Sweet Baboo - The Boombox Ballads
3 Stars
Pressing play is like swaggering into the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious section of Mary Poppins.
14th August 2015
Reviews
Bullet For My Valentine - Venom
2 Stars
Bullet sound as if they’re beginning to run on fumes.
14th August 2015
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Blossom
4 Stars
A satisfying return to all things loud.
14th August 2015
Battles - The Yabba
These seven minutes open up an endless pit of possibilities.
14th August 2015
Disclosure - Willing & Able (ft. Kwabs)
Impossibly groovy, it showcases the toned down corner of Disclosure’s repertoire with beautiful results.
14th August 2015
Neon Indian - Slumlord
Alan Palomo has dived headfirst into the chaotic chasm of synthetics.
14th August 2015
Majical Cloudz - Silver Car Crash
Everything is iron cast from the human heart with Majical Cloudz.
14th August 2015
FKA twigs - In Time
This stands up as her most punchy and immediate veering off yet.
14th August 2015
Hurts - Lights
Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson trade in the gloom-pop, and they sound unstoppable.
13th August 2015
Savages point to the future with final London show of the year
Group take on The Dome with a vibrant, vital showcase of new album ‘Adore Life’.
12th August 2015
Chvrches - Never Ending Circles
This band have progressed before our very eyes.
12th August 2015
Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach
For a song apparently based around sand and narcotics, ‘High By The Beach’ is deceptive.
11th August 2015
Swim Deep - Namaste
The only proof required that Swim Deep are taking a gigantic leap of faith.
11th August 2015
Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
4 Stars
All the classic components of a timeless record.
7th August 2015
Mac DeMarco - Another One
3 Stars
It’s a relief to find DeMarco peering out the other side of fame, but he’s not fully testing himself.
7th August 2015
HEALTH - Death Magic
4 Stars
The more HEALTH change, the more HEALTH stay the same.
7th August 2015
Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy
2 Stars
Rock operas have their place, but this isn’t the pick of the bunch.
7th August 2015
The Wytches - Wasteybois
After the swirling psychedelia of their debut album, The Wytches plummet to the darkest depths and return as a snarling monster.
7th August 2015
Glass Animals - Gold Lime
This double-cover takes everything from the more adventurous end of the bands repertoire and ups it a level.
7th August 2015
Låpsley - Burn
Her future is paved out miles ahead.
7th August 2015
Foals - A Knife in the Ocean
An album closer so massive it threatens to unhinge itself and set off on a rampage like a rogue hot air balloon.
7th August 2015
Tame Impala - ”Cause I’m A Man’ (Haim Remix)
The only way this could get better? If they’d called it ‘Cause Haim A Man’.
7th August 2015
Ben Khan - Blade (Tidal Wave of Love)
A lesson in why you shouldn’t compromise.
6th August 2015
PARTYBABY - Everything’s All Right
PARTYBABY are in a completely different league — that much is already clear.
6th August 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.