The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll

1-5 Stars

Their attempt to tap into the manic paranoia and fracturing of society misses the mark by some magnitude.

15th April 2021

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

Drones Club - Big World

1-5 Stars

It is not punchy, inventive or original. Instead, it’s deeply anaemic.

7th November 2019

Honeyblood - In Plain Sight

1-5 Stars

A huge, surprising misstep from a band who you thought were just hitting their stride.

23rd May 2019

The Strypes - Snapshot

1-5 Stars

Retro-rock of the kind that once thought Jet were a good idea.

8th September 2013

Tom Odell - Long Way Down

1-5 Stars

Not only does it feel like a one trick pony but this is surely one of the most self-indulgent records that will see the light of day in 2013.

20th June 2013

Kodaline - In A Perfect World

1-5 Stars

Let’s be frank here, what this band needs is a punch in the face and to grow some balls.

7th June 2013

The Pigeon Detectives - We Met At Sea

1-5 Stars

In many ways, it’s not awful. Except lyrically. Lyrically it is definitely awful.

28th April 2013

Peter Broderick - These Walls Of Mine

1-5 Stars

Whilst such experimentation is commendable in many respects, in practise the album fails miserably.

22nd October 2012

CANT - Dreams Come True

1-5 Stars

Those expecting a pleasant pit stop before the next Grizzly album comes out, turn back now.

17th September 2011

The Tunics - Dabblers Handbook

1-5 Stars

Ostensibly landfill indie, bemoaning that ​‘life isn’t fair’.

10th March 2011

Tony Da Gatorra & Gruff Rhys - The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness

1-5 Stars

Comparable to an out of tune robot.

26th July 2010

Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

1-5 Stars

It seems that even Wolfmother’s fans know that the band is something of a guilty pleasure.

11th November 2009

InMe - Herald Moth

1-5 Stars

Four albums down the line and InMe are still going, but only just.

7th September 2009

Dan Black – ((Un))

1-5 Stars

Unless you’re the type of person who wears those neon plastic shades, you best stay clear of ‘((un))’.

5th August 2009

Starsailor - All The Plans

1-5 Stars

James Walsh and company do very little to separate themselves from the easy-listening pap that currently floods the radio.

16th April 2009

LeATHERMOUTH - XO

1-5 Stars

This album may well find you hitting the stop button.

29th January 2009

Razorlight - Slipway Fires

1-5 Stars

Judging ​‘Slipway Fires’ on its lead single may give an inaccurate representation of the album.

11th November 2008

Autechre - Quaristice

1-5 Stars

Nowadays, after two decades of little progression, they’re more like the awkward, chintzy lampshade in the corner that no-one can quite bear to throw out.

3rd March 2008

cymbient - Out On The Waves

1-5 Stars

It’s nice, but it sounds a bit like Islands without the energy to get up and dance; or like the Dandy Warhols without the rock’n’roll.

21st January 2008

Battle - Break The Banks

1-5 Stars

It’s just that the lack of direction, dynamics or general noteworthiness of ​‘Break The Banks’ is more condusive to sleep than it is to personal development, enjoyment, or to deserving any of your money.

3rd September 2007

The Killers - Sam’s Town

1-5 Stars

Note to Brandon; if you can’t even grow a proper beard, a shallow facade of an album isn’t going to help. Back to Plan A, please.

2nd October 2006