La Dispute - Rooms Of The House

3 Stars

Visually thrilling and sonically stimulating.

17th March 2014

Tycho - Awake

3 Stars

If a comparison has to be made regarding Tycho’s sound, it’s that of the most relaxing walk in the countryside conceivable.

17th March 2014

Shit Robot - We Got A Love

3 Stars

A highly-polished performance with just the odd malfunction.

17th March 2014

Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is

3 Stars

Big rock songs resound as the five-piece play it a little more mature.

14th March 2014

Lyla Foy – Mirrors The Sky

3 Stars

Warm, pretty, and quite often stunning.

14th March 2014

Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow

3 Stars

Not so much shifting the formula as refining it.

13th March 2014

Skrillex - Recess

3 Stars

A hint at broader musical ambitions.

12th March 2014

Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray

3 Stars

Not once does the record feel disjointed, or out of place.

8th March 2014

Joan As Police Woman - The Classic

3 Stars

A welcome addition to Joan Wasser’s repertoire.

7th March 2014

Babe - Volery Flighty

3 Stars

The focus is primarily on making breezy and buoyant off-kilter pop songs.

3rd March 2014

Axxa/Abraxas - Axxa/Abraxas

3 Stars

An accomplished debut but surely only the mere beginnings.

2nd March 2014

Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans

3 Stars

A leaner, more focused, take on their country infused rock ​’n’ roll.

2nd March 2014

Tense Men – Where Dull Care Is Forgotten

3 Stars

Six tightly-wound tracks.

2nd March 2014

We Are Scientists - TV En Français

3 Stars

Part girl group, part cocktail lounge.

1st March 2014

Blood Red Shoes – Blood Red Shoes

3 Stars

This fourth long player neatly combines facets of their first three.

1st March 2014

The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits

3 Stars

It’s Springsteen, it’s 70s soft-rock, it’s sun-soaked Californian road trips.

26th February 2014

patten – ESTOILE NAIANT

3 Stars

An album which reflects its creator.

25th February 2014

Skaters – Manhattan

3 Stars

To suggest the band have just one influence is to do them a massive injustice.

25th February 2014

Wolves Like Us - Black Soul Choir

3 Stars

Entirely immersing and toweringly emotional.

24th February 2014

Bleeding Rainbow - Interrupt

3 Stars

If ​‘Interrupt’ were ten tracks in the ilk of ​‘Time & Place’, ​‘Start Again’ and ​‘Dead Head’, it would be a phenomenal debut.

15th February 2014

Twin Forks - Twin Forks

3 Stars

It might be cookie-cutter, but cookies are delicious.

15th February 2014

The Notwist - Close To The Glass

3 Stars

Once again frighteningly fresh.

14th February 2014

Let’s Wrestle - Let’s Wrestle

3 Stars

The band move away from the scrappy slacker-punk of yore to a fuller, more layered sound.

9th February 2014

Cheatahs - Cheatahs

3 Stars

Derivative, it may well be. But, it’s also really well done.

7th February 2014