Slaves cause carnage during Latitude 2016 set
The band are a well-oiled machine who’ve earned their fans and then some.
15th July 2016
Reviews
Honeyblood - Ready For The Magic
Honeyblood have upped the ante in every way imaginable.
14th July 2016
Kaiser Chiefs leap back to the stage with London Palladium gig
It turns out not everything is average nowadays after all.
13th July 2016
Sløtface and Bruising team up for Manchester DIY Presents show
The crowd are in a complete whirlwind of energetic madness.
11th July 2016
Christine and The Queens paints Brixton with magic markers
‘Chaleur Humaine’ looks like being just the beginning of things to come.
11th July 2016
Wild Beasts fail to ‘bang’ at sold-out London Roundhouse
For whatever reason, tonight turns out to be somewhat reined in.
10th July 2016
Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
4 Stars
A new, playful kind of Biffy Clyro.
8th July 2016
Roisin Murphy - Take Her Up to Monto
3 Stars
Irish electro-pop star follows up last year’s Mercury Prize nomination with another dose of wild invention.
8th July 2016
The Avalanches - Wildflower
4 Stars
The Avalanches have gone beyond their calling.
8th July 2016
The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset
4 Stars
A racing sense fun propels much of The Julie Ruin’s latest.
8th July 2016
Rat Boy - Get Over It
Even when he’s chilling, Rat Boy’s output is packed full of sherbet energy.
8th July 2016
Clams Casino ft Samuel T Herring - Ghost In A Kiss
They work better as a team than could’ve been imagined.
8th July 2016
Wild Beasts - Big Cat
As playful at the mogs it’s named after.
7th July 2016
Ryan Hemsworth ft Mitski, Keaton Henson - Wait
A mis-match of collaborators and genres is moulded into something fantastic.
7th July 2016
Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga
A rickety, rollicking, smoke-spitting machine.
7th July 2016
BADBADNOTGOOD - IV
3 Stars
In a pursuit of the new, jazz-via-hip-hop group BADBADNOTGOOD sometimes struggle to piece together their grand-scoped adventures.
4th July 2016
Shura - Nothing’s Real
4 Stars
On her long-awaited first work, Shura packs her debut full of potential and pop #bangers.
4th July 2016
From anticipatory to celebratory, Weezer feel the love at sold-out Brixton Academy
To call tonight ‘eagerly-anticipated’ does a little to miss the point.
4th July 2016
Telegram bring the glam to a suitably glittery Moth Club
A celebration of the first chapter of their career.
3rd July 2016
Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
4 Stars
On their ninth LP, Thrice continue their journey of being dramatically different with every move.
1st July 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
2 Stars
Red Hot Chili Peppers have become something of a self-parody, as rearward-facing as they come. The perennial whipping boys could be getting a harsh treatment, but ‘The Getaway’ gets them nowhere.
1st July 2016
Bat For Lashes - The Bride
4 Stars
Both achingly sad and strangely uplifting, Bat For Lashes’ tragic honeymoon concept album arrives fully-formed.
1st July 2016
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
3 Stars
‘Freetown Sound’ is the full documentation of Dev Hynes’ transition from scrappy post-punk wonder-kid to slinky New York vintage store aficionado. It’s capable of dazzling results.
1st July 2016
Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
4 Stars
Putting upbeat instrumentation ever at odds with stories of addiction and mental illness, the Phoenix, Arizona-born songwriter’s latest is a low-key triumph.
1st July 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.