Christine and the Queens - Redcar les adorables étoiles
4-5 Stars
As Redcar, Chris’ purpose on earth is for adoration, and it’s clear his heart is tender.
11th November 2022
4-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Tove Lo - Dirt Femme
4-5 Stars
Tove’s now able to flex her songwriting as she wishes. And it’s more than fruitful.
14th October 2022
The Big Moon - Here Is Everything
4-5 Stars
For a band who’ve always been about big, fuzzy feelings, it makes sense that the biggest feelings of all should suit them so well.
14th October 2022
FLOHIO - Out Of Heart
4-5 Stars
For a record born of fatigue and exhaustion, she imbues a renewing sense of urgency to each bar she delivers.
7th October 2022
Jean Dawson - CHAOS NOW*
4-5 Stars
“Fuck y’all looking at?” asks the intro. A superstar, is the answer.
7th October 2022
Crack Cloud - Tough Baby
4-5 Stars
Like watching a wound open, flowers growing out of it.
16th September 2022
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
4-5 Stars
A record creaking and groaning under the weight of its ideas.
9th September 2022
Phoebe Green - Lucky Me
4-5 Stars
As bold as the personality that runs through it.
19th August 2022
Superorganism - World Wide Pop
4-5 Stars
Maximalist pop for the terminally online.
15th July 2022
Beabadoobee - Beatopia
4-5 Stars
The land of ‘Beatopia’ is a far better world for letting others in.
15th July 2022
Just Mustard - Heart Under
4-5 Stars
Swampy and tumultuous like a month’s worth of rain.
27th May 2022
Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
4-5 Stars
It might be riddled with hurt but its takeaway feels a lot like hope.
20th May 2022
Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster
4-5 Stars
If there’s any shred of justice in the world, this is going to be a future emo classic.
18th May 2022
Sunflower Bean - Headful Of Sugar
4-5 Stars
Ultimately an exercise in Sunflower Bean showing off that they can do just about everything well.
6th May 2022
Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
4-5 Stars
Very much the most mature Sharon Van Etten offering to date — and perhaps the most musically accomplished, too.
6th May 2022
Arcade Fire - WE
4-5 Stars
These songs have a real and sincere heart.
6th May 2022
Dama Scout - gen wo lai (come with me)
4-5 Stars
Everything that brilliant self-titled EP promised and more.
22nd April 2022
Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
4-5 Stars
One of the year’s most essential records yet.
22nd April 2022
Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn
4-5 Stars
Ferociously heavy, wonderfully weird.
8th April 2022
Father John Misty - Chloë And The Next 20th Century
4-5 Stars
He’s transporting himself to a different world.
8th April 2022
Charli XCX - CRASH
4-5 Stars
An album that cements her status as a true pop trailblazer.
18th March 2022
Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
4-5 Stars
The audible equivalent of a painting affixed with human hair.
11th March 2022
Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
4-5 Stars
Not just an album, but a beaming victory lap.
4th March 2022
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
4-5 Stars
A group undoubtedly at the peak of their powers.
11th February 2022
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.