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

Father John Misty - Chloë And The Next 20th Century

4-5 Stars

He’s transporting himself to a different world.

8th April 2022

Jack White - Fear Of The Dawn

4-5 Stars

Ferociously heavy, wonderfully weird.

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

Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory

4-5 Stars

Another truly original triumph.

4th February 2022

Mitski - Laurel Hell

4-5 Stars

You can’t help but feel that it’s all one broken brick away from tumbling down, which is exactly why it plays out with such delicate urgency.

4th February 2022

Biffy Clyro - The Myth Of The Happily Ever After

4-5 Stars

Eleven tracks that brilliantly capture the turbulence and dysfunction of the past eighteen months.

20th October 2021

James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart

4-5 Stars

A record that simultaneously expands on his delicate production and sees him fully embrace his singer-songwriter alter ego.

6th October 2021

Dave - We’re All Alone In This Together

4-5 Stars

At the rate he’s working at, watching him fill out the chapters to come is going to be a gift that keeps on giving.

23rd July 2021

Clairo - Sling

4-5 Stars

Stoic and serene, ​‘Sling’ is a brave new chapter that introduces a Clairo transformed.

16th July 2021

Vince Staples - Vince Staples

4-5 Stars

More of a glance into the sketchbook of Vince Staples, than main-stage-at-Coachella.

9th July 2021