Torche - Restarter
3 Stars
‘Restarter’ reverberates with a satisfying sludgy weight.
20th February 2015
3 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Tropics - Rapture
3 Stars
A soulful, if rather bleak break-up album.
15th February 2015
Ibeyi - Ibeyi
3 Stars
‘Ibeyi’ doesn’t quite do justice to the conceptual potency that lies within.
14th February 2015
The Wave Pictures - Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
3 Stars
Woozy summer drives are when it’ll really find its feet.
14th February 2015
Jose Gonzales - Vestiges & Claws
3 Stars
One of the most consistent figures in modern folk.
13th February 2015
Idlewild - Everything Ever Written
3 Stars
A heart-warming success.
8th February 2015
Crushed Beaks - Scatter
3 Stars
Crushed Beaks hit hard and fast in the most vital places.
8th February 2015
The Subways - The Subways
3 Stars
It’s a rough, two-fingered salute to expectation.
6th February 2015
All We Are - All We Are
3 Stars
With grace defining their every step, they’re not far off from cracking the formula.
6th February 2015
Title Fight - Hyperview
3 Stars
Throughout there’s control but a sense of freedom, passion but a sense of restraint.
31st January 2015
Two Gallants - We Are Undone
3 Stars
A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
30th January 2015
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
3 Stars
Is it still Fall Out Boy? Undoubtedly.
17th January 2015
Hanni El Khatib - Moonlight
3 Stars
For all its flaws, it’s hard not to root for ‘Moonlight’.
15th January 2015
Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
3 Stars
Daring, but as a record it lacks a coherent identity.
14th January 2015
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Club Meds
3 Stars
Musically, this is one dark album.
11th January 2015
Funeral For A Friend – Chapter And Verse
3 Stars
The album captures that same shot of adrenaline that punctuated so much of their early material.
10th January 2015
Kiesza - Sound Of A Woman
3 Stars
Kiesza has a whole lot more tricks up her sleeve.
28th November 2014
iamamiwhoami - Blue
3 Stars
iamamiwhoami is increasingly stepping out of the shadows into lighter, more uplifting territory.
9th November 2014
2:54 – The Other I
3 Stars
This follow-up is a little, well, tame.
8th November 2014
Dirty Beaches - Stateless
3 Stars
While intriguing and often beautiful, it’s also a little frustrating. There’s a sense that this is only half a story, half a tale told.
8th November 2014
Mariachi El Bronx - III
3 Stars
If you enjoyed ‘I’ and ‘II’, ‘III’ is well worth a listen.
5th November 2014
Pianos Become The Teeth - Keep You
3 Stars
Pianos Becomes The Teeth’s blistering and retched emotional sound is at its most approachable.
24th October 2014
Kele - Trick
3 Stars
Mesmerisingly peaceful and confidently minimal.
7th October 2014
North Atlantic Oscillation - The Third Day
3 Stars
Punchy and more immediate.
3rd October 2014
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.