Another Sky - Beach Day

4-5 Stars

‘Beach Day’ is a fearless beauty.

1st March 2024

Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites

4-5 Stars

Sheer Mag are still skilled at creating a vibe, and this time around it’s a positively fun one.

1st March 2024

Yard Act - Where’s My Utopia?

4-5 Stars

As much a joy intellectually as it is musically.

1st March 2024

Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

4-5 Stars

An album that delivers the band’s most concise sound yet whilst never taking itself too seriously.

1st March 2024

Ghetts - On Purpose, With Purpose

4-5 Stars

Setting the bar higher once again.

21st February 2024

Lime Garden - One More Thing

4-5 Stars

This debut finds the Brighton-based quartet losing none of their talent for an earworm, while also baring their entire souls.

14th February 2024

Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope

4-5 Stars

About as straight-up and purified an experience as any Sleater-Kinney observer-slash-enthusiast could ever hope to have in 2023.

17th January 2024

CASISDEAD - Famous Last Words

4-5 Stars

Compelling and engrossing.

27th October 2023

Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day

4-5 Stars

A triumph.

18th October 2023

Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other

4-5 Stars

As fun and messy as it is timelessly trendy, as silly as it is erotic.

13th October 2023

Creeper - Sanguivore

4-5 Stars

Far from a mixtape of their forefathers, this is Creeper at their most joyful.

11th October 2023

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

4-5 Stars

It takes a confident stride back into personal territory and certainly gives 2015 a run for its money.

4th October 2023

Jorja Smith - Falling or flying

4-5 Stars

A record unafraid to run off in different directions.

27th September 2023

underscores - Wallsocket

4-5 Stars

For the most part, ​‘Wallsocket’ is the sound of an artist operating entirely, brilliantly on their own terms.

20th September 2023

Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

4-5 Stars

No other record today sounds so beautiful and full while being quite so sparse.

13th September 2023

Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

4-5 Stars

The opposite sex is still firmly caught in her crosshairs, but there’s a tongue wedged firmly in cheek.

8th September 2023

Romy - Mid Air

4-5 Stars

It embodies the turn of the century’s careless hedonism.

6th September 2023

Be Your Own Pet - Mommy

4-5 Stars

A frontwoman with limitless charisma.

23rd August 2023

The Xcerts - Learning How To Live And Let Go

4-5 Stars

A fully realised version of who and what they have always been.

16th August 2023

Jacob Slater - Pinky, I Love You

4-5 Stars

He conjures a feeling of familiarity while being a wholly fresh voice, and this confirms him as a fine songwriting talent.

4th August 2023

Bethany Cosentino - Natural Disaster

4-5 Stars

Bethany’s finest move yet.

26th July 2023

Mahalia - IRL

4-5 Stars

Striking a perfect balance between familiarity and unpredictability, it’s a delight.

12th July 2023

Grian Chatten - Chaos For The Fly

4-5 Stars

Bleak, fragile, yet unmistakably beautiful.

28th June 2023

Killer Mike - MICHAEL

4-5 Stars

Revealing more on every listen.

16th June 2023