IDLES bring compassion and ferocity to Bestival 2018
Sincerity and fun are both on the menu for the brilliant late-afternoon set down in Dorset.
8th March 2018
Reviews
Katie Von Schleicher – Glad To Be Here
A strident return from the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter.
8th March 2018
Grouper – Parking Lot
A sparse, haunting return from Liz Harris.
8th March 2018
Gengahr - Where Wildness Grows
4 Stars
An ode to patience, determination and second chances.
7th March 2018
Albert Hammond Jr returns to NYC on compelling form at joyous Brooklyn Steel show
No one present would have cause for complaint if he carried on forever.
4th March 2018
Camp Cope - How To Socialise and Make Friends
4 Stars
If Camp Cope’s debut introduced the garage rockers as serious ones to watch, this cements them as essential.
2nd March 2018
The Men - Drift
4 Stars
Wilfully experimental and typically fluid.
2nd March 2018
Soccer Mommy - Clean
4 Stars
Sophie Allison shoots, and she scores.
2nd March 2018
Lucy Dacus - Historian
4 Stars
She strengthens her already taut grip on rustling, soul-blemished rock.
2nd March 2018
Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
4 Stars
First and foremost, riotously good fun.
2nd March 2018
Superorganism - Superorganism
3 Stars
Every song is born from the same basic stem cells; fuelled by the same thirst for weirdness.
2nd March 2018
The Breeders - All Nerve
3 Stars
There are moments where the magic of this iconic incarnation of the band feels recaptured.
2nd March 2018
Moaning - Moaning
3 Stars
You can’t help but feel that they’ve been beaten to the punch.
2nd March 2018
Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough
2 Stars
Completely without inspiration.
2nd March 2018
Franz Ferdinand enter a triumphant new phase at glorious Brixton comeback
Past it? Fuck no.
26th February 2018
Alvvays entrance the Roundhouse
Alvvays might be a dependable source of brilliance, but they’re also brilliantly unpredictable when you don’t quite expect it.
24th February 2018
Public Access TV - Street Safari
4 Stars
A big and brilliant step out of the box.
23rd February 2018
Turnstile - Time &; Space
4 Stars
A comprehensive thrash.
23rd February 2018
Frigs - Basic Behaviour
4 Stars
Even as they strain between varying poles, Frigs still manage to find moments of great, if sombre, beauty.
23rd February 2018
Lo Moon - Lo Moon
4 Stars
A towering debut.
23rd February 2018
SHIRT – Pure Beauty
3 Stars
Big things haven’t been delivered yet, but that doesn’t mean to say big things can’t be.
23rd February 2018
Table Scraps - Autonomy
3 Stars
One with more than its fair share of potential.
23rd February 2018
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard transform Brixton Academy into their own ‘Gizz-verse’ for the night
They’re a whirlwind that barely seems to cease.
23rd February 2018
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
This might just be 2018’s most electric return so far.
23rd February 2018
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.