Swim Deep - Mothers
5 Stars
Dangerous gambles that all pay out.
2nd October 2015
Reviews
Deafheaven - New Bermuda
3 Stars
With ‘New Bermuda’, the Californians prove to be no less brave and daring.
2nd October 2015
Wavves - V
5 Stars
Wavves have offered up an album that proves themselves as leaders in the punk pack.
2nd October 2015
Interpol, Albert Hall, Manchester
Songs new and old are met with positive frenzy, and delivered with an effortless, but inch-perfect confidence.
2nd October 2015
Yak - No
Yak mean business, and there’s a sinister edge defining their every move.
2nd October 2015
Oscar - Breaking My Phone
Like Damon Albarn on a rampage.
1st October 2015
Rat Boy, Dingwalls, London
Screaming of a misled, misinformed and mistreated adolescence.
30th September 2015
Daughter - Doing the Right Thing
You’d be pushed to find safer hands to entrust this kind of subject with.
30th September 2015
Beirut, Brixton Academy, London
A unique and powerful spectacle.
28th September 2015
Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin down
4 Stars
His most open, captivating work to date.
25th September 2015
Menace Beach - Super Transporterreum EP
4 Stars
There are very few bands as focused right now.
25th September 2015
Disclosure - Caracal
3 Stars
The duo are submerged in style and an A‑list cast to the point where they forget how to pen pop songs.
25th September 2015
Girl Band - Holding Hands with Jamie
3 Stars
This deadly work could’ve forced an apocalypse if delivered with more conviction.
25th September 2015
New Order - Music Complete
2 Stars
Clumsy, throwaway and out of touch. ‘Music Complete’ serves to dilute New Order’s output.
25th September 2015
Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom
4 Stars
Trevor Powers has nothing to hide on his latest work.
25th September 2015
Peaches - Rub
4 Stars
A return to form, and hideously brilliant, garish good fun.
25th September 2015
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
4 Stars
Julia Holter’s voice has never sounded clearer.
25th September 2015
Chvrches - Every Open Eye
5 Stars
‘Every Open Eye’ is a second album even better than the first.
25th September 2015
Florence + The Machine, Alexandra Palace, London
Florence is a marvel to watch.
25th September 2015
Chvrches, Tufnell Park Dome, London
There’s intensity to every considered step.
25th September 2015
Joanna Newsom - Leaving the City
The left-of-field musician’s latest welcomes in the winter frost in magical style.
25th September 2015
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
4 Stars
In a world where the biggest pop acts construct their own universe, hers could be the most distinct and untouchable.
21st September 2015
Darwin Deez - Double Down
3 Stars
An attempt at trying to recapture that turn of the decade magic.
18th September 2015
Baio - The Names
4 Stars
Baio combines reckless abandon with infectious introspection.
18th September 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.