Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
4 Stars
London trio’s debut album has the potential to soundtrack kids’ toy commercials and clog up radio playlists.
20th October 2016
Reviews
Sälen make themselves at home for London Kamio show
London trio make diss-filled, laid back pop for the masses. It’s spreading fast.
20th October 2016
Sad13 - Devil in U
A call to arms, urging people to bag up all the poisonous people in their lives, and lob them out with the trash.
20th October 2016
Yak - Semi-Automatic
Another lap on Yak’s victory march.
20th October 2016
Tkay Maidza - Simulation
All the makings of a diamond-sharp arrow, aiming straight for the bullseye.
19th October 2016
Glass Gang - Luxury
The fast-rising Brooklyn trio constantly shift identity. On ‘Luxury’, they sport vampiric pop with fangs.
17th October 2016
Jamie Lidell - Building a Beginning
3 Stars
The sound of an artist comfortable with spinning several plates at once.
14th October 2016
Douglas Dare - Aforger
3 Stars
In between records, Douglas Dare came out to his father and ended a long-term relationship. ‘Aforger’ documents these life-altering experiences.
14th October 2016
The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
2 Stars
In an age where any era of music is within a second’s grasp, The Lemon Twigs’ reliance on nostalgia feels dated.
14th October 2016
C Duncan - The Midnight Sun
4 Stars
Mercury Prize nominee C Duncan sticks to recording in his flat for ‘The Midnight Sun’, a record packed with intricacies waiting to be revealed.
14th October 2016
Conor Oberst - Ruminations
3 Stars
‘Ruminations’ is possibly Conor Oberst’s most reflective, nostalgic work yet.
14th October 2016
Powell - Sport
3 Stars
For all of its erraticism and tongue-in-cheek playfulness, Powell’s debut has moments of brilliant club euphoria.
14th October 2016
VANT, INHEAVEN and Circa Waves take over Manchester for the inaugural Neighbourhood Festival
Hundreds of different acts take over eleven venues in the south end of the city.
14th October 2016
Turnover settle into their Emperor’s New Clothes at London’s The Dome
Turnover’s vintage hazed, complex ruminations on melancholy and medication are a world away from their more angsty teenage guises.
14th October 2016
Estrons - I’m Not Your Girl
Led by the unparalleled Tali Källström, every Estrons song is enraged for a reason.
14th October 2016
Jagwar Ma - Every Now and Then
4 Stars
Jagwar Ma thrive when they’ve more room to explore, which proves true on their second record.
13th October 2016
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
3 Stars
Borne of depression, alcoholism, near implosion and hospitalisation, Two Door Cinema Club’s new album comes out fighting.
13th October 2016
Swet Shop Boys - Cashmere
4 Stars
‘Cashmere’ is not just a declaration or a celebration, it’s an affirmation.
13th October 2016
Cloud Nothings - Modern Act
‘Modern Act’ is the most life-affirming Cloud Nothings have ever sounded.
13th October 2016
Hudson Scott - Panning For Gold
Tropical music for an inner-city night time stroll.
13th October 2016
Björk shines at Iceland Airwaves 2016, while the new breed come on strong
The festival serves as a celebration for a barrage of acts off the back of huge summers.
11th October 2016
Kero Kero Bonito bring sugary sweet relief to London’s Scala
The mood is more energetic than a small toddler in a sweetshop.
11th October 2016
King Nun - Tulip
A debut single like few others, King Nun capture 100mph immediacy with a puppet string-like sense of control.
11th October 2016
VANT - Peace & Love
VANT spin a positive message from their political charge on this breakneck speed new single.
11th October 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.