Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
4-5 Stars
Compare her to Bob Dylan all you like, but Marling here proves herself, not as a product, but as an equal.
24th May 2013
4-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
4-5 Stars
Less a slow-burner, more an intriguing stranger.
16th May 2013
Little Boots - Nocturnes
4-5 Stars
A classy album that brims with euphoria.
2nd May 2013
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
4-5 Stars
It’s the right amount of the old Vampire Weekend and the right amount of bold experimentation.
1st May 2013
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
4-5 Stars
Confused? You should be.
1st May 2013
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
4-5 Stars
This is punk unbounded, both structurally and emotionally.
14th April 2013
Peace - In Love
4-5 Stars
With their debut full length, Peace have made a Very Important Album.
22nd March 2013
The Cribs - Payola
4-5 Stars
A staggeringly good collection of songs.
9th March 2013
FIDLAR - FIDLAR
4-5 Stars
Those who fell head-over-heels for the band’s middle-finger-throwing slacker anthem ‘Cheap Beer’ in mid-2012 will find everything to love.
3rd February 2013
Darren Hayman And The Long Parliament - The Violence
4-5 Stars
There is a strange kind of hope and joy to the album’s warmest moments that belie the, at times, dark themes.
4th November 2012
Tame Impala - Lonerism
4-5 Stars
An absolutely amazing and inspiring record.
8th October 2012
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
4-5 Stars
A term like ‘glitch-hop’ doesn’t do this music justice; every thudding drumbeat matters, every twinkling piano or breathy vocal line seems vital to creating this world.
29th September 2012
TOY - TOY
4-5 Stars
What ‘TOY’ lacks in originality, it more than makes up for with an incredibly rich dot-to-dot of psychedelia laced musical education.
8th September 2012
Now, Now - Threads
4-5 Stars
Two parts Paramore to one part Mogwai.
30th August 2012
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
4-5 Stars
A gorgeous album of soundscapes.
28th August 2012
Matthew Dear - Beams
4-5 Stars
An album that is warm and opening yet still dazzlingly inventive.
25th August 2012
Hold Your Horse Is - Frimley
4-5 Stars
At once slick and raw, streamlined and blunt.
7th August 2012
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
4-5 Stars
The start of a new and exciting chapter for The Gaslight Anthem.
23rd July 2012
Purity Ring - Shrines
4-5 Stars
One of the most hotly anticipated records of 2012.
22nd July 2012
Meursault - Something For The Weakened
4-5 Stars
An exceptional follow-up to a truly singular creation.
15th July 2012
Futures - The Karma Album
4-5 Stars
The wait is finally over as the young British rockers deliver an outstanding debut album, and see their hard work pay off.
28th June 2012
Future Of The Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
4-5 Stars
Mission accomplished, guys.
10th June 2012
The Walkmen - Heaven
4-5 Stars
An album rich with emotion, and engaging, intelligent lyrics.
3rd June 2012
Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
4-5 Stars
Peerless. Absolutely fantastic. Pure and simple.
3rd June 2012
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.