Celeste - Not Your Muse
4 Stars
She begs for a return to smoky, underground stages.
28th January 2021
Reviews
Baio - Dead Hand Control
4 Stars
A hopeful document about finding peace even when the world is on fire.
28th January 2021
Weezer - OK Human
3-5 Stars
Can your metaphors be overwrought, or your references too ham-fisted if they’re accompanied by soaring string arrangements?
28th January 2021
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility
2-5 Stars
It toggles between social awareness and slack harmonies in an interplay that never fully attains the unity it craves.
28th January 2021
Lynks - Smash Hits Vol. 2
4 Stars
A record that simultaneously fully embraces their individuality and exposes their fragility.
27th January 2021
Kiwi Jr - Cooler Returns
4 Stars
The sound of Kiwi Jr moving forwards, planting their own flag in the power-pop ground.
21st January 2021
Yung - Ongoing Dispute
3-5 Stars
This is no blistering return, but a pleasant one nonetheless.
21st January 2021
Lande Hekt - Going to Hell
4 Stars
A celebration of personal freedom.
21st January 2021
Lokoy - Badminton
3-5 Stars
Lasse Løkoy shows himself a deft hand at producing low-key bedroom pop.
21st January 2021
Bicep - Isles
4 Stars
It’s both a comfort and a lament.
21st January 2021
Still Corners - The Last Exit
3-5 Stars
Largely worthy of the cultural touchpoints it so proudly nods to.
21st January 2021
Lonely The Brave - The Hope List
3-5 Stars
Their brand of intense but atmospheric rock feels rejuvenating.
21st January 2021
Rhye - Home
3-5 Stars
Comforting like an old blanket. Perhaps a bit itchy in places, but when things get cold it’s just what you need.
21st January 2021
Rose Gray - dancing, drinking, talking, thinking
3-5 Stars
It marks Rose’s out as a name to watch.
21st January 2021
Jockstrap, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard & more make for a memorable virtual edition of ESNS 2021
The Groningen festival’s online debut also featured highlights from Holly Humberstone, Jelani Blackman, The Cool Greenhouse and more.
21st January 2021
Ashnikko - Demidevil
4 Stars
Ten tracks of orgasm-loving, empowering anthems, that pack a punch musically as well as lyrically.
14th January 2021
Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
4 Stars
Beefier, more confrontational, more dissonant than before.
14th January 2021
Frank Iero and the Future Violents - Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place
4 Stars
It showcases two distinctly different sides to his musical personality.
14th January 2021
You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH
3-5 Stars
It’s a version of You Me At Six we’ve never seen before, and it’s certainly bold.
14th January 2021
Buck Meek - Two Saviors
3-5 Stars
A soothing antidote to literally everything else 2020 has thrown our way.
14th January 2021
Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
2 Stars
Not one for anyone who’s not already won over by the pair’s particular charms.
14th January 2021
Lice - WASTELAND: What Ails Our People Is Clear
4 Stars
A collection of biting, esoteric hymns that readily combine the earthly and the cosmic.
7th January 2021
Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz
3-5 Stars
A document of a band that are perhaps more in limbo than they might first appear.
6th January 2021
Another Sky - Music For Winter Vol. 1
3-5 Stars
Expressing bleakness in a way that is itself engaging is not an easy feat, and this EP is a commendable attempt.
31st December 2020
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.