Meat Wave - Delusion Moon
3 Stars
In-your-face in all the right places.
18th September 2015
Reviews
Battles - La Di Da Di
4 Stars
A stubborn embracing of all the weird things that make up this unique trio.
18th September 2015
Girlpool, Scala, London
Duo bring intimate set to the capital.
18th September 2015
Yak, Barfly, London
It’s all dark and messy: this is music that improves with a moshpit.
18th September 2015
Creeper, The Old Blue Last, London
Tonight feels like the beginning of something huge.
17th September 2015
DIIV - Dopamine
With music firmly back in the limelight, Zach Cole Smith is sounding more self-assured than ever.
17th September 2015
Bestival 2015
Search the Bestival crowd for one single face not plastered with a look of genuine glee, there isn’t one.
16th September 2015
Mac DeMarco, The Institute, Birmingham
The momentum in the crowd barely seems to slow for even a moment.
15th September 2015
Brand New, Alexandra Palace, London
Their more delicate touches are lost amongst Ally Pally’s cavernous, echoing hall.
15th September 2015
Low - Ones and Sixes
3 Stars
‘Ones and Sixes’ sounds a little too familiar, but the trio are playing to their strengths.
11th September 2015
Slayer - Repentless
4 Stars
Slayer still know how to pack a devastating punch.
11th September 2015
The View - Ropewalk
2 Stars
The band sound weirdly subdued throughout.
11th September 2015
Micachu and the Shapes - Good Sad Happy Bad
3 Stars
‘Good Sad Happy Bad’ makes about as much sense as trying to chop down a tree with a satsuma.
11th September 2015
Kwabs - Love + War
2 Stars
Much of this album feels too polite and too pedestrian.
11th September 2015
Beirut - No No No
3 Stars
A familiar and easy-going album.
11th September 2015
Bring Me The Horizon - That’s The Spirit
4 Stars
A set of huge songs that’ll cement Bring Me’s place at the top of rock’s ranks.
11th September 2015
INHEAVEN - Bitter Town
They act like there’s one train left out of town and they’ve four precious minutes to catch it.
10th September 2015
Hinds - Garden
More chaotic than La Tomatina.
9th September 2015
The Japanese House - Clean
This might not heave with mystery or murk, but rest assured, The Japanese House knows exactly what she’s doing.
8th September 2015
Death Cab For Cutie bring ‘Kintsugi’ to the UK with epic Shepherd’s Bush Empire set
A band finally fully ready to leave behind their former throne at emo’s peak.
6th September 2015
The Libertines - Anthems for Doomed Youth
3 Stars
A mostly successful and far more mature record.
4th September 2015
Public Image Ltd - What the World Needs Now…
3 Stars
Lydon remains part pantomime, part snarling truth sayer.
4th September 2015
Ane Brun - When I’m Free
4 Stars
An album of empowerment and regained vitality.
4th September 2015
FIDLAR - Too
5 Stars
A big, dumb-smart, happy-sad, universally-specific beast of a record.
4th September 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.