The Japanese House - Letter by the Water
Despite all the references to water, Amber Bain continues to stoke the fire.
29th October 2015
Reviews
All Years Leaving 2015
A combination of spectacle and sensation.
27th October 2015
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood / Life in the Vivid Dream
But on the basis of this bright one-two, she’s ready to take on anything.
26th October 2015
Half Moon Run - Sun Leads Me On
3 Stars
Half Moon Run sit somewhere between accomplished musicians and potential game-changers.
23rd October 2015
Joanna Newsom - Divers
4 Stars
She takes a bold, explorative leap into the centre of her own mind.
23rd October 2015
Pure Bathing Culture - Pray For Rain
3 Stars
Despite brief drizzly moments, on the whole the album evokes the warmth of drying off after a torrential downpour.
23rd October 2015
Black Honey, Sebright Arms, London
It’s undeniable that Black Honey have a sense of the theatrical.
23rd October 2015
Adele - Hello
She’s not offering to raise mountains. Instead, it’s all very confiding, in a way that makes the emotional clout all the more pronounced.
23rd October 2015
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
3 Stars
There’s so much of this parallel universe they’ve yet to explore.
21st October 2015
Savages - The Answer
With ‘The Answer’ comes new hunger, ever-more-urgent drive, and a keen understanding of exactly what Savages is.
21st October 2015
SBTRKT - Flicker
‘Flicker’ clocks in at less than two minutes, but still, suggests a return to his more distant, gloomy electronics.
20th October 2015
Jamie xx, Brixton Academy, London
He throbs along to the sounds up on-stage, playing the role of pied-piper chameleon.
19th October 2015
Speedy Ortiz, Sound Control, Manchester
Wiry coiled tunes, skilfully executed in gnarly outbursts of sonic fury.
19th October 2015
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
4 Stars
‘Fading Frontier’ draws a new line in the sand, and it could be the beginning of a more direct and big-thinking Deerhunter.
16th October 2015
Real Lies - Real Life
2 Stars
Makes you think, right?
16th October 2015
Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School
3 Stars
Neon Indian have a top-drawer electro pop record in them, if only they can trim the fat accordingly.
16th October 2015
EL VY - Return To The Moon
4 Stars
EL VY could have been many things for Matt Berninger but largely just exhibits him doing everything he does so well.
16th October 2015
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
4 Stars
Devon Welsh has opened himself up to a point where everything he is and has been is given to ‘Are You Alone?’
16th October 2015
!!! - As If
4 Stars
‘As If’ sees !!! attempting to fully realise and recapture their go-to live sound.
16th October 2015
Here We Go Magic - Be Small
2 Stars
A lot of the time, it feels like Temple is concealing real personality for an attempted route to escapism.
16th October 2015
Raury - All We Need
3 Stars
As it stands, there are few acts out there capable of talking the talk like Raury.
16th October 2015
Vant, The Big Moon and Inheaven give Neu Tour almighty send-off at London Dingwalls
Three of the freshest, most exciting new acts around tear up the rulebook on an emotional closing night.
16th October 2015
Mura Masa - Love For That (ft. Shura)
Mixing Game of Thrones-style strings, lighters-up calls, and good old fashioned heartbreak, this is the meeting of two fine musical minds.
16th October 2015
Jack Garratt - Breathe Life
Garratt is the opposite of a one trick pony.
16th October 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.