Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
4 Stars
Far more considered than anything Dylan Baldi has put his name to before.
27th January 2017
Album Reviews
Menace Beach - Lemon Memory
4 Stars
Not a supergroup, just a really, really super group.
20th January 2017
Loyle Carner - Yesterday’s Gone
4 Stars
A deeply personal debut record.
20th January 2017
Austra - Future Politics
4 Stars
Consistently thought-provoking.
20th January 2017
SOHN - Rennen
3 Stars
A spectrum that spans from stunning to forgettable.
13th January 2017
The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
2 Stars
Rarely as satisfying as it is strange.
13th January 2017
Bonobo - Migration
3 Stars
Disappointingly close to home.
13th January 2017
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
4 Stars
She’s a storyteller, evoking stunning images.
13th January 2017
Brandon Can’t Dance - Graveyard of Good Times
3 Stars
Some refinement, and the future’s bright for Brandon.
13th January 2017
The xx - I See You
4 Stars
An album that puts the trio’s shy status under the microscope.
12th January 2017
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3
5 Stars
A straight up cliff face of sheer imposing quality.
10th January 2017
Gone is Gone - Echolocation
3 Stars
An unceasing onslaught of sound.
6th January 2017
Sundara Karma - Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect
4 Stars
A record made for the cavernous expanse of Brixton Academy.
6th January 2017
You Me At Six - Night People
4 Stars
‘Night People’ feels like the band’s most natural and accomplished step so far.
6th January 2017
Alex Izenberg - Harlequin
3 Stars
Izenberg has a firm grasp on the strange side of things.
8th December 2016
Gabriella Cohen - Full Closure and No Details
3 Stars
Fuzzy tales of dissatisfaction, young love and boredom.
8th December 2016
Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
4 Stars
A celebration of funk and soul’s most oddball strains.
2nd December 2016
Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations
3 Stars
Trading in the playful witticisms and hazy romanticism he’s best loved for, Peter Doherty’s new album gives lost pearls a polish.
29th November 2016
The Weeknd - Starboy
2 Stars
Tesfaye continues to sound as if he has no idea what it is that he wants to do.
28th November 2016
Justice - Woman
4 Stars
Six years since their last album, Justice’s maximalist disco embraces joy and new tricks.
18th November 2016
DIANA - Familiar Touch
4 Stars
Channelling the essence of previous decades, Toronto band DIANA still have an eye for invention on their second album.
17th November 2016
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service
4 Stars
Three decades after forming, A Tribe Called Quest use collaboration to create another timeless record, backed by lyrical content that belongs in today’s troubled times.
15th November 2016
Sad13 - Slugger
4 Stars
Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis brings a giant phwack of empowerment to her debut solo album.
11th November 2016
Simian Mobile Disco - Welcome to Sideways
3 Stars
Intended as another left turn in the production duo’s esteemed career, ‘Welcome to Sideways’ is more a reversion than a reaction.
11th November 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.