Another Sky - Beach Day
4-5 Stars
‘Beach Day’ is a fearless beauty.
1st March 2024
Reviews
Faye Webster - Underdressed At The Symphony
3-5 Stars
While it does see Faye and her band at their most musically warm and open, lyrically she feels more closed off than ever before.
1st March 2024
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
4-5 Stars
An album that delivers the band’s most concise sound yet whilst never taking itself too seriously.
1st March 2024
Chalk - Conditions II
3-5 Stars
Flexing the full breath of their electro-punk muscle.
1st March 2024
Pissed Jeans - Half Divorced
3-5 Stars
The sound of a band at boiling point.
1st March 2024
Little Simz - Drop 7
4 Stars
It maintains Simz’s high-set standards while keeping excitement for her next move at its current high.
28th February 2024
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair And Eyeballs
3 Stars
Fans will find pockets of the band they fell in love with, while less seasoned followers may be better served diving deeper into the back catalogue instead.
28th February 2024
Kim Petras brings X-rated maximalist fun to Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo
Fresh from the release of her recent ‘Slut Pop Miami’ EP, the singer returned to the capital for an outrageous run-through of her discography.
22nd February 2024
MGMT - Loss Of Life
4 Stars
They continue to plough their strange pop furrow with aplomb.
21st February 2024
Ghetts - On Purpose, With Purpose
4-5 Stars
Setting the bar higher once again.
21st February 2024
Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
4 Stars
It’s not the easiest listen, but it’s extremely rewarding.
21st February 2024
Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood
4 Stars
An accomplished and immediate pop record that will surely find the underground superstar receiving greater name recognition.
21st February 2024
Allie X - Girl With No Face
4 Stars
An energetic retrospection to digest all the mundane, vulgar, maddening and unsettling future contemporaneity she faces.
21st February 2024
Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger
4 Stars
A stirring reminder of her singular ability as a guitarist and songwriter.
21st February 2024
Real Estate - Daniel
3 Stars
There is plenty to like here — but there’s a sense of creative inertia that means it’s a difficult record to truly love.
21st February 2024
Los Campesinos! cement their beloved cult status at London’s Troxy
Playing the biggest show of their career, it’s a euphoric assembly.
19th February 2024
Crawlers - The Mess We Seem To Make
5 Stars
Sonically rich, musically accomplished.
14th February 2024
Lime Garden - One More Thing
4-5 Stars
This debut finds the Brighton-based quartet losing none of their talent for an earworm, while also baring their entire souls.
14th February 2024
Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head
4 Stars
There’s something inherently welcoming in the short, sharp, and lyrically open songs.
14th February 2024
serpentwithfeet - GRIP
4 Stars
A dynamic and sensual album, rich with imagery, peppered with romance, and imbued with joy.
14th February 2024
IDLES - TANGK
4 Stars
If love is the theme here, it’s quickly masked by a balanced ferocity IDLES have never tapped into before.
14th February 2024
Cruush cast a spell at The Social for the first One Way Or Another show of 2024
We were also joined by Al Costelloe and SOMOH at the February edition of our monthly gig series with Parallel Lines.
9th February 2024
Shygirl - Club Shy
4 Stars
Staple Shygirl, re-packaged, pre-remixed, pre-prepared for the club.
9th February 2024
Declan McKenna - What Happened To The Beach?
4 Stars
Decidedly mature yet still with that same self-aware playfulness, this is undoubtedly his most eclectic offering to date.
7th February 2024
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.