Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
3 Stars
More interesting than one might’ve expected.
15th September 2017
Album Reviews
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir of the Mind
3 Stars
An album that can be engaging and emotionally-charged.
15th September 2017
Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage
2 Stars
They’ve undercut their own power by playing it safe.
15th September 2017
Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns
2 Stars
Buffed-up and overly layered.
15th September 2017
Superfood - Bambino
5 Stars
Thank god for second chances.
8th September 2017
Alvvays - Antisocialites
5 Stars
Just as unique as that now-classic debut.
8th September 2017
Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
4 Stars
The Toronto twosome have fully found their groove.
8th September 2017
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
4 Stars
Ultimately, ‘Love What Survives’ is defined by its tensions.
8th September 2017
LA Witch - LA Witch
4 Stars
A convincing first stab.
8th September 2017
Anna of the North - Lovers
4 Stars
A punchy album full of synth-pop tunes.
8th September 2017
Zola Jesus - Okovi
3 Stars
A weighty thing that offers little respite.
8th September 2017
Rostam - Half-Light
3 Stars
Rostam is fast becoming a standalone figure.
8th September 2017
Deerhoof - Mountain Moves
3 Stars
As usual, there’s probably a few too many ideas here and the band trip up on them occasionally.
8th September 2017
Nick Mulvey - Wake Up Now
3 Stars
A record where poignancies lie in tales of close relationships.
8th September 2017
The National - Sleep Well Beast
4 Stars
Putting an open marriage counselling session to tape and adding new textures to their now-signature sound, The National are as vital as ever.
6th September 2017
INHEAVEN - INHEAVEN
4 Stars
Noisy, riotous, anthemic and bristling with excitement.
1st September 2017
Hercules & Love Affair - Omnion
4 Stars
It might not provide the answers to the world’s ills, but it delves into them with an honest readiness.
1st September 2017
Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun
3 Stars
Serene isn’t necessarily a word you would associate with this group of Scottish post-rock legends.
1st September 2017
Thumpers - Whipped & Glazed
3 Stars
A strange balance of optimism and pessimism.
1st September 2017
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
4 Stars
This wasn’t ever going to be a bad album, was it?
29th August 2017
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
5 Stars
The Californian filthmongers’ most danceable offering yet – and all the better for it.
25th August 2017
PVRIS - All We Need Of Heaven, All We Know Of Hell
4 Stars
The band are at their visceral finest.
25th August 2017
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
4 Stars
A record that never shies away from being overtly political.
25th August 2017
Turnover - Good Nature
4 Stars
Turnover aren’t a band content with settling.
25th August 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.