Graham Coxon - Castle Park

4 Stars

It’s a rare delight to hear him back in the driving seat.

17th June 2026

POND - Terrestrials

4 Stars

They boil everything down to its very essence.

17th June 2026

The Bobby Lees - New Self

4 Stars

Some prime short, sharp catharsis.

12th June 2026

Rosa Walton - Tell Me It’s A Dream

4 Stars

Sweet but not saccharine; brimming with pop hues, and yet never fully immediate.

5th June 2026

Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze

4 Stars

On characteristically inscrutable lyrical form.

5th June 2026

Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane

4 Stars

A definitive late-career high point.

29th May 2026

Iceage - For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter

4 Stars

Intent, purpose, and a play to make things bigger.

29th May 2026

Static Dress - Injury Episode

4 Stars

A band with not just grand ambition and ideas, but a passion for the genre.

29th May 2026

Kurt Vile - Philadelphia’s been good to me

4 Stars

A love letter to his hometown that both aches with nostalgia and swells with affection.

27th May 2026

Bleachers - everyone for ten minutes

4 Stars

A display of the magic that can happen when people come together to write songs.

22nd May 2026

Rostam - American Stories

4 Stars

A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year.

13th May 2026

Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open

4 Stars

The record’s strength lies in Kevin’s knack for turning simplicity into poignancy.

13th May 2026

Lykke Li - The Afterparty

4 Stars

Just like a big night out, or indeed its afters, the record is dizzying but flies by too fast and leaves you wanting just a tiny bit more to savour.

8th May 2026

Aldous Harding - Train On The Island

4 Stars

A beautiful album that offers out tantalising strands begging to be put together.

8th May 2026

Basement - WIRED

4 Stars

A record that welcomes innovation and change.

8th May 2026

MUNA - Dancing On The Wall

4 Stars

In equal parts as celebratory, uplifting and outright horny as they are aware and angry.

8th May 2026

The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind!

4 Stars

Whatever your view on their schtick, the songs will win you over in the end.

8th May 2026

Cola - Cost Of Living Adjustment

4 Stars

The lushest, most fleshed-out Cola record so far.

8th May 2026

The Black Keys - Peaches!

4 Stars

A recapturing of sorts of their early energy.

1st May 2026

Lip Critic - Theft World

4 Stars

The four-piece throw everything at the wall, with basically all of it sticking.

1st May 2026

Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy

4 Stars

An album of lean, full throttle offerings.

24th April 2026

Metric - Romanticize The Dive

4 Stars

An album which proves that past and present can — and perhaps should — inform one another.

22nd April 2026

Julia Cumming - Julia 

4 Stars

A heartfelt love letter to some classic influences.

22nd April 2026

Eaves Wilder - Little Miss Sunshine 

4 Stars

There’s an audience ready and primed for a record like this, should it find them.

15th April 2026