Alt-J, Bournemouth International Centre
This is not just a performance. It’s an intense multimedia experience.
12th February 2015
Reviews
Nai Harvest - Sick On My Heart
Yet another million miles away from their last incarnation as introspective, flowery pop-fiends.
12th February 2015
Joanna Gruesome - Last Year
‘Last Year’ sounds bigger, brasher and heavier, yet retains the jangly sense of euphoria that makes Joanna Gruesome’s output so addictive.
12th February 2015
HEALTH, Heaven, London
They thrive in a live environment, and neither eyes nor ears are torn away.
11th February 2015
Hot Chip - Huarache Lights
Finger waggling, foot shuffling, dancehall bliss just for you (and your robot).
11th February 2015
Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful…
Saucy warblers may come and go, but Florence + The Machine returns triumphant and at the top of her game.
11th February 2015
Charli XCX - Sucker
4 Stars
After years of being synonymous with the prefix ‘ft.’ Charli XCX has found her voice.
10th February 2015
Menace Beach, Barfly, London
On the surface it’s chaos, but underneath there’s an arc of something like a story.
10th February 2015
Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry
While ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ chronicled Kendrick’s personal development, this hints at the forthcoming LP tackling larger issues.
10th February 2015
Swim Deep - To My Brother
Grab some round-lensed goggles, shove on a pair of kaleidoscopic flippers, and dive right the hell in.
9th February 2015
The Districts - A Flourish and a Spoil
4 Stars
In a journey of discovery, these affected types sound remarkably assured.
8th February 2015
Idlewild - Everything Ever Written
3 Stars
A heart-warming success.
8th February 2015
Crushed Beaks - Scatter
3 Stars
Crushed Beaks hit hard and fast in the most vital places.
8th February 2015
Kodaline - Coming Up For Air
2 Stars
They’re yet to truly claim their own territory.
7th February 2015
Trust Fund - No One’s Coming For Us
4 Stars
Self-deprecating, personal, funny and honest.
7th February 2015
Peace - Happy People
4 Stars
A record chock-full of invention, a pursuit of the new and — most importantly — gigantic songs.
7th February 2015
The Subways - The Subways
3 Stars
It’s a rough, two-fingered salute to expectation.
6th February 2015
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
4 Stars
Josh Tillman’s on track to age with grace.
6th February 2015
All We Are - All We Are
3 Stars
With grace defining their every step, they’re not far off from cracking the formula.
6th February 2015
Young Fathers stomp, scream and crash their way through pounding KOKO set
They keep things at once tight and true to the record as well as unleashing a completely different animal.
6th February 2015
Purity Ring - repetition
The Canadian duo’s latest expands out from dreamy synth-pop into almost pure unadulterated pop.
6th February 2015
Spector - All The Sad Young Men
Thankfully, it doesn’t sound bloody anything like Europe.
6th February 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
Like almost everything else in their locker, they merge alien intentions into something undeniably universal.
6th February 2015
East India Youth - Carousel
Music is the real winner on William Doyle’s latest; a sparse offering that shows no signs of constraint.
6th February 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.