Miguel - Coffee
If anything’s officially ‘leading’ this new record as a first single, it’s best to start the day with ‘Coffee’.
20th December 2014
Reviews
Run The Jewels, Academy 2, Manchester
El‑P and Killer Mike deliver every single time they have to.
15th December 2014
Bestival 2014
It feels like being trapped inside a Nintendo’s motherboard, while Tune-Yards describes it as playing a show in a giant playground.
9th December 2014
Bastille - Vs. (Other People’s Heartache Pt. III)
4 Stars
Another high water mark.
8th December 2014
Creeper - Creeper
4 Stars
While it may not be breaking any drastically new ground, that’s not always the point. This is perfectly executed punk rock.
4th December 2014
Angels & Airwaves - The Dream Walker
2 Stars
Little more than an extended yawn of spacey synths.
4th December 2014
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments To An Elegy
4 Stars
A very welcome addition to the band’s enduring history.
3rd December 2014
Menace Beach - Blue Eye
Leeds band spin beauty out of a chaos in a rare moment of reflection from debut LP ‘Ratworld’.
3rd December 2014
Little Boots - Business Pleasure
4 Stars
Little Boots’ next chapter is going to be her most exciting and daring yet.
1st December 2014
Kiesza - Sound Of A Woman
3 Stars
Kiesza has a whole lot more tricks up her sleeve.
28th November 2014
The National make crybabies out of sold out O2 Arena
It’s business as usual in front of a London crowd.
27th November 2014
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) (BBNG edit)
This looks like being the remix 2014’s been holding out for.
27th November 2014
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Troxy, London
Pulsing around a volatile front of stage whirlpool, the whole of the Troxy is under the same spell.
26th November 2014
Mac DeMarco, Forum, London
One thing is abundantly clear: people are fucking crazy about Mac DeMarco.
26th November 2014
Only Real - Yesterdays
Everything shimmers with the sense of good times gone by.
26th November 2014
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho
It could well be seen as awful, it feels like it’s more probably something great, but it’s definitely shocking.
25th November 2014
Slaves, The Victoria, London
There really is no stopping Slaves.
24th November 2014
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Hollywood
It wouldn’t be one ounce undeserved to see his name in lights.
18th November 2014
Kero Kero Bonito - Build It Up
If any squeaky-clean but sinister online sensation is capable of breaking big in 2015, it’s these guys.
17th November 2014
Girlpool - Girlpool
4 Stars
A relentless and immediately likable debut.
16th November 2014
Bo Ningen + Savages - Words To The Blind
4 Stars
Deep, dark sonic ear-mud with no emergency exit.
15th November 2014
TV On The Radio - Seeds
4 Stars
TV on the Radio leap ahead with a renewed sense of being.
15th November 2014
Royal Blood, Electric Ballroom, London
The East Sussex duo don’t disappoint, bringing the noise and raising the roof with a set that’s brief but brutal.
15th November 2014
Fryars - Power
4 Stars
Once a formation falls into place, out steps a special record.
14th November 2014
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.