Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
4 Stars
The Fleet Foxes we already know but on a much, much bigger scale.
16th June 2017
Album Reviews
The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts
4 Stars
A tightly wound, intimate record.
16th June 2017
Phoenix – Ti Amo
4 Stars
It finds Phoenix in their most unabashedly romantic mood to date.
9th June 2017
Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister - Planetarium
3 Stars
Its sheer scale can be as daunting as the vastness of what lies beyond the stratosphere.
9th June 2017
INVSN - The Beautiful Stories
4 Stars
Highly political, but more measured.
9th June 2017
London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
4 Stars
Hauntingly stark, yet staggeringly beautiful.
9th June 2017
All We Are - Sunny Hills
2 Stars
An album that isn’t sure what exactly it wants to be.
9th June 2017
Marika Hackman - I’m Not Your Man
5 Stars
Witty, sexy, confident, and charged with live energy.
2nd June 2017
Pixx - The Age Of Anxiety
4 Stars
An album that perfectly contrasts light and dark.
2nd June 2017
alt-J - Relaxer
4 Stars
On album three they’re on even more singular form than ever.
2nd June 2017
Bleachers - Gone Now
4 Stars
An album that’s vibrant and full of life while still being wonderfully introspective.
2nd June 2017
Beach Fossils - Somersault
4 Stars
It raises the bar from the band’s previous output.
2nd June 2017
Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
3 Stars
There are prolonged glimpses at the artist Dua Lipa could become.
2nd June 2017
Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A Song
3 Stars
A bright and breezy, folk-tinged affair.
2nd June 2017
TOPS - Sugar at the Gate
3 Stars
They’re happy to stay in the little niche that they’ve carved out.
2nd June 2017
Chastity Belt - I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone
4 Stars
The band channel malaise, nonchalance, boredom and procrastination onto wax.
1st June 2017
Sweet Baboo - Wild Imagination
3 Stars
Constantly engaging and occasionally stirring.
1st June 2017
LIFE - Popular Music
4 Stars
Not just a blast of blind rage.
26th May 2017
Paramore - After Laughter
5 Stars
An album that’s ultimately OK with not being OK, it’s for that reason alone that it may just be perfect.
22nd May 2017
Gothic Tropic - Fast Or Feast
4 Stars
Like Ladyhawke had she grown up on Tame Impala as much as the 80s kicks of Fleetwood Mac et al.
19th May 2017
Wavves - You’re Welcome
4 Stars
Not only eclectic, but also borderline bizarre at times.
19th May 2017
Pumarosa - The Witch
4 Stars
Packed full of genius – with a few dips that promised more.
19th May 2017
(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
4 Stars
A brilliantly considered next step.
19th May 2017
Aldous Harding - Party
4 Stars
A record that’s at ease when stalking through the shadows.
19th May 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.