The Faint – Doom Abuse

3 Stars

Good – but not great.

20th April 2014

Elephant - Sky Swimming

3 Stars

A cohesive compilation of songs that may change in theme but never its soul.

20th April 2014

Wye Oak - Shriek

3 Stars

An album of intriguing musical variety and striking emotional intimacy.

19th April 2014

Woods - With Light And With Love

3 Stars

Perhaps their most immediate, but also most expansive release yet.

14th April 2014

Smoke Fairies - Smoke Fairies

3 Stars

A largely mixed bag of lyrically intelligent but sometimes slightly weak songs.

13th April 2014

Ramona Lisa - Arcadia

3 Stars

An endearingly frustrating record that deserves more treatment than it is given, if only for its stellar lyrical content.

12th April 2014

Owls - Two

3 Stars

The sound of a band trying to fit back into clothes it has outgrown.

12th April 2014

The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads

3 Stars

So dark, so seedy, so grotty basement-fuelled, it’s possible to smell, feel and touch damp while it plays.

11th April 2014

Fatherson - I Am An Island

3 Stars

A solid debut with more than a hint of songwriting beauty, passion and appeal.

6th April 2014

Ratking - So It Goes

3 Stars

Incredibly daring hip-hop that isn’t trying to impress, but does so anyway.

6th April 2014

Lucius - Wildewoman

3 Stars

There’s a balance between a sweet, butter wouldn’t melt surface and a resolutely ballsy undercurrent.

30th March 2014

Coves - Soft Friday

3 Stars

An album with doomed romance writ large over it.

30th March 2014

S. Carey - Range Of Light

3 Stars

Dreamy in every imaginable sense of the term.

30th March 2014

Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams

3 Stars

A forest of haunting memories and forgotten terrors.

30th March 2014

We Are Catchers - We Are Catchers

3 Stars

The entire album looks out, wonders for, lusts after and contemplates that Californian ideal.

24th March 2014

Kevin Drew - Darlings

3 Stars

‘Darlings’ is a good record.

23rd March 2014

Jimi Goodwin - Odludek

3 Stars

Goodwin’s talent as a multi-instrumentalist and orchestrator shines through the album.

23rd March 2014

Howler - World Of Joy

3 Stars

‘World of Joy’ bursts at the seams with verve and vitality.

22nd March 2014

Jamaica - Ventura

3 Stars

The boundaries remain well and truly unpushed, but this is an incredibly solid and polished offering.

22nd March 2014

Chuck Ragan - Till Midnight

3 Stars

While ​‘Till Midnight’ does move Ragan forward as an artist on first listen there’s still a sense of familiarity.

22nd March 2014

Ghost Beach - Blonde

3 Stars

Part 80s homage, part original creation.

22nd March 2014

The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams

3 Stars

On the surface at least, very little has changed.

22nd March 2014

Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield

3 Stars

The Ontario gang must have been hard at work listening to a lot of Phoenix.

21st March 2014

La Dispute - Rooms Of The House

3 Stars

Visually thrilling and sonically stimulating.

17th March 2014