Son Lux - Bones
3 Stars
When Ryan Lott and co. really hit their stride, ‘Bones’ is haunting, arresting, and unlike anything else.
22nd June 2015
Reviews
Blur bring the hits (and ice creams) to BST Hyde Park
The band play up to their caricatured personas to great effect.
22nd June 2015
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
3 Stars
This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.
21st June 2015
Noel Gallagher embraces nostalgia at the second night of Best Kept Secret
The Vaccines, Death Cab For Cutie and Hookworms also play.
21st June 2015
Creepoid - Cemetery Highrise Slum
4 Stars
Disorienting and satisfying in equal measure.
20th June 2015
The Libertines headline first night at Best Kept Secret 2015
Drenge, Chet Faker and The Jesus and Mary Chain also play.
20th June 2015
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
5 Stars
The flag waving spearhead for a whole bunch of young British bands.
19th June 2015
Desaparecidos - Payola
4 Stars
This is an album designed to move people.
19th June 2015
Meg Baird - Don’t Weigh Down The Light
4 Stars
An effervescent and modern third LP from underrated San Franciscan folk presence.
19th June 2015
The Strokes, Beck wow opening night of BST Hyde Park
A welcome reminder of just how they reached iconic status.
19th June 2015
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique - Love Is Free (ft. Maluca)
Robyn has developed a knack of appearing in giant glittering plumes of smoke to remind us she’s brilliant whenever shit hits the fan.
19th June 2015
Wolf Alice - Freazy
As with everything else Wolf Alice set their collective minds to, the gang mentality is out in full force.
18th June 2015
Download 2015
Muse’s Donington debut is welcomed with open arms.
16th June 2015
Raury - Devil’s Whisper
The unpredictability of Raury’s music is his most striking weapon.
16th June 2015
Skylar Spence - Can’t You See
The dose of positivity this year’s been holding out for.
16th June 2015
Foals - What Went Down
We’re witnessing one of the country’s biggest bands racing to the top.
16th June 2015
Jamie T strips it back at intimate Hackney Empire show
He seems more self-assured and relaxed than he has done since returning last year.
15th June 2015
Beck - Dreams
Beck still knows where it’s at.
15th June 2015
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Jaakko Eino Kalevi
4 Stars
‘Jaakko Eino Kalevi’ is a reminder that pop can be both for your head and your feet.
14th June 2015
Everything Everything - Get to Heaven
5 Stars
Pop explorers Everything Everything have finally discovered their utopia.
14th June 2015
Outfit - Slowness
4 Stars
Theatrical and dramatic without being too pretentious.
13th June 2015
Gengahr - A Dream Outside
5 Stars
‘A Dream Outside’ dwarfs expectations.
13th June 2015
Hudson Mohawke - Lantern
4 Stars
This is the power of Hudson Mohawke, coming soon to a discotheque near you.
12th June 2015
Fucked Up - Year of the Hare
5 Stars
This is a record which doesn’t make sense, because it doesn’t have to.
12th June 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.