CATTY - Bracing For Impact

3-5 Stars

Heartfelt and messy in a deeply endearing manner.

24th October 2025

Nell Mescal - The Closest We’ll Get

3-5 Stars

A beautiful EP that proves she’s more than ready for whatever her next step may be.

22nd October 2025

Westside Cowboy - This Better Be Something Great

4 Stars

A compelling introduction.

6th August 2025

Greta Isaac - Dolly Zoom

3-5 Stars

In all its saccharine chaos, it ups the ante.

6th August 2025

Nectar Woode - It’s Like I Never Left

4 Stars

A short but sweet collection that justifies the burgeoning excitement.

16th July 2025

Katie Gregson-MacLeod - Love Me Too Well, I’ll Retire Early

4 Stars

Like a diary excerpt laid out in carefully contemplative, tender poetry.

2nd July 2025

Florence Road - Fall Back

4 Stars

Teetering on the edge of something truly brilliant.

18th June 2025

Pip Blom - Grip

4 Stars

A band at their most self-assured — and perhaps their most restless, too.

12th June 2025

Nxdia - I Promise No One’s Watching

3-5 Stars

Bringing the belligerent punk-pop of Charli xcx’s ​‘Sucker’ era to a post-Billie and Olivia landscape.

12th June 2025

Getdown Services - Primordial Slot Machine

4-5 Stars

Another witty, weirdly brilliant offering, with much more going on behind the punchlines.

5th June 2025

Cliffords - Salt Of The Lee

5 Stars

Far more than just hype.

30th May 2025

Demise of Love - Demise of Love

4 Stars

Excitingly, there’s the sense that this first four-track salvo is a mere tune-up.

30th May 2025

MRCY - VOLUME 2 

3-5 Stars

They’re showing their working out in song form, and it’s a thoroughly pleasant journey to follow.

29th May 2025

House Of Protection - Outrun You All

3-5 Stars

Stadium-sized, adrenaline-inducing chaos at its finest.

21st May 2025

L.Mayland - The Slow Fire Of Sleep

4 Stars

An intimate dialogue, with little left unsaid.

9th May 2025

ratbag - kissing under an (almost) full moon

4-5 Stars

Rich and imaginative.

7th May 2025

Alien Chicks - Forbidden Fruit

3-5 Stars

Packed with style.

7th May 2025

PUNCHBAG - I’m Not Your Punchbag

4 Stars

A varied and endearing debut statement.

2nd May 2025

Mould - Almost Feels Like Purpose 

4 Stars

They’ve got their unsettling-but-intriguing aesthetic all sewn up.

24th April 2025

Wishy - Planet Popstar 

4 Stars

Channelling early-noughties alternative radio energy.

23rd April 2025

Kills Birds - Crave 

4 Stars

A welcome reminder of the power of thrashing guitars and guttural vocal roars to provide catharsis.

10th April 2025

Grandmas House - Anything For You 

4 Stars

An exhilarating EP that builds on the band’s already-laid foundations.

10th April 2025

Rachel Chinouriri - Little House

4 Stars

Ultimately full of heart.

2nd April 2025

Wallows - More

3-5 Stars

It largely showcases the blend of pop, alt-rock and post-punk that makes up the band’s trademark sound.

26th March 2025