Miles Kane - Coup De Grace
3 Stars
There is something slightly more charming about Miles, third time around.
10th August 2018
Album Reviews
Ben Khan - Ben Khan
3 Stars
A wildly inventive, varied, kaleidoscopic album, but one that also ends up being largely muddled.
10th August 2018
Deaf Havana - Rituals
3 Stars
A band who refuse to rest on their laurels.
3rd August 2018
Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture
3 Stars
A short but promising introduction.
27th July 2018
The Internet - Hive Mind
4 Stars
A pure pleasure to listen to.
20th July 2018
Ty Segall and White Fence - Joy
3 Stars
There’s much to savour here, and plenty to pass on as well.
20th July 2018
Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
4 Stars
Buoyant and witty, and notably shy of meandering eight-minute odysseys.
13th July 2018
Body / Head - The Switch
3 Stars
A thoroughly impressionistic affair.
13th July 2018
BODEGA - Endless Scroll
5 Stars
Streamlined and minimal but bursting with intelligence, humour and ideas, BODEGA are the real deal.
6th July 2018
Years & Years - Palo Santo
5 Stars
An overwhelmingly intimate record that makes you wonder just what Years & Years could be capable of next.
6th July 2018
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
4 Stars
Deafheaven finally look comfortable in their many different skins, their opposing worlds gliding together seamlessly.
5th July 2018
Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears
4 Stars
The pair focus in on gigantic, chart-mingling choruses.
29th June 2018
Florence + The Machine - High As Hope
4 Stars
An album that takes solace in those closest to her, works to right previous wrongs, and sees her come out the other side a whole lot stronger.
29th June 2018
Gorillaz - The Now Now
4 Stars
A more spaced-out affair, stripped of its star-studded collaborations and bathed in the apparent apathy of the modern age.
27th June 2018
Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
4 Stars
Some of the most evocative and dense music Trent Reznor has made so far.
22nd June 2018
Panic! At The Disco - Pray For The Wicked
3 Stars
Bonkers and creative as ever, but it could be that less really is more.
22nd June 2018
Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita
3 Stars
Engaging and magical throughout.
22nd June 2018
Melody’s Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage
4 Stars
A modern psychedelic creation that reveals more and more on each listen.
15th June 2018
Petal - Magic Gone
4 Stars
Kiley’s voice is the undeniable star of the show.
15th June 2018
Culture Abuse - Bay Dream
4 Stars
Their focus is squarely on the lovelier things in life.
15th June 2018
MOURN - Sorpresa Familia
3 Stars
Punk music with the intelligence of wizened old jazz musicians.
15th June 2018
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
4 Stars
Sunny, memorable hooks by the pound.
15th June 2018
Girls Names - Stains On Silence
2 Stars
Experimental for experimental’s sake.
15th June 2018
Matt Maltese - Bad Contestant
5 Stars
Dazzling, idiosyncratic brilliance.
8th June 2018
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.