Willis Earl Beal - Noctunes

3 Stars

A difficult listen and the tracks’ sparseness renders them similar.

28th August 2015

Beach House - Depression Cherry

3 Stars

An odd outlier in an otherwise brilliant back-catalogue.

28th August 2015

Radkey - Dark Black Makeup

3 Stars

As sure-footed and solid an effort as any young band could wish for.

21st August 2015

Sweet Baboo - The Boombox Ballads

3 Stars

Pressing play is like swaggering into the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious section of Mary Poppins.

14th August 2015

Mac DeMarco - Another One

3 Stars

It’s a relief to find DeMarco peering out the other side of fame, but he’s not fully testing himself.

7th August 2015

Prides - The Way Back Up

3 Stars

‘The Way Back Up’ shows Prides to be unafraid of experimentation.

10th July 2015

Little Boots - Working Girl

3 Stars

There’s something about this evolution that just works.

10th July 2015

Saint Raymond - Young Blood

3 Stars

Immature, carefree and most of all fun.

5th July 2015

LA Priest - Inji

3 Stars

This is a pop artist finding his feet.

26th June 2015

Son Lux - Bones

3 Stars

When Ryan Lott and co. really hit their stride, ​‘Bones’ is haunting, arresting, and unlike anything else.

22nd June 2015

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

3 Stars

This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.

21st June 2015

FFS - FFS

3 Stars

‘FFS’ plays like some kind of musical Breakfast Club.

6th June 2015

No Joy - More Faithful

3 Stars

No Joy’s fastest, heaviest and most complex record to date.

5th June 2015

Slaves - Are You Satisfied?

3 Stars

The real charm of this record comes in its additional moments of character.

30th May 2015

A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP

3 Stars

Rocky begins to find himself, finding beauty in unlikely places.

29th May 2015

Algiers - Algiers

3 Stars

Algiers haven’t found themselves a niche; they’ve dug out a trench and settled in for war.

29th May 2015

Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes

3 Stars

A land of multi-coloured glee and decorated discovery.

17th May 2015

Novella - Land

3 Stars

A convincing introduction.

10th May 2015

The Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird Is Home

3 Stars

A more enveloping listen than anything that came before it.

10th May 2015

Paul Weller - Saturn’s Pattern

3 Stars

A strong nine track album that dabbles in bluesy guitar and space-age synth.

9th May 2015

Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms

3 Stars

Another collection of decent, cheerful indie-pop.

8th May 2015

Palma Violets - Danger in the Club

3 Stars

This second album shows that there is more to Palma Violets’ schtick than barely tamed chaos.

3rd May 2015

Twin Shadow - Eclipse

3 Stars

Considering how much Twin Shadow excels as a project of pristine, highly addictive pop bangers, ​‘Eclipse’ falls flat too often.

3rd May 2015

My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall

3 Stars

An inviting record that will leave returning fans thankful for them not disappearing.

1st May 2015