Lucy Rose - Something’s Changing
3 Stars
A palpable gear-change from her last two albums.
7th July 2017
3 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Sivu - Sweet Sweet Silent
3 Stars
It might be a miracle that he’s managed to turn out another record at all.
7th July 2017
Baio – Man of the World
3 Stars
Often, it’s an insightful and engaging look into what it feels like to be of everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.
30th June 2017
Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister - Planetarium
3 Stars
Its sheer scale can be as daunting as the vastness of what lies beyond the stratosphere.
9th June 2017
Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
3 Stars
There are prolonged glimpses at the artist Dua Lipa could become.
2nd June 2017
Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A Song
3 Stars
A bright and breezy, folk-tinged affair.
2nd June 2017
TOPS - Sugar at the Gate
3 Stars
They’re happy to stay in the little niche that they’ve carved out.
2nd June 2017
Sweet Baboo - Wild Imagination
3 Stars
Constantly engaging and occasionally stirring.
1st June 2017
She-Devils - She-Devils
3 Stars
Drop your expectations of freak pop from another dimension, and there’s plenty to like.
19th May 2017
Girlpool - Powerplant
3 Stars
Just as affecting and crushing as its predecessor.
12th May 2017
Tangerines - Into The Flophouse
3 Stars
Somewhere between the ramshackle kicks of The Modern Lovers, the alt charm of Tom Petty and the more modern successors to the Americana throne.
12th May 2017
Hoops - Routines
3 Stars
Full of sunny slacker-pop.
5th May 2017
Theme Park - Is This How It Starts?
3 Stars
Theme Park’s way of starting anew in all but name.
5th May 2017
Mew - Visuals
3 Stars
A confident release from a seasoned band still harbouring the energies of youth.
28th April 2017
Maximo Park - Risk To Exist
3 Stars
An album of admirable protest poetry with an incidentally musical backdrop.
21st April 2017
BNQT - Volume 1
3 Stars
Very much an album in Eric Pulido’s image.
21st April 2017
Will Joseph Cook - Sweet Dreamer
3 Stars
So far, so happy-go-lucky.
14th April 2017
Timber Timbre - Sincerely, Future Pollution
3 Stars
A challenging, uncompromising listen.
7th April 2017
San Fermin - Belong
3 Stars
A lot of the record shows a lack of streamlining, or a singular focus.
7th April 2017
Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 - Star Stuff
3 Stars
He sounds rejuvenated.
31st March 2017
Julia Holter - In The Same Room
3 Stars
It’s the vibrancy with which the songs are sonically captured that stands out.
31st March 2017
Soulwax - From Deewee
3 Stars
When it hits, it’s easy to hear why Soulwax are hailed as such innovators.
24th March 2017
Johnny Flynn - Sillion
3 Stars
Peaceful, lush and well worth the wait.
24th March 2017
Skaters - Rock and Roll Bye Bye
3 Stars
The band have clearly relaxed their own parameters to largely positive results.
24th March 2017
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.