Soko - Feel Feelings
4 Stars
An intelligent, stylish pop record.
11th June 2020
Reviews
GUM - Out In The World
4 Stars
His fifth effort is by far his most fun yet.
11th June 2020
Drab City - Good Songs For Bad People
4 Stars
This is not an album of obvious blaring colours, but of a hypnotic dark swirl.
11th June 2020
Jehnny Beth - To Love Is To Live
4 Stars
The rich sonic palette and Jehnny’s steely delivery ultimately win out.
11th June 2020
Wesley Gonzalez - Appalling Human
3 Stars
A difficult one to truly get stuck into.
11th June 2020
Run The Jewels - RTJ4
5 Stars
By far Killer Mike and El‑P’s most accomplished chapter.
5th June 2020
Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
4 Stars
Love them or hate them, dismiss them at your peril.
4th June 2020
Muzz - Muzz
4 Stars
Both a wise and charming record, but never obnoxiously clever.
4th June 2020
Roxy Girls - A Wealth Of Information
3 Stars
Everything slots together in short, sharp jabs, all played hard.
4th June 2020
Katie Malco - Failures
4 Stars
Her long-awaited debut captures the zeitgeist of a generation lost somewhere between opportunity and fear.
4th June 2020
Jockstrap - Wicked City
4-5 Stars
Every second feels meticulously thought through.
4th June 2020
Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead
3-5 Stars
Now Westerman’s defined his niche, all he has to do is refine it a little.
4th June 2020
Hinds - The Prettiest Curse
4 Stars
Packed with grooves, hooks and riffs.
4th June 2020
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
3-5 Stars
If you’re looking for a modern, uplifting celebration of all things riff, these boys have got your back.
4th June 2020
LA Priest - Gene
3-5 Stars
An album that feels rich, rewarding and proudly of its own world.
4th June 2020
No Age - Goons Be Gone
2-5 Stars
There’s something slightly off.
4th June 2020
Dry Cleaning play a triumphant sold-out show at London’s Village Underground
They’ll only be playing bigger and bigger venues each time they return to the capital for the foreseeable future.
3rd June 2020
Demob Happy round off the DIY Presents Independent Venue Week tour, in association with Jack Daniel’s, with new tunes and mosh pits
Kicking off 2020 in intimate style, the Brighton trio will surely spend the rest of the year in far spacier surrounds.
2nd June 2020
Lady Gaga - Chromatica
4-5 Stars
Now’s never been a better time to get lost in this new destination.
1st June 2020
The Cool Greenhouse - The Cool Greenhouse
3-5 Stars
Brilliantly evocative.
28th May 2020
Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
3-5 Stars
The title of this record is much like the music it bears — you squint at it for a minute, trying to work out what it means, and then suddenly it all makes sense.
28th May 2020
Diplo - Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil
2 Stars
Rven Thomas Wesley himself must know that his latest is little more than a classic Diplo offering dressed up to try and fool the masses.
28th May 2020
Tim Burgess - I Love The New Sky
3 Stars
There’s all the material here for a fantastic EP.
21st May 2020
The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
3-5 Stars
Among all the killer, there’s also a lot of filler.
18th May 2020
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.