My Luminaries - Order From The Chaos
3-5 Stars
Military drum patterns, swooping strings and brass make sure the album flies the coop on a high.
8th June 2010
3-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Band Of Horses – Infinite Arms
3-5 Stars
A good introduction to a superb band.
1st June 2010
Wild Nothing - Gemini
3-5 Stars
For all its rich antecedents, ‘Gemini’ is largely unassuming.
28th May 2010
Exit Calm - Exit Calm
3-5 Stars
Immersive and inspired.
17th May 2010
Olafur Arnalds - …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness
3-5 Stars
The album echoes Iceland’s organic and mysterious landscapes.
11th May 2010
James - The Night Before
3-5 Stars
It’ll come as no surprise that none of these songs are student disco fodder.
5th May 2010
The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever
3-5 Stars
The stories dictate the music, not the other way around.
30th April 2010
The Candle Thieves - Sunshine & Other Misfortunes
3-5 Stars
Under the sickly sweet surface and sentimental synths is an ode to the longevity of mortality.
28th April 2010
She & Him - Volume 2
3-5 Stars
In the end, the indier-than-thou contingent can get lost.
27th April 2010
Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
3-5 Stars
Unoriginal, samey and altogether rather pleasant.
20th April 2010
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
3-5 Stars
If this is an indicator of what could come on album three or four, they could be very special indeed.
8th April 2010
MGMT - Congratulations
3-5 Stars
Bold, brave, bonkers, and sometimes brilliant.
7th April 2010
Black Francis - NonStopErotik
3-5 Stars
Not the kind of thing you’d be happy for your gran to catch you doing, eh.
1st April 2010
Kids In Glass Houses - Dirt
3-5 Stars
They chose their targets, and hit most of them dead centre.
25th March 2010
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
3-5 Stars
It’s the middle of the album where it really begins to shine.
12th March 2010
Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here
3-5 Stars
Who Gil Scott-Heron is continues to reveal and rework itself.
5th March 2010
Lightspeed Champion - Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
3-5 Stars
Perhaps this former pink guitar-slaying songwriter is closer to writing a masterpiece than most.
23rd February 2010
Sambassadeur - European
3-5 Stars
The three words ‘Swedish pop group’: What, or more appropriately who, do they make you think of?
22nd February 2010
Holly Miranda - The Magician’s Private Library
3-5 Stars
We can’t help but feel like there’s a massive piece of inside information we missed out on.
18th February 2010
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
3-5 Stars
More hooks than you can shake a stick at.
10th February 2010
Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now! - Fixin’ The Charts, Vol.1
3-5 Stars
It’s only a small step towards a fix, but it’s a start.
9th February 2010
The Sunshine Underground - Nobody’s Coming To Save You
3-5 Stars
You get the sense that this time around, it really is a case of sink or swim for The Sunshine Underground.
5th February 2010
Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress
3-5 Stars
An ultimately warming creative piece of work.
4th January 2010
Sleep Whale - Houseboat
3-5 Stars
You might not be quite sure where you’ve been taken after listening to ‘Houseboat’.
1st January 2010
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.