Wilco - Schmilco
3 Stars
With ‘Schmilco’, Wilco are getting funnier, more surprising and more interesting.
9th September 2016
Reviews
Doe - Some Things Last Longer Than You
4 Stars
‘Some Things Last Longer Than You’ delivers the lot and then some with devastating power and sincerity.
9th September 2016
Teenage Fanclub - Here
3 Stars
‘Here’ joins the rest of the group’s catalogue in being consistently enjoyable, yet on this occasion not without flaw.
9th September 2016
Allah-Las - Calico Review
3 Stars
Reinvigorating the band’s instinctive timelessness, Allah-Las’ third album rambles as it soars.
9th September 2016
It’s crowd surfers ahoy as The Parrots get sweaty at Dalston Victoria
The Spaniards incite one big party at the East London venue.
9th September 2016
Young Fathers, Pumarosa and ESG leave Visions 2016 wanting more
The headliners are in complete control of their own thunderous spectacle.
8th September 2016
Pixies bring scuzz and nostalgia to Bilbao BBK Live
Grimes, Slaves and INHEAVEN also got things going on Day Two of the festival.
7th September 2016
JAWS - Right in Front of Me
The best, darkest realisation yet of what JAWS have been striving for.
7th September 2016
Pumarosa - Honey
Sharply-honed and armed with diamond edged precision.
7th September 2016
M.I.A. - A.I.M.
3 Stars
If this is her last album, ‘A.I.M.’ is a strange, slightly inconclusive goodbye wave from M.I.A.
6th September 2016
WALL bring the New York noise on home turf
Barely contained and dangerous sounding, like a volatile chemical lump on the teetering razor-edge of self-destruction.
6th September 2016
Local Natives - Sunlit Youth
4 Stars
On their third album, Local Natives show themselves to be a band evolving with grace and assuredness.
5th September 2016
Bastille - Wild World
4 Stars
Full of pomp and grandeur, Bastille’s second album is a bolder, more ambitious step-up from their debut.
5th September 2016
Partybaby - The Golden Age Of Bullshit
5 Stars
Partybaby step up to the plate; flag-bearers for a whole generation.
2nd September 2016
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
3 Stars
The Staten Island band’s new full-length is at its best when it doesn’t try so hard to push the boundaries.
2nd September 2016
Beach Baby - No Mind No Money
4 Stars
The London garage-pop four-piece flourish when they’re at their most carefree.
2nd September 2016
Jamie T - Trick
3 Stars
‘Trick’ is the sound of a more carefree and content Jamie T, trying new things and seeing what sticks.
2nd September 2016
Zomby - Ultra
3 Stars
Zomby’s music continues to ask the question: in what setting is this actually playable?
2nd September 2016
Tkay Maidza - Carry On (ft. Killer Mike)
Such is the bombast and no-prisoners arrogance, few things sound fresher.
2nd September 2016
Hooton Tennis Club - Katy-Anne Bellis
A suitably reliable supply of simple, no-frills guitar pop.
2nd September 2016
Bastille - Send Them Off!
It’s Match of the Day vibes meets Othello in the band’s latest.
2nd September 2016
Sleigh Bells - It’s Just Us Now
As disorienting as we could hope for from these two.
2nd September 2016
Angel Olsen - My Woman
4 Stars
‘My Woman’ is Angel Olsen’s most compelling record to date.
1st September 2016
Izzy Bizu – A Moment of Madness
3 Stars
Isobel Beardshaw seventeen-track debut is a delightful albeit exhausting trip.
1st September 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.