Annie - Dark Hearts
2 Stars
For anyone still humming ‘Chewing Gum’ or ‘Heartbeat’, it’s a disappointment.
15th October 2020
Reviews
James Blake - Before
3-5 Stars
For a pleasant stop-gap release, James Blake delivers.
14th October 2020
Touché Amoré - Lament
4-5 Stars
Touché Amoré continue to reinvent the very foundations of hardcore.
8th October 2020
METZ - Atlas Vending
4 Stars
A record that feels both raw and refined.
8th October 2020
Emmy The Great - April / 月音
4 Stars
An intriguing new chapter that carves out a world you can dive into.
8th October 2020
Future Islands - As Long As You Are
3 Stars
A solid effort that would fare better with a little more exploration.
8th October 2020
Shamir - Shamir
4 Stars
The start of a whole new era.
2nd October 2020
Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive
4 Stars
Folk-punk at its most sincere.
2nd October 2020
The Nude Party - Midnight Manor
4 Stars
Dripping with exuberant charm.
2nd October 2020
Working Men’s Club - Working Men’s Club
4 Stars
It’s the underlying sense of unease and something to prove that really adds the edge.
2nd October 2020
Jónsi – Shiver
3 Stars
While ‘Shiver’ isn’t exactly the epitome of batshit some might’ve hoped for, it does have its moments.
2nd October 2020
LANY - Mama’s Boy
3 Stars
Though ‘Mama’s Boy’ won’t exactly be changing the alt-pop game, it certainly might convince you to text your ex after one too many glasses of wine.
2nd October 2020
The Jaded Hearts Club - You’ve Always Been Here
1-5 Stars
In short, it is fucking dire so, of course, it has arrived in our desperate, joy-deprived laps now just to rub salt in the wound.
2nd October 2020
Nostalgia wins out at a sold-out Alexandra Palace for Bombay Bicycle Club
Where BBC succeed without a doubt tonight is in airing out the best of their back catalogue with the help of some incredible supporting players
2nd October 2020
mxmtoon - dusk
4 Stars
By knowing her audience and growing with them, toon’s time is unmistakeably now.
1st October 2020
Walt Disco - Young Hard and Handsome
4 Stars
The kind of fabulously polarising affair that’ll cement their increasing tribe of acolytes in no time.
29th September 2020
Fleet Foxes - Shore
4 Stars
A hopeful return to origins.
25th September 2020
Will Butler - Generations
4-5 Stars
What unites the record is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.
24th September 2020
Deftones - Ohms
4-5 Stars
If any of Deftones’ previous records are guilty of lacking focus, ‘Ohms’ is certainly safe from future vitriol.
24th September 2020
Sad13 - Haunted Painting
4 Stars
If anybody has access to a higher power of divine survival witchcraft, it’s Sad13.
24th September 2020
Pillow Queens - In Waiting
4 Stars
Pillow Queens are outwardly frustrated but comfortable in themselves, and their sound succeeds in finding the often-untapped ground between the two.
24th September 2020
Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine
4 Stars
If it makes you move, it’s a winner. If it makes you think too, to Róisín, that’s even better.
24th September 2020
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
4-5 Stars
Not so much a call to arms as an exploration of the individual’s ability to disassociate from the norm.
24th September 2020
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
3 Stars
At its best, there’s a vitality on show, with just the right level of dynamic shift hitting at all the right points.
24th September 2020
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.