Sundara Karma reach fever pitch at huge Brixton Academy show
The Magic Gang and Willie J Healey joined the carnage at the band’s biggest headline show to date.
10th September 2017
Reviews
Peace, Idles, INHEAVEN and more shine at Manchester’s Neighbourhood Festival
A blitz of brash energy.
10th September 2017
The Magic Gang come home for infectious Bestival 2017 set
It takes the “Bournemouth-via-Brighton” four-piece mere minutes to dial up the celebration levels.
9th September 2017
The xx dazzle with Bestival 2017 headline set
It’s within their more human moments that their set really feels special.
9th September 2017
Superfood - Bambino
5 Stars
Thank god for second chances.
8th September 2017
Alvvays - Antisocialites
5 Stars
Just as unique as that now-classic debut.
8th September 2017
Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
4 Stars
The Toronto twosome have fully found their groove.
8th September 2017
LA Witch - LA Witch
4 Stars
A convincing first stab.
8th September 2017
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
4 Stars
Ultimately, ‘Love What Survives’ is defined by its tensions.
8th September 2017
Anna of the North - Lovers
4 Stars
A punchy album full of synth-pop tunes.
8th September 2017
Zola Jesus - Okovi
3 Stars
A weighty thing that offers little respite.
8th September 2017
Rostam - Half-Light
3 Stars
Rostam is fast becoming a standalone figure.
8th September 2017
Deerhoof - Mountain Moves
3 Stars
As usual, there’s probably a few too many ideas here and the band trip up on them occasionally.
8th September 2017
Nick Mulvey - Wake Up Now
3 Stars
A record where poignancies lie in tales of close relationships.
8th September 2017
Beck – Up All Night
Another exuberant insight into what to expect from ‘Colors’.
8th September 2017
The National - Sleep Well Beast
4 Stars
Putting an open marriage counselling session to tape and adding new textures to their now-signature sound, The National are as vital as ever.
6th September 2017
Perfume Genius, Heaven, London
Shatteringly vulnerable and terrifyingly powerful at the same time, Perfume Genius’ music gives a voice to the ragged, and lends a sashay to the ruined.
6th September 2017
Kelela – Frontline
A track that soars with glacial synths and Kelela’s own malleable vocals.
6th September 2017
KAYTRANADA – 2017 – 38/ 2017 09 01 SUS/ 2017 07 04
These three short cuts simply whet the appetite for anything the Canadian producer has up his sleeve next.
6th September 2017
INHEAVEN - INHEAVEN
4 Stars
Noisy, riotous, anthemic and bristling with excitement.
1st September 2017
Hercules & Love Affair - Omnion
4 Stars
It might not provide the answers to the world’s ills, but it delves into them with an honest readiness.
1st September 2017
Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun
3 Stars
Serene isn’t necessarily a word you would associate with this group of Scottish post-rock legends.
1st September 2017
Thumpers - Whipped & Glazed
3 Stars
A strange balance of optimism and pessimism.
1st September 2017
Matthew Dear – Bad Ones (ft. Tegan and Sara)
A bold, shimmering pop gem.
30th August 2017
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