DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water
4-5 Stars
DIIV have entered into a second act both thrilling and thoughtful.
22nd May 2024
Reviews
Phoebe Green – Ask Me Now
4 Stars
Pop with the alternative ramped all the way up.
22nd May 2024
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
5 Stars
It’s her best yet, and an affecting sign of the times.
17th May 2024
Zayn - Room Under the Stairs
3 Stars
Admirable in its emotional mining, but left wanting for just a little more Zayn sparkle.
17th May 2024
Olivia Rodrigo’s London O2 Arena residency is an all guns blazing powerhouse of pop brilliance
Still only 21, Rodrigo’s show quite literally hits heights most could only dream of.
16th May 2024
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
3-5 Stars
The quartet largely justify the hype that has built around them.
15th May 2024
youbet - Way To Be
4-5 Stars
A lesson in how to hit the goosebump-inducing sweet spot.
10th May 2024
Wallows - Model
3 Stars
Before long, ‘Model’ begins to feel like a series of safe options.
10th May 2024
BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
4-5 Stars
A dizzying mix of hard and delicate.
10th May 2024
A. G. Cook - Britpop
5 Stars
On ‘Britpop’, Cook’s mastery of the esoteric is singular.
10th May 2024
Les Savy Fav - OUI, LSF
4 Stars
A storming return that suggests that, far from having run out of steam, the possibilities for Les Savy Fav are again endless.
10th May 2024
The Kills are still a streamlined rock’n’roll force of nature on the opening London leg of their UK tour
More than half a decade since their last full UK run, the Anglo-American pair remain undiminished.
3rd May 2024
St Vincent - All Born Screaming
5 Stars
If she is to be known by one record, let it be ‘All Born Screaming’.
3rd May 2024
Rachel Chinouiriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events
4-5 Stars
One of indie pop’s most interesting, vital voices.
3rd May 2024
Home Counties - Exactly As It Seems
4 Stars
A strong and audacious debut.
3rd May 2024
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know
4-5 Stars
The Lemon Twigs absolutely master the art of crooning sugary pop-rock in the best of ways.
3rd May 2024
Nell Mescal - Can I Miss It For A Minute?
4-5 Stars
An artist expertly channelling intimacy and grandeur in equal measure.
3rd May 2024
LA Priest - La Fusion
4 Stars
Still as warm, inviting and intoxicating as ever.
3rd May 2024
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
3-5 Stars
Plenty of sun-drenched sonic optimism, but not so much that’s all that radical.
3rd May 2024
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
3-5 Stars
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others.
25th April 2024
Bullion - Affection
3-5 Stars
A joyful listen from start to finish; a playful, experimental, and carefully crafted debut.
24th April 2024
Porij - Teething
4 Stars
A confident debut that acts as both the party and the comedown.
24th April 2024
Nia Archives presents ‘Silence Is Loud’ to HERE at Outernet with celebratory swagger
Her boundary-pushing, genre-hopping triumph of a debut album has just landed; this show feels like something of a victory lap for an artist whose star is about to go supernova.
22nd April 2024
Lucy Rose - This Ain’t The Way You Go Out
4-5 Stars
It’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation in every sense of the word.
17th April 2024
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.