Kills Birds - Crave
4 Stars
A welcome reminder of the power of thrashing guitars and guttural vocal roars to provide catharsis.
10th April 2025
Reviews
Grandmas House - Anything For You
4 Stars
An exhilarating EP that builds on the band’s already-laid foundations.
10th April 2025
Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE
5 Stars
Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery.
10th April 2025
No confetti cannons needed as Primal Scream bring a career spanning party to Liverpool’s Mountford Hall
After all these years, it’s still the music that does the talking.
9th April 2025
Scowl - Are We All Angels
4 Stars
Love it or hate it, one thing’s clear here: this band’s ambitions are soaring skyward.
4th April 2025
Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth & s t a r g a z e - Song Of The Earth
3 Stars
What it can’t be faulted for is a lack of ambition.
4th April 2025
Sleigh Bells - Bunky Becky Birthday Boy
4 Stars
A joyfully nostalgic thread runs through it.
4th April 2025
Antony Szmierek offers up a dose of euphoria at extra special London KOKO headliner
His performance tonight sees a range of attendees invited up onto the stage itself for what’s a truly unique night.
2nd April 2025
Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong
5 Stars
A jubilant rebirth.
2nd April 2025
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Death Hilarious
3-5 Stars
A battle-ready hammer throw of a fifth album.
2nd April 2025
Djo - The Crux
4-5 Stars
An ambitious, joyous, heartfelt collection.
2nd April 2025
Rachel Chinouriri - Little House
4 Stars
Ultimately full of heart.
2nd April 2025
Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky
3-5 Stars
A record of duality; here, yearning is part-and-parcel of purging and moving on.
2nd April 2025
Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
4 Stars
An exploration of love through a tentative, poignantly relatable lens.
28th March 2025
Perfume Genius - Glory
4-5 Stars
Perhaps his most musically expansive record to date.
26th March 2025
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá
4 Stars
All the potential to bring a blissful, mind-bending exotic escapade for one’s mind, body and soul.
26th March 2025
Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
4 Stars
As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get.
26th March 2025
Sam Akpro - Evenfall
4 Stars
Gloomy and often claustrophobic – much like the city that birthed it – ‘Evenfall’ is an intricate snapshot.
26th March 2025
Chloe Moriondo - oyster
4 Stars
An artist who thrives in transformation.
26th March 2025
girlpuppy - Sweetness
3 Stars
If it could only stand out a little more.
26th March 2025
Wallows - More
3-5 Stars
It largely showcases the blend of pop, alt-rock and post-punk that makes up the band’s trademark sound.
26th March 2025
Phoebe Green - The Container
3-5 Stars
Refreshingly carefree.
19th March 2025
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
5 Stars
Both a leap in musical maturity as well as a callback to vintage Japanese Breakfast.
19th March 2025
The Horrors - Night Life
4 Stars
A record where The Horrors burn the midnight oil with a new intensity.
19th March 2025
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.