Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive
4 Stars
Folk-punk at its most sincere.
2nd October 2020
Reviews
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
IDLES – Ultra Mono
3-5 Stars
It’s an excellent message to stand for, but a big mantle to carry.
24th September 2020
Sylvan Esso - Free Love
4 Stars
Exactly what pop music should be: punchy and pure.
24th September 2020
A Swayze & the Ghosts - Paid Salvation
3-5 Stars
Think the organised chaos of ‘70s NYC post-punk, or even the near-drone of erstwhile Leeds rockers Eagulls.
17th September 2020
Yellow Days - A Day In A Yellow Beat
3-5 Stars
He’s created a heady, vibey, dare we say it — groovy — mood.
17th September 2020
Fenne Lily - Breach
4 Stars
Nothing can stop Fenne Lily now.
17th September 2020
Cults - Host
3 Stars
Organic and true, like the first day of spring after a winter full of rain.
17th September 2020
AG Cook - Apple
3 Stars
Perhaps on his third debut, he should keep some of the boundary-breaking pop sensibilities we know he has for himself?
17th September 2020
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.