Pity Sex - White Hot Moon

3 Stars

The grind of day-to-day life is drowned out in a synthesis of reflection on the Michigan group’s latest.

22nd April 2016

Suuns - Hold/Still

3 Stars

It’s an album that boasts all the tools, from impenetrable denseness to intimidating stillness.

15th April 2016

Kevin Morby - Singing Saw

3 Stars

There’s a crispness to ​‘Singing Saw’ that must be similar to the air after rain in Mount Washington.

15th April 2016

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - PersonA

3 Stars

In its own terms, ​‘PersonA’ is largely an impressive album but there’s still some way to go yet.

15th April 2016

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project

3 Stars

This isn’t the best or the bravest music of her career, but Harvey continues to pave new ground.

11th April 2016

Tim Hecker - Love Streams

3 Stars

Hecker has once again shaped something that feels weighty and important, shafts of light illuminating the dark landscape.

8th April 2016

Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack

3 Stars

This album may declare itself a painting, but there’s a much bigger picture to see here.

7th April 2016

Andrew Bird - Are You Serious

3 Stars

This is the strongest Bird has sounded in some time, but it’s not quite a monumental breakthrough.

1st April 2016

Bleached - Welcome The Worms

3 Stars

All too often ​‘Welcome The Worms’ lacks the bite that’d make it Very Good Indeed.

1st April 2016

Teen Suicide - It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Let’s Stir the Honeypot

3 Stars

The Maryland clan haven’t left any path untrodden in their tenure as Teen Suicide.

29th March 2016

RJD2 - Dame Fortune

3 Stars

The album features some reliably masterful beat work and production, but falls somewhat short.

25th March 2016

White Denim - Stiff

3 Stars

The quartet are capable of just about anything they turn their hands to.

24th March 2016

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

3 Stars

It’s comfortable, casual and — as is Iggy — a little bit weird at times.

18th March 2016

Lust for Youth - Compassion

3 Stars

It’s a purposeful record that shows a trio holding on to the makings of something quite special.

18th March 2016

Liima - ii

3 Stars

It’s a project that serves as a refreshing dive into experimentation and spontaneity post-Efterklang.

18th March 2016

HÆLOS - Full Circle

3 Stars

A nightcrawling, adventurous beast only faulted by its tendency to play the same hand.

17th March 2016

The KVB - Of Desire

3 Stars

There’s no doubting the precision of the songwriting, as each song digs its way into your brain.

11th March 2016

Jeremy Gara - Limn

3 Stars

It’s a convincing artistic undertaking providing an interesting insight into Gara’s creative threads.

11th March 2016

Heck - Instructions

3 Stars

A record that’s captured them exactly as they are at this moment in time.

11th March 2016

Lucius - Good Grief

3 Stars

‘Good Grief’ marks an important next step in the realisation of their sassy pop character.

11th March 2016

Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend

3 Stars

When the album hits, it does so with an infectious force.

11th March 2016

Tonight Alive - Limitless

3 Stars

There’s no doubting that Tonight Alive are being brave with their attempts on this record.

4th March 2016

La Sera - Music for Listening to Music to

3 Stars

For an overwhelming portion of this Ryan Adams-produced record, La Sera just sound a bit too polite.

4th March 2016

Palehound - Dry Food

3 Stars

‘Dry Food’ is a rollercoaster portrayal of emotion as real as it comes.

4th March 2016