Cosima - Girls Who Get Ready
Cosima already has an incredible knack for squeezing deep stories into three-minute pop songs.
20th September 2016
Reviews
Goat Girl - Country Sleaze
On the London group’s debut single, every jab of noise feels like a stab in the neck, every lyric packed with venomous undertones.
20th September 2016
Two Door Cinema Club make triumphant London live return at intimate Tufnell Park Dome
A group stronger and more vibrant than ever.
19th September 2016
Packed, energetic and totally sold-out - Sundara Karma’s rise continues at London’s Heaven
The crowd are dancing from the first note.
19th September 2016
Deap Vally celebrate ‘Femejism’ release day at rowdy Islington Assembly Hall
The two-piece are truly in the mood to celebrate.
19th September 2016
Klangstof - Close Eyes to Exit
4 Stars
On their debut album, Klangstof have built themselves a unique, identifiable sound — one that they can use as a blueprint going forward.
16th September 2016
Trentemøller - Fixion
3 Stars
On his new album, Anders Trentemøller runs towards darkness with a look of curious thrill-ride glee.
16th September 2016
AlunaGeorge - I Remember
4 Stars
Packed full of bangers, ‘I Remember’ is a bold next step in AlunaGeorge’s evolution.
16th September 2016
Mykki Blanco - Mykki
3 Stars
‘Mykki’ is a promising starting point for some, a jump into a different league entirely for his following.
16th September 2016
Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
4 Stars
This is Against Me! shifting the topic but retaining all the glory.
16th September 2016
Still Corners - Dead Blue
3 Stars
On their third album, Still Corners’ dream-pop takes on a nightmarish hue.
16th September 2016
Phantogram - Three
4 Stars
Phantogram are at their best when blasting out gritty, heavy choruses — ‘Three’ has them in spades.
16th September 2016
Keaton Henson - Kindly Now
3 Stars
The elusive songwriter’s latest album makes for interesting, albeit heavy listening.
16th September 2016
Sunflower Bean get noisy at London Scala headline
They’re more rough, raw and a hundred times louder than they ever sound on record.
16th September 2016
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Don’t
Less a reinvention than a glance back to his most minimal early demos.
16th September 2016
Justice - Randy
If Bee Gees were to form today, they’d likely sound like ‘Randy’.
16th September 2016
Kagoule - Magnified
More frazzled than a corner shop bacon crisp.
16th September 2016
Preoccupations - Preoccupations
4 Stars
The Canadian group’s second record hits harder, digs deeper and lingers longer than their promising debut.
15th September 2016
Deap Vally - Femejism
4 Stars
Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards second album is so smash-full of gritty, dirty blues riffs it’s as if they’ve ransacked all the dive bars in their native LA.
15th September 2016
Tall Ships - Meditations On Loss
A frustrated emotional release; one that’s wrapped up in all those oh-so-common modern anxieties.
14th September 2016
Wolf Alice, Black Honey and Sunflower Bean smash Bestival 2016
It’s the noisy kids taking centre-stage on a curiously metallic Isle of Wight.
13th September 2016
Yak - Heavens Above
A thick as treacle sludgefest, the type which Yak are masters of dragging melody out of.
13th September 2016
The Japanese House commands Heaven with expansive live set
This is The Japanese House at her best, her ability to still find space to jiggle things around in music that is so full-bodied.
11th September 2016
J Churcher – Borderland State
3 Stars
Crooner J Churcher’s debut is his final, smitten declaration.
9th September 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.