Perfume Genius - Too Bright
4 Stars
Heady and potent, ‘Too Bright’ is an astonishingly brilliant album.
16th September 2014
Reviews
Superfood - Mood Bomb
Their debut album is destined to make quite the figurative splash.
16th September 2014
GRMLN - Soon Away
3 Stars
A search for spiritualism leaves behind a gaping void, one that cries out for vigour and invention.
15th September 2014
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
4 Stars
On board the Odd Cruise, full steam ahead.
15th September 2014
2:54, Union Chapel, London
Normally so wonderfully hulking and menacing, here they lack a little edge.
15th September 2014
Peace, 100 Club, London
The question is no longer if they become leaders of the pack, but when.
15th September 2014
Famy - We Fam Econo
3 Stars
A collection of spirited songs that given their gung-ho mentality sometimes come out flawed but charming all the same.
11th September 2014
Twin Atlantic, Roundhouse, London
This band know how to put on a show.
11th September 2014
SBTRKT - Voices in My Head (ft. A$AP Ferg)
The deepest and darkest personal struggle on an album full of them.
11th September 2014
This Will Destroy You - Another Language
4 Stars
The kind of no-holds-barred heavy rock sound that Mogwai made their own, but taken a step further.
10th September 2014
Caribou, KOKO, London
Dan Snaith’s given himself no easy task in topping this record and this kind of occasion.
10th September 2014
Gengahr - Powder
If Gengahr really are sinister creatures, they’re manifesting this characteristic in brilliant ways.
10th September 2014
Jaws - Be Slowly
4 Stars
Even more guitar tastiness to greedily wrap our fins around and sink our teeth into.
9th September 2014
Soak - B a noBody
‘B a noBody’ is the start of Soak becoming a real somebody.
9th September 2014
Gnarwolves - Gnarwolves
4 Stars
Track after track of skate punk perfection.
8th September 2014
Beacons Festival 2014: Friday
Photos of Daughter, TOY, Nai Harvest and more at the festival.
8th September 2014
Bilbao BBK Live 2014
This weekend, Franz Ferdinand, The Prodigy, Black Keys and more will head to Spain.
7th September 2014
Arcade Fire, Earl’s Court, London
The second of the Canadians’ massive headline gigs in west London augurs well for that Glastonbury headline slot.
6th September 2014
Interpol - El Pintor
4 Stars
The trio find a gear they’ve not risen to in over a decade.
5th September 2014
Aphex Twin - minipops 67
Aphex Twin’s return couldn’t be more assured than this.
5th September 2014
Spring King - Demons
4 Stars
They’re either going to crash headfirst into the nearest hazard, or they’ll speed by into stardom.
4th September 2014
Banks - Goddess
4 Stars
At the core of Banks’ sound is a lyrical honesty that colours every cool, trickling twist with unmistakable ownership.
4th September 2014
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
3 Stars
Thematically this is the Ryan Adams we have grown to love, all dusty highways, smoky bars and moments of gentle personal introspection.
4th September 2014
Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
4 Stars
The most important step in their journey of discovery so far.
3rd September 2014
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.