Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4-5 Stars
No record is perfect, but ‘The Suburbs’ makes a fair stab at it.
27th July 2010
4-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Tokyo Police Club - Champ
4-5 Stars
If you were expecting this lot to just burn out, you were absolutely miles off.
14th July 2010
Health - Disco2
4-5 Stars
It manages to amplify every quality and glint of originality the band possess.
13th July 2010
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
4-5 Stars
All over the place in the best kind of way.
30th June 2010
Robyn – Body Talk Part 1
4-5 Stars
Pop world take heed: forget albums and try your damnedest to be as good as this.
9th June 2010
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
4-5 Stars
There is a clear link throughout Cosmogramma between music’s renowned past and its fitful future that sounds more vital than ever before.
19th May 2010
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster - Blood & Fire
4-5 Stars
As loud, riotous and balls out brilliant as you can get.
10th May 2010
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
4-5 Stars
They have raised the bar yet again,
6th May 2010
Woodpigeon - Die Stadt Muzikanten
4-5 Stars
It can’t be overstated just how much of an achievement this album is.
27th April 2010
We Have Band - WHB
4-5 Stars
Good things come to those who wait.
18th March 2010
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
4-5 Stars
If you’re lucky enough to discover a place unspoiled by modern machinations, put this album on as a soundtrack.
3rd March 2010
Pavement - Quarantine The Past
4-5 Stars
Ahhh, they don’t make them like that anymore
2nd March 2010
Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
4-5 Stars
Say hello to Blood Red Shoes mark 2, and an incendiary second record.
1st March 2010
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
4-5 Stars
Or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make One of the Best Pop Albums of Recent Years’
18th February 2010
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
4-5 Stars
The perfect album for anyone who wants an engaging, but relaxing soundtrack.
9th February 2010
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
4-5 Stars
Call us optimistic, but while this is their best effort to date, we feel that they somehow haven’t peaked just yet.
5th February 2010
Oh No Ono - Eggs
4-5 Stars
Kate Bush with a dash of Arcade Fire and MGMT’s psychedelic nuances.
29th January 2010
Husky Rescue - Ship Of Light
4-5 Stars
The band never stick to the script.
29th January 2010
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
4-5 Stars
The hype surrounding the band’s second record had reached a sort of fever pitch.
28th January 2010
Beach House - Teen Dream
4-5 Stars
There is a buoyant, effervescent quality to ‘Teen Dream’, the gorgeous new record from Baltimore duo Beach House.
28th January 2010
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
4-5 Stars
They’re well capable of a flawless release. Whether that comes in the form of a ‘record’ or an album proper is irrelevant: if any band can do it, this lot can.
26th January 2010
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
4-5 Stars
No matter what moniker he decides to record under in the future, people will be listening.
10th December 2009
Allison Weiss - Allison Weiss Was Right All Along
4-5 Stars
If Tegan and Sara went to a folk festival and had a baby with the headline act, and the baby grew up and learned guitar and innovative money-making techniques, that baby would closely resemble Allison Weiss.
26th November 2009
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
4-5 Stars
So, did they embrace their newfound pop sensibilities completely?
10th November 2009
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.