WHY? - Moh Lhean
3 Stars
It mostly moves to the beat of its own.
3rd March 2017
Album Reviews
Grandaddy - Last Place
3 Stars
If there’s one thing Grandaddy have always had in their locker it’s big hooks and ‘Last Place’ is no exception.
3rd March 2017
Blanck Mass - World Eater
4 Stars
Like the evil twin of Clarence Clarity that joined a particularly nasty cult.
3rd March 2017
Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - Solide Mirage
3 Stars
A firm step on the way to cementing a solid, humanist vision.
3rd March 2017
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
4 Stars
A sharply-executed jumble of fuzz-wrapped postcards and remembered snapshots.
24th February 2017
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
4 Stars
Los Campesinos! will always be able to express a certain character type better than most.
24th February 2017
Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
4 Stars
A mechanical glitching puzzle of a record.
24th February 2017
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
4 Stars
Rich, imaginative, and more than a little strange.
24th February 2017
Dams of the West - Youngish American
3 Stars
Vivid lyrics, lush melodies and Americana influences.
24th February 2017
Summer Moon - With You Tonight
3 Stars
A record blessed with inspired guitar licks and sumptuous melodies.
24th February 2017
Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now
4 Stars
An urgent, hard-driving assault.
24th February 2017
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist
2 Stars
Far from the journey its designer hopes it to be.
24th February 2017
VANT - Dumb Blood
4 Stars
On every single count, VANT have nailed it.
17th February 2017
Dutch Uncles - Big Balloon
4 Stars
Austerity, therapy, David Bowie’s brain and fried chicken.
17th February 2017
Shock Machine - Shock Machine
3 Stars
The shadow of his previous band looms heavy over the space age synths and shimmery pop hooks.
17th February 2017
Novella - Change of State
3 Stars
A deeply reflective album, both current and unmoored.
17th February 2017
Meat Wave - The Incessant
3 Stars
A brutally honest record.
17th February 2017
Sampha - Process
4 Stars
A debut bursting with ideas, broad in scope, and vivid in its storytelling.
3rd February 2017
Surfer Blood - Snowdonia
3 Stars
An emotional affair.
3rd February 2017
MUNA - About U
4 Stars
An album that captures the soaring highs and plunging lows, all in one brilliantly executed swoop.
3rd February 2017
Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in this Town
3 Stars
A record that gets under your skin in ways only a Crutchfield can.
27th January 2017
Toothless - The Pace of the Passing
3 Stars
There are undeniably some moments with serious bite.
27th January 2017
Ty Segall - Ty Segall
4 Stars
It really is a new year, new Ty Segall.
27th January 2017
Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
3 Stars
Their first release in four years finds the desert drag-racing duo letting off the gas a little.
27th January 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.