White Lies - Big TV
3-5 Stars
It’s textbook White Lies. But hey, it works, so why mess with the formula?
7th August 2013
3-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Pinkunoizu – The Drop
3-5 Stars
A promising album that should make the next journey with them all the more exciting.
2nd August 2013
Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy
3-5 Stars
A charming and invigorating release of gypsy-folk rhythms, punk spirit, positive philosophy and muddled syntax.
26th July 2013
Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum and Mad
3-5 Stars
An album of stories that will warm you and keep you company.
19th July 2013
David Lynch - The Big Dream
3-5 Stars
An intriguing album befitting of a fascinating man.
12th July 2013
Goldheart Assembly – Long Distance Song Effects
3-5 Stars
An album that takes an indirect and aimless route in trying to please.
2nd July 2013
Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
3-5 Stars
With a bit more focus and a more cohesive feel running throughout it, this could’ve been a great record.
30th June 2013
Baths - Obsidian
3-5 Stars
Dark and distressing but ultimately compelling.
30th June 2013
About Group - Between The Walls
3-5 Stars
Wonderfully unhinged; just still needs a little more structure.
29th June 2013
Zomby - With Love
3-5 Stars
A flawed collection, but one that is minted in the producer’s unique persona.
21st June 2013
Transplants - In A Warzone
3-5 Stars
They have stripped back the layers of their past experimentation and settled on what has always rested at the core of their identity.
20th June 2013
oOoOO - Without Your Love
3-5 Stars
An album that requires you to invest all your time and emotion in it.
20th June 2013
Bosnian Rainbows - Bosnian Rainbows
3-5 Stars
Omar Rodriguez Lopez – and friends – still have a lot more to offer.
19th June 2013
Tunng - Turbines
3-5 Stars
An album as cohesive and accessible as any they’ve previously released.
17th June 2013
James Holden - The Inheritors
3-5 Stars
A glorious mix of the human and machine.
16th June 2013
Austra - Olympia
3-5 Stars
A bit warmer, a bit lusher and a bit less lonely.
15th June 2013
Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
3-5 Stars
Fundamentally ‘Ice On The Dune’ is the definitive Empire Of The Sun album.
14th June 2013
The JCQ - Mechanical Young
3-5 Stars
Progressive in approach yet classic in its sound.
12th June 2013
BoySetsFire - While A Nation Sleeps…
3-5 Stars
It’s only been seven years since the last BoySetsFire album, so you’d better believe they’ve still got plenty to say.
10th June 2013
The Electric Soft Parade - IDIOTS
3-5 Stars
The sound of The Electric Soft Parade belatedly coming of age.
9th June 2013
Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
3-5 Stars
An album that’s more emotionally resonant than her debut.
8th June 2013
CSS - Planta
3-5 Stars
The sound of a band finally having fun again.
7th June 2013
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big
3-5 Stars
To hear this album without a beaming smile slapped across your face is difficult.
5th June 2013
City And Colour - The Hurry And The Harm
3-5 Stars
After a decade of dividing between his priorities, this is Dallas finally taking the step out on his own.
3rd June 2013
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.