considerable parts.
21st June 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.