Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin
3 Stars
Identity firmly cemented, now Ty’s just having fun within it.
26th January 2018
3 Stars rated Albums & EPs
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
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
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.