Declan McKenna - What Do You Think About the Car?
4 Stars
A floppy-haired teen singer-songwriter Declan may be — Jake Bugg he’s definitely not.
21st July 2017
Album Reviews
Childhood - Universal High
4 Stars
More in debt to Prince and Motown’s finest than it is any of music’s more modern masters.
21st July 2017
Avey Tare - Eucalyptus
3 Stars
A dense and challenging listen.
21st July 2017
Mr Jukes - God First
3 Stars
Mr Jukes is to Bombay Bicycle Club what Africa Express is to Blur.
14th July 2017
Mura Masa - Mura Masa
3 Stars
Alex Crossan is still set to find his own voice.
14th July 2017
Francobollo - Long Live Life
4 Stars
A collection of rough and ready tracks with infectious melodies at their core.
14th July 2017
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
3 Stars
Much like its companion, it’s an album that’s relatively restrained.
14th July 2017
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
3 Stars
A tighter, less bombastic album than its predecessor.
14th July 2017
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
4 Stars
An incredible State of the Union address on rap today.
10th July 2017
Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm
4 Stars
The record provides one of the most satisfying pinnacles of the year.
10th July 2017
Haim - Something To Tell You
4 Stars
Worth spending some time (or rather, Haim?) with.
7th July 2017
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
4 Stars
An intimate embrace by an old friend.
7th July 2017
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
3 Stars
The sense of wider importance to these stories is palpable.
7th July 2017
Lucy Rose - Something’s Changing
3 Stars
A palpable gear-change from her last two albums.
7th July 2017
Sivu - Sweet Sweet Silent
3 Stars
It might be a miracle that he’s managed to turn out another record at all.
7th July 2017
Theo Verney - One Small Piece
4 Stars
A fitting introduction.
6th July 2017
Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love
5 Stars
‘Need to Feel Your Love’ is an album that not only shreds, but feels prescient, too.
6th July 2017
Baio – Man of the World
3 Stars
Often, it’s an insightful and engaging look into what it feels like to be of everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.
30th June 2017
Ratboys - GN
4 Stars
Inventive, rough-edged, and darkly witty at times, their second record is thoughtful, tender, and incisive at every turn.
30th June 2017
Wesley Gonzalez - Excellent Musician
4 Stars
A gloriously singular solo debut from an artist whose personality shines through at every opportunity.
30th June 2017
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
4 Stars
An ambitious effort that tells the tale of death and destruction and growth and rebirth.
23rd June 2017
Algiers - The Underside Of Power
4 Stars
An album full of anger, injustice and despair.
23rd June 2017
VÉRITÉ - Somewhere In Between
2 Stars
A moderately decent, if slightly been-done-before collection of songs, or a bit of a predictable letdown?
23rd June 2017
Lorde - Melodrama
5 Stars
It takes the downs as cleverly and emotionally as the ups.
20th June 2017
Featuring Finn Wolfhard, FLO, Jungle, Mystery Jets and more.