Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
4 Stars
A record that finds its voice in emerging into musical freedoms found in separation.
16th September 2022
Reviews
Djo - DECIDE
4 Stars
It’s long been clear that the artist has the musical chops to match his acting prowess and here it’s no different.
16th September 2022
Marcus Mumford - (self-titled)
3 Stars
‘(self-titled)’ is Vegemite: the same, but different.
16th September 2022
Mura Masa - demon time
4 Stars
An undeniable rush to your systems, and a deliciously futuristic one at that.
16th September 2022
Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
5 Stars
An eclectic palette of bombastic, heart-on-sleeve euphoric pop and angsty dancefloor fillers.
16th September 2022
Starcrawler - She Said
3 Stars
As an album, ‘She Said’ is fine. Still, what’s rock‘n’roll about making music that doesn’t frequently get beyond fine?
16th September 2022
Whitney - SPARK
3 Stars
A jarring change: not one from that familiar warmth to icy cold, but only halfway, a sort of uncomfortable mild chill.
16th September 2022
Wunderhorse - Cub
4 Stars
‘Cub’ sounds more the work of a wizened troubadour than a twenty-something’s debut album.
16th September 2022
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
4-5 Stars
A record creaking and groaning under the weight of its ideas.
9th September 2022
End of the Road 2022
The Dorset festival finally welcomes long-booked international headliners, but young, hungry acts from Britain steal the show.
9th September 2022
Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard
5 Stars
Oliver takes on both past and present realities with a candour that surprises even him.
9th September 2022
Preoccupations - Arrangements
3-5 Stars
It takes a while for Preoccupations to find their new groove.
9th September 2022
Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below
4 Stars
Sounds from Zamrock and kalindula woven seamlessly alongside those of contemporary Western hip hop and soul.
9th September 2022
Santigold - Spirituals
3-5 Stars
Not so much reigniting the spark that drew so many to her sound first time around, but a decent job of drawing a line from old to new and updating it.
9th September 2022
Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
3-5 Stars
An unashamedly brash and confident record, but much more subtle and realistic.
9th September 2022
Miya Folick - 2007
3-5 Stars
A solid collection of songs that wear their heart on their sleeve and capture the zeitgeist too.
9th September 2022
Porij - Outlines
4 Stars
Sometimes it’s about baring your soul over a 130BPM kick-snare beat. Sometimes it’s just about making something with a real groove.
7th September 2022
Reading 2022
Wolf Alice and Glass Animals make their cases for future headliner status across a wonderfully chaotic weekend of live music.
6th September 2022
The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
4 Stars
When they embrace the full flood of their influences, they shine.
26th August 2022
Ezra Furman - All Of Us Flames
3 Stars
A little mixed.
26th August 2022
Gently Tender - Take Hold Of Your Promise!
4 Stars
A debut that embraces optimism and nihilism in equal measures.
26th August 2022
Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
4 Stars
Hers is a world where solace and solidarity are steeped into every brick.
26th August 2022
Muse - Will Of The People
2-5 Stars
A smorgasbord of dystopian-flavoured cringe.
26th August 2022
Public Service Broadcasting, Peckham Audio, London
“If you don’t have these places to play, you’re just not going to get the same grade of talent that the UK has been lucky to have for the last several years,” says frontman J. Willgoose Esq.
25th August 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.