Mabel - High Expectations
3 Stars
Effortlessly cool.
2nd August 2019
Reviews
Foals take their rightful Oxford crown, while Wolf Alice, IDLES and more triumph at Truck 2019
It might be a small festival, but it’s got some big-hitting winners.
30th July 2019
Metronomy, Skepta and Octavian take Dour Festival to the next level
Fontaines DC, Vince Staples and Cypress Hill also impress at the Belgian event.
29th July 2019
Bastille, Friendly Fires and Fontaines DC bring festival fun to a scorching Citadel 2019
Dream Wife, Squid and The Murder Capital also impress in West London.
29th July 2019
Dude York - Falling
3-5 Stars
Big guitar-pop at fizzing pace is again order of the day.
26th July 2019
Dead Nature - Taking My Shadow
3-5 Stars
For the most part it sounds, well, very much like his old band.
26th July 2019
Kaiser Chiefs - Duck
2 Stars
To bemoan their seventh LP for the confused stinker that it is is not an easy pop, but a real lament for a band that used to be so much more.
26th July 2019
Of Monsters and Men - Fever Dream
2-5 Stars
A bit limp.
26th July 2019
Mini Mansions - Guy Walks Into A Bar…
2 Stars
A little more humour on Mini Mansions’ third, and they might’ve been able to pull it off.
26th July 2019
Slaves - The Velvet Ditch
4-5 Stars
A succinct demonstration of Slaves’ here and now.
19th July 2019
IDER - Emotional Education
4 Stars
A thoughtful, carefully-constructed synthpop odyssey.
19th July 2019
The Flaming Lips - King’s Mouth
4 Stars
Not a step misplaced.
19th July 2019
The greatest showman: Robbie Williams brings the hits and more to a jubilant BST Hyde Park
He is Robbie fucking Williams; he’s a national treasure.
16th July 2019
Liam Gallagher brings the big hits for the last day of Pohoda Festival 2019
Haiku Hands and LIFE also see the festival off with a bang.
16th July 2019
Blood Orange - Angel’s Pulse
4 Stars
It proves that sticking around in older ground for a little longer can still bear some sweet fruit.
15th July 2019
Florence + The Machine ends ‘High as Hope’ tour in style as part of BST Hyde Park
Her swansong performance for the ‘High As Hope’ run is just as hypnotic and emotive as her first.
15th July 2019
The 1975, Gossip and Parquet Courts bring the fun on the final, high-octane day of Mad Cool 2019
The Madrid weekender went out for the year with a celebratory bang.
15th July 2019
The National preach a unifying, communal sermon on Day Two of Mad Cool 2019
Smashing Pumpkins, Sharon Van Etten and Vince Staples were among the other highlights in Madrid.
13th July 2019
Lykke Li cancels her main stage performance, but Viagra Boys and Death Grips step up to wow Pohoda Festival day two
Snapped Ankles, Mac DeMarco and The Roots also impress at the Slovakian festival.
13th July 2019
Penelope Isles - Until The Tide Creeps In
4 Stars
A record totally out of step with any modern music scene, and all the more timeless and special for it.
12th July 2019
Palace - Life After
3 Stars
There’s light and darkness in the mix, but the balance feels tenuous.
12th July 2019
Dope Lemon - Smooth Big Cat
3-5 Stars
An enveloping, blissed-out jam of a listen.
12th July 2019
Gauche - A People’s History Of Gauche
3-5 Stars
Gauche take no issue with exposing some of the less desirable features of modern life.
12th July 2019
Bleached - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
3 Stars
Doses of nostalgia all over the shop.
12th July 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.