Shopping - The Official Body
3 Stars
The band’s ability to move minds and hips with equal success is still abundantly clear.
19th January 2018
3 Stars rated Albums & EPs
The Go! Team - Semicircle
3 Stars
Another upbeat, buoyant addition to their canon.
19th January 2018
Porches - The House
3 Stars
When ‘The House’ hits the spot, it presents an artist capable of wonderful things.
19th January 2018
Starcrawler - Starcrawler
3 Stars
A hedonistic dream on paper who don’t quite match it on record.
19th January 2018
Björk - Utopia
3 Stars
While there’s nearly always a sense of beauty embedded within ‘Utopia’ though, there’s also a feeling of harshness.
24th November 2017
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon?
3 Stars
You can’t fault Noel for wanting to step away from the niche of his own making, but it doesn’t make this any less of a baffling ride.
24th November 2017
Yung Lean - Stranger
3 Stars
He continues to push boundaries.
10th November 2017
Omar Souleyman - To Syria, With Love
3 Stars
His own personal ode to the land.
3rd November 2017
Autobahn - The Moral Crossing
3 Stars
An evolution for the Leeds five-piece.
3rd November 2017
Converge - The Dusk in Us
3 Stars
There’s a vitality here that reminds us that Converge are exactly the sort of band we can hardly afford to do without.
3rd November 2017
Jaws of Love. – Tasha Sits Close To The Piano
3 Stars
Often an engaging listen.
3rd November 2017
Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts - Milano
3 Stars
Its rough-and-ready sonic approach does justice to the underground movement that it aims to serve as homage to.
27th October 2017
George Maple - Lover
3 Stars
George is at her most relatable when she’s at her most melancholic.
27th October 2017
Yellow Days - Is Everything OK In Your World?
3 Stars
Less a cohesive body of work and more a stepping stone.
27th October 2017
Makthaverskan - III
3 Stars
A sensible progression rather than a reinvention.
20th October 2017
Pale Honey - Devotion
3 Stars
There’s a tension running through it that can create genuine atmosphere.
13th October 2017
King Krule - The Ooz
3 Stars
It has fine moments, but might have benefited from some brutality in the cutting room.
13th October 2017
Liam Gallagher - As You Were
3 Stars
Almost certainly the best thing Liam’s offered us since he parted ways with his big bro.
6th October 2017
Kelela - Take Me Apart
3 Stars
At times she sounds in danger of being overshadowed by the sounds around her.
6th October 2017
Kele Okereke - Fatherland
3 Stars
The acoustic musings and intimate vocals often lack a little bite.
6th October 2017
Gordon Raphael - Sleep on the Radio
3 Stars
More Bowie via Brian Jonestown Massacre than turn of the millennium NYC indie.
6th October 2017
Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
3 Stars
Brazen, boisterous music from a band happy to be back.
6th October 2017
Andrew Hung - Realisationship
3 Stars
It might not always come together neatly, but at least he tries to push boundaries.
6th October 2017
Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly
3 Stars
Moments of genius gradually reveal themselves.
29th September 2017
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.