Stealing Sheep - Not Real
4 Stars
A new eureka moment every sixty seconds.
10th April 2015
Reviews
Mumford & Sons - The Wolf
Marcus and Co. aren’t banjo-wielding caricatures anymore — ‘The Wolf’ proves it in stadium-ready style.
10th April 2015
Black Honey - Spinning Wheel
Spaghetti-western twangs and gun-toting guitars hit like a house falling from the heavens — we’re not in Kansas anymore.
9th April 2015
Bully - Trying
‘Trying’ is a lesson in actually giving a shit, and it proves that ultimate effort tends to pay dividends.
9th April 2015
St Vincent - Teenage Talk
A self-contradictory elegy for nostalgia, this might’ve drowned on ‘St Vincent’. Alone it’s the musical equivalent of a self-contained short story.
8th April 2015
Metz - Spit You Out
Matching the sheer velocity of the live Metz experience is a gargantuan task, yet ‘Spit You Out’ does just that.
8th April 2015
Florence + The Machine - Ship to Wreck
One of Florence’s best examples of matching brutal honesty with euphoric pop.
8th April 2015
All Time Low - Future Hearts
3 Stars
They’re never going to reinvent the wheel, but there is something intensely satisfying in their sugary hooks.
6th April 2015
The Wombats - Glitterbug
2 Stars
‘Glitterbug’ is a tired album that lacks invention.
5th April 2015
Alex G - Trick / Rules
4 Stars
‘Trick’ and ‘Rules’ are given the pro treatment.
5th April 2015
Say Lou Lou - Lucid Dreaming
4 Stars
The album’s eleven tracks emanate a hazy organic warmth.
5th April 2015
Nadine Shah - Fast Food
4 Stars
Sweet, sour, angry, reflective.
5th April 2015
Live At Leeds 2015
Local pride and revelatory sets share the spoils at the new music-centric fest, with highlights coming from The Cribs, Black Honey, Yak and The Magic Gang.
5th April 2015
Tame Impala - ‘Cause I’m A Man
If Tame Impala were already champions of direct, unorthodox pop, they’ve just established a new elite league.
5th April 2015
Lapalux - Lustmore
3 Stars
‘Lustmore’ is beautifully complex, but subtly so.
4th April 2015
San Cisco - Gracetown
2 Stars
The songs are sweet and the melodies are there, but the record can seem a little two-paced.
4th April 2015
Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare
4 Stars
A slightly more subdued affair, though there’s plenty of melodies within the chaos.
4th April 2015
Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
4 Stars
Incredible songs, performed with honesty and passion.
4th April 2015
Wolf Alice shred nerves with confetti-covered Shepherd’s Bush Empire show
Few things will top Wolf Alice’s Shepherd’s Bush triumph, but the best is yet to come.
4th April 2015
East India Youth - Culture of Volume
4 Stars
It’s the strongest Doyle’s sounded as a songwriter, even if he’s still finding his feet.
3rd April 2015
Toro Y Moi - What For?
3 Stars
An homage to golden days.
3rd April 2015
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
4 Stars
Young Fathers have struck gold on something more rewarding than its predecessor.
3rd April 2015
Brawlers – Romantic Errors of Our Youth
4 Stars
Brawlers have built a debut album that doesn’t put a foot wrong.
3rd April 2015
Metz showcase new album tracks at frenzied London gig
The bigger the target, the harder the bodies fling themselves into it.
3rd April 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.