Bully - Lucky For You
5 Stars
A near-perfect album if there ever was one.
31st May 2023
Reviews
McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?!
4 Stars
It’s all gorgeously rich in both sound and delivery.
31st May 2023
Protomartyr - Formal Growth In The Desert
4 Stars
Their balancing act between decay and rebirth, love and hate, takes on an even sharper focus.
31st May 2023
Jake Shears - Last Man Dancing
3-5 Stars
The sum of its parts, which is no bad thing.
31st May 2023
Body Type - Expired Candy
4 Stars
A whole lot more fun than its sour, stale name might suggest.
31st May 2023
Tigercub - The Perfume of Decay
4 Stars
Even when they’re going full noodle Muse riff on the album’s title track, there’s still an all-important wink to be found.
31st May 2023
Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You
4 Stars
A valuable insight into who Baxter Dury is.
31st May 2023
Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine
4 Stars
Fully representing the multifaceted complexities of the world outside.
24th May 2023
bb sway - How Will I Get There?
4-5 Stars
An artist embracing their identity — personally and sonically — in ways that are hard not to love.
24th May 2023
Miya Folick - Roach
4 Stars
Laced with a little intoxication.
24th May 2023
Demob Happy - Divine Machines
4 Stars
Rather than innovating or charting new territory, Demob Happy have doubled down on their strengths.
24th May 2023
Lola Young - My Mind Wanders And Sometimes Leaves Completely
3 Stars
A smooth ride of buttery emotional grandiosity and infectious London pop.
24th May 2023
Chain of Flowers - Never Ending Space
3 Stars
Alive, well, and still heavily indebted to the gothic indie rock stylings of the 1980s.
24th May 2023
Hannah Jadagu - Aperture
4 Stars
The album bridges the gap between adolescence and adulthood.
17th May 2023
Temps - PARTY GATOR PURGATORY
3-5 Stars
This ambitious project can be an oblique listen but his enthusiastic delight in experimental, underground music is on full display.
17th May 2023
Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
4 Stars
Powerful, anthemic and cathartic.
17th May 2023
Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
4 Stars
The band are marching down their own path, and it’s one worth following.
17th May 2023
Lambrini Girls - You’re Welcome
4 Stars
A collection of songs destined to provide comfort to those who have ever felt invalidated or overlooked.
17th May 2023
Sir Chloe - I Am The Dog
4 Stars
A solid record.
17th May 2023
Heartworms, The Last Dinner Party, Benefits and the 19 best artists from The Great Escape 2023
All the stand-out shows from this year’s Brighton bash, in one place.
16th May 2023
A decade in the making: Jai Paul rises to the occasion at debut London headline show
There’s an illusion of otherness which radiates from the songwriter even in the flesh.
11th May 2023
Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention
4 Stars
It runs the gamut of immediate, dancefloor-ready electro-pop with style.
10th May 2023
Island of Love - Island of Love
3-5 Stars
There’s a distinctly specific group with which their part-jangle, part-punk indie rock will resonate and do so with utter finality.
10th May 2023
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
4-5 Stars
Previously, comparisons to Simon and Garfunkel felt superficial; on this evidence, The Lemon Twigs are truly operating on that level.
3rd May 2023
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.