Enumclaw - Save The Baby
4 Stars
It’s a thrilling ride.
14th October 2022
Reviews
Mykki Blanco - Stay Close To Music
4 Stars
For all ‘Stay Close To Music’ isn’t afraid to get weird, what’s really notable is just how straightforward it can be.
14th October 2022
PVA - Blush
4 Stars
A collection of wonderful and curious songs perfect for soundtracking that 3am dancefloor feeling — or maybe just your nightmares.
14th October 2022
Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room
4 Stars
‘Quiet The Room’ leans heavily on folk, yet in style it embodies something entirely different.
14th October 2022
The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language
4 Stars
There is something strangely satisfying about its consistency and confidence.
14th October 2022
The Big Moon - Here Is Everything
4-5 Stars
For a band who’ve always been about big, fuzzy feelings, it makes sense that the biggest feelings of all should suit them so well.
14th October 2022
Tove Lo - Dirt Femme
4-5 Stars
Tove’s now able to flex her songwriting as she wishes. And it’s more than fruitful.
14th October 2022
Chloe Moriondo - Suckerpunch
3 Stars
There are plenty of good ideas across ‘Suckerpunch’. It just could’ve done with fewer bad ones.
7th October 2022
Broken Bells - Into The Blue
3-5 Stars
Like the pair swapping mixtapes; a little ‘60s psych here, some ‘70s soul there, with a smidge of ‘80s R&B; between.
7th October 2022
Gilla Band - Most Normal
4 Stars
Uneasy and unpredictable, yet invigorating.
7th October 2022
Alvvays - Blue Rev
4 Stars
Boy do Alvvays know how to make a broken heart sound ever so sweet.
7th October 2022
Sorry - Anywhere But Here
4 Stars
It reeks of cobbled back alleys, underground dive bars and flickering streetlights, yet with a playful nod and an unmistakable affection.
7th October 2022
Easy Life - MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…
3 Stars
Easy Life have kicked up their feet on the hypothetical complimentary loungers and are breezing through this release.
7th October 2022
Jean Dawson - CHAOS NOW*
4-5 Stars
“Fuck y’all looking at?” asks the intro. A superstar, is the answer.
7th October 2022
FLOHIO - Out Of Heart
4-5 Stars
For a record born of fatigue and exhaustion, she imbues a renewing sense of urgency to each bar she delivers.
7th October 2022
Shygirl - Nymph
4 Stars
Ultimately, ‘Nymph’ is a climax – a culmination of years of experimental foreplay – that puts Shygirl on the map as one of the UK’s freshest voices.
30th September 2022
Pixies - Doggerel
4 Stars
Cynicism at the door, ‘Doggerel’ is an enjoyable – and exciting – listen.
30th September 2022
Reeperbahn Festival 2022
Look back on the action from DIY’s stage at Molotow and more.
30th September 2022
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
5 Stars
It turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2.0 is exactly what 2022 needs.
30th September 2022
Alex G - God Save The Animals
4 Stars
An album that encapsulates his weird and beautiful world.
23rd September 2022
Courting - Guitar Music
4 Stars
A thematically poignant, lyrically sharp and sonically surprising statement piece.
23rd September 2022
Sorcha Richardson - Smiling Like An Idiot
3-5 Stars
It takes as much from the healing powers of time and reflection as it does from the starry-eyed heat of the moment.
23rd September 2022
Sports Team - GULP!
3-5 Stars
A heft of new ammo for pint-flinging, moshpitting chaos on the dancefloor.
23rd September 2022
Crack Cloud - Tough Baby
4-5 Stars
Like watching a wound open, flowers growing out of it.
16th September 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.