Pumarosa make for a thrilling ride at London’s Oval Space
Their five-minute-plus shape shifting tracks make for a thrilling ride.
24th April 2017
Reviews
Maximo Park - Risk To Exist
3 Stars
An album of admirable protest poetry with an incidentally musical backdrop.
21st April 2017
BNQT - Volume 1
3 Stars
Very much an album in Eric Pulido’s image.
21st April 2017
PWR BTTM “sail away” to the stratosphere at The Garage
Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins get an entire room singing Enya, and give ‘Pageant’ a glitter-soaked early outing at a landmark London show.
19th April 2017
Saint Clair – Train
We’ve got the first spin of Emma Topolski’s beautifully measured and honest synthpop epic.
19th April 2017
Waxahatchee – Silver
Katie Crutchfield has never sounded so at ease with the process of self-reflection.
19th April 2017
Splashh - Waiting A Lifetime
4 Stars
The sound of a band having fun being free.
14th April 2017
Will Joseph Cook - Sweet Dreamer
3 Stars
So far, so happy-go-lucky.
14th April 2017
Queen Zee and the Sasstones are the local heroes of Liverpool Music Week
A force to be reckoned with.
11th April 2017
The Big Moon – Love in the 4th Dimension
5 Stars
The kind of musical roast that’d have Nigella beaming with pride.
7th April 2017
Blaenavon - That’s Your Lot
5 Stars
A huge, rich, brilliant documentation of youth.
7th April 2017
Diet Cig – Swear I’m Good At This
4 Stars
Thrashy and rolling gleefully around in its own melodrama.
7th April 2017
Future Islands - The Far Field
4 Stars
It moves between trauma and joy in the same breath.
7th April 2017
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
4 Stars
Give it time and it’s not far short of exceptional.
7th April 2017
Alexandra Savior - Belladonna of Sadness
4 Stars
Dry wit and effortless elegance run throughout.
7th April 2017
Happyness - Write In
4 Stars
The most unexpected thing Happyness can do is to be traditional, but they pull it off with aplomb.
7th April 2017
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
4 Stars
A consistently engaging and occasionally irresistible collection.
7th April 2017
Timber Timbre - Sincerely, Future Pollution
3 Stars
A challenging, uncompromising listen.
7th April 2017
San Fermin - Belong
3 Stars
A lot of the record shows a lack of streamlining, or a singular focus.
7th April 2017
Cold War Kids - L.A. Divine
2 Stars
There’s logic to what’s going on here but it still feels unnatural.
7th April 2017
Karen Elson - Double Roses
2 Stars
Perhaps it’s turned out to be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, because ‘Double Roses’ feels weirdly half-baked.
7th April 2017
Foo Fighters, The Avalanches and Warpaint close Rock Werchter 2017
Noname and The Kills also turn in performances on a sunny Sunday in Belgium.
7th April 2017
Noga Erez – Off The Radar
The title track from her upcoming album continues to be socially aware, but is also her boldest single to date.
5th April 2017
At The Drive-In - Incurably Innocent
Whether At The Drive-In can remain to be as cutting with their political commentary as they once were is still up for debate.
5th April 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.