Julia Holter - In The Same Room
3 Stars
It’s the vibrancy with which the songs are sonically captured that stands out.
31st March 2017
Album Reviews
Formation - Look At The Powerful People
4 Stars
Formation’s greatest strength is in their deep, propulsive hooks.
24th March 2017
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy
4 Stars
These constant provocateurs aren’t losing an icy distance just yet.
24th March 2017
Soulwax - From Deewee
3 Stars
When it hits, it’s easy to hear why Soulwax are hailed as such innovators.
24th March 2017
Johnny Flynn - Sillion
3 Stars
Peaceful, lush and well worth the wait.
24th March 2017
Skaters - Rock and Roll Bye Bye
3 Stars
The band have clearly relaxed their own parameters to largely positive results.
24th March 2017
Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things
3 Stars
His most fully-realised collection to date.
24th March 2017
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
3 Stars
A well-thought rush of blood, a planned frisson. It’s a turn on with limits.
17th March 2017
Sorority Noise - You’re Not As _____ As You Think
4 Stars
Where Sorority Noise really shine is through the songs that evolve to embody their every dynamic.
17th March 2017
Real Estate - In Mind
3 Stars
This is classic laid-back Real Estate, and while there is comfort in the familiar, at times it can feel a little lax.
17th March 2017
Conor Oberst - Salutations
4 Stars
Rich, nuanced, and steeped in major key melodies.
17th March 2017
Frances - Things I’ve Never Said
3 Stars
17th March 2017
Pulled Apart By Horses - The Haze
4 Stars
Gritty and unmistakably British.
17th March 2017
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
4 Stars
Yet another hard-to-pin, experimental statement.
10th March 2017
Circa Waves - Different Creatures
4 Stars
Loud and swaggering, the defiance of youth compressed into song format.
10th March 2017
IDLES - Brutalism
4 Stars
As vital as it is volatile.
10th March 2017
Jay Som - Everybody Works
4 Stars
Simultaneously aloft with cloud-like serenity and anchored in real world anxieties.
10th March 2017
Cameron Avery - Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
3 Stars
It’s hard not to fall head over heels for his honest charms.
10th March 2017
The Shins - Heartworms
3 Stars
Five years after the big, bright ‘Port Of Morrow’, James Mercer is more contemplative.
10th March 2017
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
5 Stars
If Skepta’s ‘Konnichiwa’ was grime’s breakthrough, ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’ is its blockbuster.
9th March 2017
Temples - Volcano
4 Stars
If Temples needed to prove that they were more than talented revivalists, then ‘Volcano’ should silence the doubters.
3rd March 2017
Methyl Ethel - Everything is Forgotten
4 Stars
An enigmatic record.
3rd March 2017
Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
3 Stars
A band who divide opinions while being unflinching in their own.
3rd March 2017
Alexis Taylor - Listen With(out) Piano
3 Stars
Certainly an intriguing concept.
3rd March 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.