FIDLAR - Almost Free
5 Stars
The sound of dancing through the hard times with a massive grin on your face.
25th January 2019
Reviews
Sunflower Bean - King of the Dudes
5 Stars
Truly fantastic.
25th January 2019
Sneaks - Highway Hypnosis
4 Stars
An alien world of feelings and sounds that are clandestine and strange and odd but oddly liberating.
25th January 2019
Swervedriver - Future Ruins
4 Stars
‘Future Ruins’ shows that the band still have something to say and prove.
25th January 2019
Say Anything - Oliver Appropriate
4 Stars
Pointedly apt social commentary with a razor sharp wit.
25th January 2019
Tim Presley’s White Fence - I Have To Feed Larry’s Hawk
4 Stars
What dominates is his ability to pen strange, warm tracks that tug on familiar melodic heartstrings.
25th January 2019
Rat Boy - Internationally Unknown
3 Stars
Rat Boy works best on this record not giving the fans what they want — but something new.
25th January 2019
Keuning - Prismism
2 Stars
With all the composite parts in place, what ‘Prismatic’ lacks isn’t effort, but direction.
25th January 2019
Press Club - Late Teens
3 Stars
Direct to the point of overwhelming.
25th January 2019
Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
4 Stars
It combines both of their styles to create something that doesn’t sound quite like either.
24th January 2019
Track review: Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
It, simply, feels like returning home.
24th January 2019
Track review: Foals - Exits
Musically tying together everything that’s come before and lyrically confronting the paranoia that we’re all feeling, it’s their definitive statement.
22nd January 2019
Track review: Blaenavon - Catatonic Skinbag
A hand on the shoulder in tough times, one to hold close and use to power through disillusion and despair.
22nd January 2019
Track review: Nilüfer Yanya - In Your Head
She proves herself just as adept at penning a radio-bound pop-rock banger as she is with the unusual guitar music we know her for.
22nd January 2019
AJ Lambert - Careful You
3 Stars
On every track, she takes every lyric and holds it, as if savouring every line.
21st January 2019
Sports Team, Flohio and Girl In Red bring an enchanting energy to day three of ESNS 2019
Penelope Isles, Lenny and Nvmeri also featured on the third day of the Dutch festival.
21st January 2019
The 1975’s O2 show is creative, innovative proof of just what bands can – and should – be doing with an arena gig
Believe the hype.
21st January 2019
James Blake - Assume Form
4 Stars
An album that blows James Blake’s musical and personal horizons wide open.
18th January 2019
Fontaines DC, The Murder Capital, Pip Blom and more take over day two at ESNS 2019
We also caught sets from Drahla, Avec, Our Stories and more at the Dutch festival of new music.
18th January 2019
Black Midi, Mahalia, KAWALA and more kick off day one at ESNS 2019
The Dutch festival of new music is off to a strong start.
17th January 2019
Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?
4 Stars
A breezy distraction from the chaos outside.
15th January 2019
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
4 Stars
It surely confirms her position as one of her generation’s most compelling voices.
15th January 2019
Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
4 Stars
Maggie has certainly found her own voice.
15th January 2019
The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All The Time
4 Stars
Even more intense.
15th January 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.