alt-J - The Dream
4 Stars
Its strength is in packing not just alt‑J’s usual futuristic twist, but a heavy side serving of nostalgia too.
11th February 2022
Reviews
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
4-5 Stars
A group undoubtedly at the peak of their powers.
11th February 2022
Foxes - The Kick
3-5 Stars
Foxes’ return comes with a purpose.
11th February 2022
LAUNDRY DAY - We Switched Bodies
4 Stars
‘We Switched Bodies’ is fresh, is hot, is now.
11th February 2022
Shamir - Heterosexuality
5 Stars
The record bounds between unfaltering self-belief and fundamental pain.
11th February 2022
The Districts - Great American Painting
3 Stars
A mixed bag.
11th February 2022
NewDad - Banshee
4 Stars
An inevitable ascension of a band who are so acutely aware of their own gifts.
9th February 2022
Los Bitchos - Let The Festivities Begin!
4 Stars
There will be few debuts this year that feel like such glorious exercises in musical technicolour.
4th February 2022
Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
4 Stars
For some, this might be too tame. An album full of ‘Bluish’ rather than ‘Fireworks’. But for others, that means it’s the most accessible.
4th February 2022
Bastille - Give Me The Future
3-5 Stars
Bastille’s choral, digestible power pop DNA is present, but grittier than usual.
4th February 2022
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
4 Stars
There’s a warmth that pervades the whole collection.
4th February 2022
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
4 Stars
A quiet reinvention in the face of adversity.
4th February 2022
Korn - Requiem
4 Stars
Korn are anew, and ‘Requiem’ sees them fearless, embracing what made them famous to begin with.
4th February 2022
Mitski - Laurel Hell
4-5 Stars
You can’t help but feel that it’s all one broken brick away from tumbling down, which is exactly why it plays out with such delicate urgency.
4th February 2022
Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
4-5 Stars
Another truly original triumph.
4th February 2022
Yeule - Glitch Princess
4 Stars
It’s so meticulously constructed and so raw across each fragment of existence yeule lays out that its most perplexing moments become its most moving.
4th February 2022
Willow Kayne - Playground Antics
4-5 Stars
She can rap, she can sing, she can do lip-curling bad bitch and cheeky, playful pop star — and holy hell, can she write a tune.
1st February 2022
Hello 2022 ends on a high with Porij, Modern Woman and more
Glows and Robbie & Mona also brought the party for our final evening at The Old Blue Last.
28th January 2022
Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
3-5 Stars
As slick as velvet from start to finish.
28th January 2022
Eels - Extreme Witchcraft
4 Stars
As freewheeling as Eels have sounded since ‘Souljacker’.
28th January 2022
MICHELLE - After Dinner We Talk Dreams
3-5 Stars
Flecked with hints of pop greatness.
28th January 2022
MØ - Motordrome
4 Stars
No longer simply living to survive, MØ is having fun being herself.
28th January 2022
THYLA - THYLA
3 Stars
After a little too long spent in New Band Limbo, ‘THYLA’ isn’t the blockbuster it might have been.
28th January 2022
Night 3 of Hello 2022 delivers hits & hedonism from The Umlauts, English Teacher & more
Brighton nutcases Keg and widescreen Manchester newcomers Mewn completed the all killer bill.
24th January 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.