Frightened Rabbit - Death Dream
Still serious, but now with the straightest of faces.
19th February 2016
Reviews
Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
4 Stars
Nothing is overstated or particularly complex, but it’s in the little flairs of trickery littered throughout each track that Mothers really come alive.
18th February 2016
Yuck - Stranger Things
4 Stars
There’s a gnashing bite to the London band these days.
18th February 2016
Spring King spark a riot at London’s 100 Club
Each and every song on the setlist raises the proverbial roof. Or should that be ceiling?
18th February 2016
MONEY prove rich, warm and (mostly) fulfilling at Liverpool’s Leaf
Their luscious orchestration, cacophonous and passionate resonates round the tightly-packed room.
18th February 2016
Weezer - LA Girlz
Even if a San Fran boffin programmed a computer to construct the perfect Weezer track they’d never beat this.
18th February 2016
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
4 Stars
An attention to detail like no other.
17th February 2016
Poliça look to the future at London live return
To dwell too much on the past wouldn’t feel right in this setting.
17th February 2016
The 1975 - Somebody Else
A chink-in-the-armour depiction of heartbreak like we’ve never seen from the band before.
16th February 2016
Tame Impala soar as they seize control of Alexandra Palace
A carnival atmosphere that carries right through the evening.
14th February 2016
So Pitted - neo
3 Stars
This is an offensive blitz into the unknown with occasional hints that So Pitted might be onto something.
12th February 2016
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
4 Stars
‘SVIIB’ may be the full stop on the band’s work together, but it’s an album that will stand as the perfect goodbye.
12th February 2016
Death Grips - Hot Head
A brutal proclamation of the group’s continued existence.
12th February 2016
James Blake - Modern Soul
A seemingly non-stop evolution of sound and texture.
12th February 2016
Sheer Mag - Can’t Stop Fighting
As easy to dance to as to rage against.
10th February 2016
Yak - Victorious (National Anthem)
A manner more deranged than Yak have ever put to tape previously.
9th February 2016
Parquet Courts - Dust
A fast-moving and deadpan missive from a band on their best form when dealing in the mundane.
9th February 2016
LCD Soundsystem continue victory lap on day three of Open’er 2016
The Polish festival rolls along with sets from LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Rós.
7th February 2016
James Blake, Village Underground, London
An onion of a man, peeling away James Blake’s layers only reveals a fresher side.
6th February 2016
Porches - Pool
3 Stars
The promising beginnings of a musician who’s finally starting to find his feet.
5th February 2016
Telegram - Operator
4 Stars
Other rock debuts this year may well prove more immediately accessible, but few are likely to be as thrillingly original.
5th February 2016
DIIV - Is The Is Are
4 Stars
On ‘Is The Is Are’, everything carries more meaning; he’s well and truly made his point here.
5th February 2016
Ulrika Spacek - The Album Paranoia
4 Stars
‘The Album Paranoia’ could so easily serve as the soundtrack to a trip through space-time.
5th February 2016
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
3 Stars
‘Human Ceremony’ isn’t anywhere near fault-free, but its charm arrives when the trio get ahead of themselves.
5th February 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.