Citizen - As You Please
4 Stars
More about personal turmoil than political protest.
6th October 2017
Album Reviews
Liam Gallagher - As You Were
3 Stars
Almost certainly the best thing Liam’s offered us since he parted ways with his big bro.
6th October 2017
Yumi Zouma - Willowbank
4 Stars
A record filled with closely-woven harmonies, crisp, jangly guitar riffs and confident, effortless dream-pop tones.
6th October 2017
Kelela - Take Me Apart
3 Stars
At times she sounds in danger of being overshadowed by the sounds around her.
6th October 2017
Kele Okereke - Fatherland
3 Stars
The acoustic musings and intimate vocals often lack a little bite.
6th October 2017
Gordon Raphael - Sleep on the Radio
3 Stars
More Bowie via Brian Jonestown Massacre than turn of the millennium NYC indie.
6th October 2017
Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
3 Stars
Brazen, boisterous music from a band happy to be back.
6th October 2017
Andrew Hung - Realisationship
3 Stars
It might not always come together neatly, but at least he tries to push boundaries.
6th October 2017
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
4 Stars
There isn’t a shade of black in the post-punk spectrum Protomartyr can’t execute with aplomb.
29th September 2017
Torres - Three Futures
4 Stars
It touches the heart and head with its examinations of love, lust and desire.
29th September 2017
Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly
3 Stars
Moments of genius gradually reveal themselves.
29th September 2017
Ibeyi - Ash
4 Stars
A sprawling, diverse record without so much as a dull moment.
29th September 2017
Vessels - The Great Distraction
4 Stars
They finally feel at home, and it’s glorious to watch.
29th September 2017
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Always Foreign
4 Stars
Album title aside, the seven-piece have never looked more at home.
29th September 2017
Hurts - Desire
2 Stars
It’s been done better elsewhere, and recently, too.
29th September 2017
Wolf Alice - Visions Of A Life
5 Stars
A darker, bolder Wolf Alice.
28th September 2017
The Horrors - V
4 Stars
This ‘V’ is for victorious.
22nd September 2017
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
4 Stars
Still quintessentially The Killers.
22nd September 2017
METZ - Strange Peace
4 Stars
More intense, more melodic, more brutal, more confident.
22nd September 2017
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
4 Stars
Her influences hang heavy over the record.
22nd September 2017
Cut Copy - Haiku from Zero
3 Stars
There’s an effervescent sparkle that runs through it.
22nd September 2017
Cold Specks - Fool’s Paradise
3 Stars
An intriguingly personal record.
22nd September 2017
The Bronx - V
3 Stars
Curiously subdued in places.
22nd September 2017
Sløtface - Try Not To Freak Out
5 Stars
An absolute ripper of a first record.
15th September 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.